1937 Kentucky Wildcats football team

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1937 Kentucky Wildcats football
Conference Southeastern Conference
Record4–6 (0–5 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJoe Hagan
Home stadium McLean Stadium
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
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 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1937 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Chet A. Wynne, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 4–6 record with a mark of 0–5 against conference opponents, finished in 12th place in the SEC, and were outscored by a total of 130 to 93. [1] The team played its home games at McLean Stadium in Lexington, Kentucky.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25at Vanderbilt L 0–125,000 [2]
October 2at Xavier *
W 6–0 [3]
October 9 Georgia Tech L 0–327,500 [4]
October 16 Washington & Lee *
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 41–6 [5]
October 23 Manhattan *
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 19–08,000 [6] [7]
October 30at No. 3 Alabama L 0–4113,000 [8]
November 6 South Carolina *
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 27–7 [9]
November 13at Boston College *L 0–133,500 [10]
November 25 Tennessee
  • McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY (rivalry)
L 0–1315,000 [11]
December 4at Florida L 0–6 [12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game

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References

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