1937 Dartmouth Indians football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1937
| team = Dartmouth Indians
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = Independent
| APRank = 7
| record = 7–0–2
| head_coach = Earl Blaik
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Field
}}
{{1937 Eastern college football independents records}}
The 1937 Dartmouth Indians football team represented Dartmouth College in the 1937 college football season. The Indians were led by fourth-year head coach Earl Blaik and played their home games at Memorial Field in Hanover, New Hampshire. The Indians finished undefeated with a record of 7–0–2, finishing No. 7 in the final AP Poll, their highest ever finish.{{cite web |url=http://collegepollarchive.com/football/ap/seasons.cfm?appollid=14 |title=1937 Final AP Football Poll |work=CollegePollArchive.com |access-date=May 13, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/dartmouth/ |title=Dartmouth Big Green School History |work=Sports-Reference.com |access-date=May 13, 2017}} Dartmouth was invited to play in the 1938 Rose Bowl, but declined the invitation.{{cite web |url=http://www.dartmouthsports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11600&ATCLID=1248312 |title=When Dartmouth Declined the Rose Bowl |last=DeGange |first=Jack |date=September 25, 2007 |work=DartmouthSports.com |publisher=Dartmouth College Varsity Athletics |access-date=May 13, 2017}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1937
| poll = AP
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 25
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Bates Bobcats|title=Bates}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 39–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 2
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Amherst Lord Jeffs|title=Amherst}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 31–7
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 9
| w/l = w
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1937|team=Springfield Gymnasts|title=Springfield}}
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| score = 42–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 16
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = Brown
| site_stadium = Brown Stadium
| site_cityst = Providence, RI
| score = 41–0
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 23
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = Harvard
| site_stadium = Harvard Stadium
| site_cityst = Boston, MA
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 20–2
| attend = 50,000
| source = {{cite news|title=Indians 20, Harvard 2|newspaper=New York Daily News|date=October 24, 1937|page=90|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-indians-20-harvard-2/133729956/|via=Newspapers.com}}
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 30
| w/l = t
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Yale
| opprank = 5
| site_stadium = Yale Bowl
| site_cityst = New Haven, CT
| score = 9–9
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 6
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Princeton
| site_stadium = Palmer Stadium
| site_cityst = Princeton, NJ
| score = 33–9
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 13
| w/l = t
| rank = 5
| opponent = Cornell
| site_stadium = Memorial Field
| site_cityst = Hanover, NH
| gamename = rivalry
| score = 6–6
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 20
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 9
| opponent = Columbia
| site_stadium = Baker Field
| site_cityst = New York, NY
| score = 27–0
}}
}}
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