1937 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1937 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference Big Ten Conference
Record1–7 (0–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPBob Lannon
Captain Homer Harris
Home stadium Iowa Stadium
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 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1937 Big Ten Conference football season. This was Irl Tubbs' first season as head coach of the Hawkeyes.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Washington *L 0–1418,533
October 9 Bradley Tech *W 14–7
October 16at Wisconsin L 6–13
October 23 Michigan
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 6–712,211 [1]
October 30at Purdue L 0–13
November 6No. 14 Minnesota Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
L 10–3540,000
November 13No. 17 Indiana
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA
L 0–3
November 20at No. 11 Nebraska *L 0–28
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Tod Rockwell (October 24, 1937). "'M' Nips Iowa, 7–6: Trosko's Kick Snaps Wolves' 2-Year Famine". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 3 via Newspapers.com.