1937 Texas Longhorns football team

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1937 Texas Longhorns football
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Conference Southwest Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–5 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
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 Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In their first year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 2–6–1, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished seventh in the SWC. [1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25 Texas Tech *W 25–1210,000 [2]
October 2at LSU *L 0–910,000 [3]
October 9vs. Oklahoma *T 7–725,000 [4]
October 16 Arkansas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 10–21 [5]
October 23 Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 7–1427,000 [6]
October 30at SMU L 2–13 [7]
November 6No. 4 Baylor
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 9–6 [8]
November 13 TCU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
L 0–1417,000 [9]
November 25at Texas A&M L 0–732,000 [10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

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