1937 Catholic University Cardinals football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1937

| team = Catholic University Cardinals

| sport = football

| image =

| image_size =

| conference = Independent

| record = 5–3

| head_coach = Dutch Bergman

| hc_year = 8th

| captain =

| stadium = Brookland Stadium, Griffith Stadium

}}

{{1937 Southern college football independents records}}

The 1937 Catholic University Cardinals football team was an American football team that represented the Catholic University of America as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its eighth year under head coach Dutch Bergman, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 105 to 90.{{cite web|url=https://d2o2figo6ddd0g.cloudfront.net/m/y/86ybti08oek6sg/CUA_Football_History_through_2013.pdf|publisher=Catholic University of America|title=Football History|page=6|accessdate=August 3, 2020}}

Schedule

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|September 26|at|{{cfb link|year=1937|team=Canisius Griffins|title=Canisius}}||Buffalo, NY|W 14-6|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95244334/catholic-u-passes-way-to-win-over-canis/|work=The Baltimore Sun|title=Catholic U. passes way to win over Canisius|date=September 27, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 2||Loyola (LA)|Brookland Stadium|Washington, DC|W 14-0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/67731993/loyola-defeated-by-catholic-u/|work=The Shreveport Times|title=Loyola defeated by Catholic U|date=October 3, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 10|at|La Salle|McCarthy Stadium|Philadelphia, PA|W 27-12|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95245217/la-salle-team-easily-beaten-by-catholic/|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|title=La Salle team easily beaten by Catholic U.|date=October 11, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 15||Detroit|Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC|L 0-30|{{cite news|title=Farkas Runs Wild as Titans Triumph, 30 to 0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Lewis H. Walter|date=October 16, 1937|page=Sports 1|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/15755249/farkas_runs_wild_as_titans_triumph_30/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 23|at|Saint Louis|Walsh Stadium|St. Louis, MO|L 2-7|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95245760/billikens-beat-catholic-u-on-harris-lo/|work=St. Louis Post-Dispatch|title=Billikens beat Catholic U. on Harris' long run, 7 to 2|date=October 24, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 6||{{cfb link|year=1937|team=West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats|title=West Virginia Wesleyan}}|Brookland Stadium|Washington, DC|W 21-0|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95246321/cardinals-guyon-scalps-bobcats/|work=The Sunday Star|title=Cardinals' Guyon scalps Bobcats|date=November 7, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 12|at|Miami (FL)|Burdine Stadium|Miami, FL|L 0-21|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95246747/miami-university-beats-catholic-210/|work=Orlando Evening Star|title=Miami University beats Catholic, 21–0|date=November 13, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 25||South Carolina|Brookland Stadium|Washington, DC|W 27-14|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/95247578/birds-bow-14-to-27/|work=The Charlotte Observer|title=Birds bow, 14 to 27|date=November 26, 1937|accessdate=February 17, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

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