1937 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1937 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1937 college football season. In their second season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 5–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 146 to 82.^[1][2]

1937 Cornell Big Red football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–1
Head coach	Carl Snavely (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Single-wing
Captain	Edward "Ted" Hughes
Home stadium	Schoellkopf Field
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 1 Pittsburgh			–					9	–	0	–	1
No. 6 Villanova			–					8	–	0	–	1
No. 3 Fordham			–					7	–	0	–	1
No. 7 Dartmouth			–					7	–	0	–	2
No. T–14 Holy Cross			–					8	–	0	–	2
St. Thomas (PA)			–					6	–	1	–	1
No. 12 Yale			–					6	–	1	–	1
Army			–					7	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					6	–	2	–	0
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
CCNY			–					5	–	2	–	0
No. 12 Manhattan			–					6	–	3	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	3	–	0
Duquesne			–					6	–	4	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	2	–	4
Boston College			–					4	–	4	–	1
Bucknell			–					3	–	3	–	2
Buffalo			–					4	–	4	–	0
Princeton			–					4	–	4	–	0
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Colgate			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	5	–	2
Hofstra			–					2	–	4	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					2	–	5	–	1
Penn			–					2	–	5	–	1
Providence			–					2	–	6	–	0
Vermont			–					2	–	6	–	0
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Penn State		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 26–19	6,000
October 2	Colgate		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 40–7
October 9	at Princeton		Palmer Stadium Princeton, NJ	W 20–7		[3]
October 16	Syracuse		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–14	18,000	[4]
October 23	at No. 5 Yale	No. 19	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT	L 0–9
October 30	Columbia		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	W 14–0	12,000	[5]
November 13	at No. 5 Dartmouth		Memorial Field Hanover, NH (rivalry)	T 6–6
November 25	at Penn		Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	W 34–20
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
2. "1937 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
3. Gregory Hewlett (October 10, 1937). "Cornell Comes From Behind to Upset Princeton, 20-7: Tiger Eleven Yields After Leading, 7 to 6". The Sunday Times, New Brunswick, N.J. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
4. Rice, Grantland (October 16, 1938). "Syracuse tops Cornell team in last period". The Baltimore Sun. p. 24. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
5. Richardson, William D. (October 31, 1937). "Cornell Conquers Columbia by 14-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.