1937 Loyola Wolf Pack football team

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1937 Loyola Wolf Pack football
Conference Dixie Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–2 Dixie)
Head coach
Home stadium Loyola University Stadium
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Birmingham–Southern $ 6 1 06 2 0
Howard (AL) 4 1 05 3 0
Southwestern (TN) 4 1 06 4 0
Mississippi College 2 1 13 6 1
Chattanooga 2 3 04 3 2
Loyola (LA) 1 2 02 6 1
Millsaps 1 3 13 5 2
Mercer 0 3 04 5 0
Spring Hill 0 5 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1937 Loyola Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented Loyola College of New Orleans (now known as Loyola University New Orleans) as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1937 college football season. In their first season under head coach Larry Mullins, the team compiled a 2–6–1 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26 Spring Hill W 19–07,500 [1]
October 2at Catholic University *L 0–146,000 [2]
October 8 Birmingham–Southern
  • Loyola University Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 0–143,500 [3]
October 17 St. Edward's *
  • Loyola University Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
W 13–0 [4]
October 24 DePaul *
L 18–718,000–20,000 [5] [6]
October 30at LSU *L 6–52 [7]
November 5 Texas Tech *
  • Loyola University Stadium
  • New Orleans, LA
L 6–25 [8]
November 11at Southwestern (TN) L 0–406,000 [9]
November 21at St. Mary's (TX) * San Antonio, TX T 6–6 [10]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "Loyola Wolves defeat Spring Hill by 19 to 0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 27, 1937. p. 5. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  2. "Loyola defeated by Catholic U". The Shreveport Times. October 3, 1937. p. 17. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  3. "Southern scores 14 to 0 victory over Loyola". The Birmingham News. October 9, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  4. "Loyola Wolfpack deals out defeat to Austin eleven". The Shreveport Times. October 18, 1937. p. 9. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  5. "DePaul beats Loyola, 18 to 7, as Mattei stars". The Chicago Tribune. October 25, 1937. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  6. "DePaul Eleven Defeats Loyola in Sunday Game". The Shreveport Times. October 25, 1937. p. 9 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "L.S.U. romps to 52–6 triumph over Loyola". Monroe Morning World. October 31, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  8. "Texas Tech smears Loyola, 25 to 6". Lubbock Morning Avalanche. November 6, 1937. p. 4. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  9. "Loyola defeated 40 to 0 by Lynx". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. November 12, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg
  10. "St. Mary's and Loyola tie 6–6". The Corpus Christi Caller-Times. November 22, 1937. p. 8. Retrieved January 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com. Open Access logo PLoS transparent.svg