1937 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1937

| team = Tulsa Golden Hurricane

| sport = football

| image =

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| conference = Missouri Valley Conference

| short_conf = MVC

| record = 6–2–2

| conf_record = 3–0

| head_coach = Vic Hurt

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = Skelly Field

| champion = MVC champion

}}

The 1937 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1937 college football season. In their second year under head coach Vic Hurt, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 6–2–2 record and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.{{cite news |author= |title=Valley Chase Won By Tulsa With Drake 2D |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/64150345/sioux-city-journal/ |newspaper=Sioux City Journal |location=Sioux City, Iowa |date=November 29, 1937 |page=10 |access-date=November 27, 2020 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }} The team defeated Oklahoma (19–7) and Oklahoma A&M (27–0), but lost to No. 16 TCU (20–13) and No. 14 Arkansas (28–7) and tied No. 18 Rice (0–0).{{cite web|title=1937 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=February 24, 2016|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/tulsa/1937-schedule.html}}

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 1937

| poll = AP

| timezone = Central

| time = y

| rank = y

| attend = y

| source = y

|September 25|||Oklahoma||Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK|W 19-7|16,000|

|October 2|||{{cfb link|year=1937|team=Central State Bronchos|title=Central State (OK)}}||Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK|W 42-6|7,000|

|October 9||at|TCU||Amon G. Carter Stadium|Fort Worth, TX|L 13-20|7,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wewoka-times-democrat-tulsa-loses-to/168100057/|work=The Wewoka Times-Democrat|title=Tulsa loses to Horned Frogs|date=October 10, 1937|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 16||at|Rice||Rice Field|Houston, TX|T 0-0|8,000–14,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/austin-american-statesman-tulsa-battles/168099399/|work=Austin American-Statesman|title=Tulsa battles Rice to scoreless tie|date=October 17, 1937|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 23|||Oklahoma A&M||Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK (rivalry)|W 27-0|17,000|

|October 29||at|George Washington||Griffith Stadium|Washington, DC|W 14-13|10,000–13,000|{{cite news|title=Tulsa comes from behind to spank Colonials, 14–13|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/97217678/tulsa-comes-from-behind-to-spank-colonia/|newspaper=Okmulgee Daily Times|date=October 30, 1937|access-date=March 8, 2022|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 6|||Drake||Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK|W 41-9|12,500|{{cite news|title=Tulsa Blows Drake Team To Bits, 41-9|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|date=November 7, 1937|pages=1B, 2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/32224061/tulsa_blows_drake_team_to_bits_419/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 13|2:00 p.m.|at|Washington University||Francis Field|St. Louis, MO|W 32-7|6,500|{{cite news |last=Burnes |first=Robert L. |title=Washington Meets Tulsa in Valley Conference Game Today |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-globe-democrat/127386729/ |newspaper=St. Louis Globe-Democrat |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=November 13, 1937 |page=6A |access-date=June 30, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Stockton |first=J. Roy |title=Tulsa Beats Washington In Conference Game, 32-7 |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/127386813/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=November 14, 1937 |page=1C |access-date=June 30, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}{{cite news |last=Stockton |first=J. Roy |title=Tulsa Wins Easily From Washington U., 32 to 7 (continued) |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch/127386889/ |newspaper=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |location=St. Louis, Missouri |date=November 14, 1937 |page=3C |access-date=June 30, 2023 |via=Newspapers.com {{Open access}} }}

|November 25|||Arkansas|20|Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK|L 7-28|19,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/muskogee-daily-phoenix-and-times-democra/168101160/|work=Muskogee Daily Phoenix|title=Sloan pitches Arkansas to 28–7 win over dazzled Tulsa|date=November 26, 1937|accessdate=March 16, 2025|via=Newspapers.com}}

|December 4|||Manhattan||Skelly Field|Tulsa, OK|T 0-0|10,000|{{cite news|title=Tulsa Plays To Tie With Jaspers, 0-0: Fumble Nullifies Touchdown Drive by Manhattan|newspaper=The Daily Oklahoman|date=December 5, 1937|page=48|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35586733/tulsa_plays_to_tie_with_jaspers_00/|via=Newspapers.com}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football Record & Fact Book 2022 |url=https://tulsahurricane.com/documents/2022/8/19/TU_FB22_MediaGuide_Web_220819.pdf |publisher=University of Tulsa |page=180 |access-date=January 22, 2023 }}

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