1937 Syracuse Orangemen football team

The 1937 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1937 college football season. The Orangemen were led by first-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. On October 18, Syracuse made its first ever appearance in the AP Poll, which was in its second year of operation. The team was ranked 17th in the first poll of the season, but dropped from the poll after a loss to Maryland.

1937 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1937 record	5–2–1
Head coach	Ossie Solem (1st season)
Captain	Walter Rekstis & Parker Webster[1]
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium

1937 Eastern college football independents records
	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
Cornell			–					5	–	2	–	1
Harvard			–					5	–	2	–	1
Syracuse			–					5	–	2	–	1
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
La Salle			–					2	–	7	–	0
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	7	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
October 1	Clarkson		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 26–6	16,000
October 9	St. Lawrence		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 40–0	15,000
October 16	at Cornell		Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	W 14–6	18,000
October 23	at Maryland	No. 17	Municipal Stadium Baltimore, MD	L 0–13	10,000
October 30	Penn State		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 19–13	18,000
November 6	Western Reserve		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 27–6	17,000
November 13	at Columbia		Baker Field New York, NY	T 6–6	12,000
November 20	Colgate		Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 0–7	34,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

References

1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 146.
2. "1937 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.