1937 LSU Tigers football team

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1937 LSU Tigers football
Sugar Bowl, L 0–6 vs. Santa Clara
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
APNo. 8
Record9–2 (5–1 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainArthur Morton
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 0 9 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 0 9 2 0
Auburn 4 1 2 6 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 0 7 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 0 5 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 1 6 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 0 6 3 1
Florida 3 4 0 4 7 0
Tulane 2 3 1 5 4 1
Georgia 1 2 2 6 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 0 4 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 0 4 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 0 2 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 LSU Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Louisiana State University (LSU) as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1937 college football season. In their third year under head coach Bernie Moore, the Tigers complied an overall record of 9–2, with a conference record of 5–1, and finished second in the SEC.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25FloridaW 19–015,000[2]
October 2Texas*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 9–010,000[3]
October 9at
Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
  • W 13–0[4]
    October 16Ole Miss
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    W 13–025,000[5]
    October 23at No. 20 VanderbiltNo. 6L 6–715,000[6]
    October 30Loyola (LA)*No. 17
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    W 52–6[7]
    November 6Mississippi StatedaggerNo. 18
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    W 41–020,000[8]
    November 13No. 14 AuburnNo. 15
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
    W 9–730,000[9]
    November 20
    Louisiana Normal*
    No. 8
    • Tiger Stadium
    • Baton Rouge, LA
    W 52–05,000[10]
    November 27at TulaneNo. 10W 20–7[11]
    January 1, 1938No. 9 Santa ClaraNo. 8
    L 0–640,000[12]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game


    References

    1. ^ "1937 LSU Fighting Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
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