1937 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1937 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record6–3–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Single-wing
CaptainFletcher Sims
Home stadium Grant Field
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Alabama $ 6 0 09 1 0
No. 8 LSU 5 1 09 2 0
Auburn 4 1 26 2 3
Vanderbilt 4 2 07 2 0
Mississippi State 3 2 05 4 1
Georgia Tech 3 2 16 3 1
Tennessee 4 3 06 3 1
Florida 3 4 04 7 0
Tulane 2 3 15 4 1
Georgia 1 2 26 3 2
Ole Miss 0 4 04 5 1
Kentucky 0 5 04 6 0
Sewanee 0 6 02 7 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1937 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team was an American football team that represented Georgia Tech as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1937 college football season. In their 18th year under head coach William Alexander, the Yellow Jackets complied an overall record of 6–3–1, with a conference record of 3–2–1, and finished sixth in the SEC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Presbyterian *W 59–012,000 [2]
October 2 Mercer *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 28–0 [3]
October 9at Kentucky W 32–07,500 [4]
October 16 Duke *
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 19–2026,000 [5]
October 23No. 20 Auburn
L 0–2119,000 [6]
October 30No. 7 Vanderbilt
W 14–020,000 [7]
November 6 Clemson *
W 7–012,000 [8]
November 13at No. 3 Alabama L 0–726,000 [9]
November 20at Florida W 12–016,000 [10]
November 27 Georgia
T 6–628,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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  2. "Georgia Tech's 'Ramblin' Wreck' crashes through plucky Blue Sox, 59 to 0, in nocturnal skirmish". The Greenville News. September 25, 1937. Retrieved September 29, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
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