1937 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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1937 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record5–3 (3–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVP Corbett Davis
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Big Ten Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Minnesota $ 5 0 06 2 0
No. 13 Ohio State 5 1 06 2 0
Indiana 3 2 05 3 0
Michigan 3 3 04 4 0
Northwestern 3 3 04 4 0
Purdue 2 2 14 3 1
Wisconsin 2 2 14 3 1
Illinois 2 3 03 3 2
Chicago 0 4 01 6 0
Iowa 0 5 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his fourth year as head coach of the Hoosiers. Corbett Davis was selected as the team's most valuable player and also won the Chicago Tribune Silver Football as the most valuable player in the Big Ten Conference.

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Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24 Centre W 12–0
October 9at Minnesota L 0–635,000
October 16 Illinois
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 13–617,000
October 23 Cincinnati *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IN
W 27–0
October 30at No. 11 Nebraska *L 0–7
November 6at No. 8 Ohio State W 10–047,056 [1]
November 13at Iowa No. 17W 3–0
November 20 Purdue No. 20
L 7–1325,000
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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1938 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Corbett Davis Back 11 Cleveland Rams
Frank Filchock Back 214 Pittsburgh Pirates
Jim Sirtosky Guard 976 Detroit Lions
Bob Kenderdine End 1195 Chicago Cardinals

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References

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