1937 Drake Bulldogs football team

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1937 Drake Bulldogs football
Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Record8–2 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Drake Stadium
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 3 0 06 2 2
Drake 4 1 08 2 0
Saint Louis 2 1 07 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 2 04 6 0
Washington University 2 2 04 6 0
Grinnell 1 3 02 6 1
Creighton 1 3 02 7 0
Washburn 0 3 00 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1937 Drake Bulldogs football team was an American football represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1937 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Vee Green, the team compiled an 8–2 record (3–1 against MVC opponents), finished second in the MVC, and outscored all opponents by a total of 235 to 73. [1] [2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18 Central (IA) *W 47–0
September 248:15 p.m. Washington University
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 32–24,000–6,000 [3] [4] [5] [6]
October 2at Notre Dame *L 0–2141,000 [7]
October 9 Washburn
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 25–0
October 15at Creighton W 9–0 [8]
October 23 Iowa State *
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 30–012,000 [9]
October 29 Grinnell
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 45–7
November 6at Tulsa L 9–4112,500 [10]
November 13 Coe *
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 31–2
November 26at Miami (FL) *W 7–09,000 [11]

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