1937 Texas A&M Aggies football team

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1937 Texas A&M Aggies football
Conference Southwest Conference
Record5–2–2 (2–2–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium Kyle Field
Seasons
  1936
1938  
1937 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Rice $ 4 1 16 3 2
No. 16 TCU 3 1 24 4 2
No. T–14 Arkansas 3 2 16 2 2
Baylor 3 3 07 3 0
Texas A&M 2 2 25 2 2
SMU 2 4 05 6 0
Texas 1 5 02 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Texas A&M Aggies football team represented Texas A&M University during the 1937 college football season. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Manhattan *W 14–720,000 [2]
October 9 Mississippi State *
W 14–016,000 [3] [4]
October 16at TCU T 7–725,000 [5]
October 23No. 15 Baylor No. 13L 0–1317,000 [6]
October 30at No. 20 Arkansas L 13–268,000 [7]
November 6 SMU
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX
W 14–08,000 [8]
November 13at No. 15 Rice T 6–618,000 [9]
November 25 Texas
  • Kyle Field
  • College Station, TX (rivalry)
W 7–032,000 [10]
December 4at San Francisco *W 42–015,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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