1937 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1937 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In its ninth season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 3–5 record and outscored opponents by a total of 89 to 86. Marcel Chesbro was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games on Whitnall Field in Hamilton, New York.

1937 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainMarcel Chesbro
Home stadiumWhitnall Field
1937 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh   –  9 –0 –1
No. 6 Villanova   –  8 –0 –1
No. 3 Fordham   –  7 –0 –1
No. 7 Dartmouth   –  7 –0 –2
No. T–14 Holy Cross   –  8 –0 –2
St. Thomas (PA)   –  6 –1 –1
No. 12 Yale   –  6 –1 –1
Army   –  7 –2 –0
Boston University   –  6 –2 –0
Cornell   –  5 –2 –1
Harvard   –  5 –2 –1
Syracuse   –  5 –2 –1
CCNY   –  5 –2 –0
No. 12 Manhattan   –  6 –3 –1
Penn State   –  5 –3 –0
Duquesne   –  6 –4 –0
Brown   –  5 –4 –0
NYU   –  5 –4 –0
Temple   –  3 –2 –4
Boston College   –  4 –4 –1
Bucknell   –  3 –3 –2
Buffalo   –  4 –4 –0
Princeton   –  4 –4 –0
Tufts   –  3 –4 –1
Colgate   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  2 –5 –2
Hofstra   –  2 –4 –0
Carnegie Tech   –  2 –5 –1
Penn   –  2 –5 –1
Providence   –  2 –6 –0
Vermont   –  2 –6 –0
La Salle   –  2 –7 –0
Massachusetts State   –  1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25St. Lawrence
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 21–0
October 2at Cornell
L 7–40
October 9St. Bonaventure
  • Whitnall Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 34–0
October 16vs. Tulane
L 6–732,524[3]
October 23 No. 10 Dukedagger
  • Whitnall Field[4]
  • Hamilton, NY
L 0–1310,000[5]
October 30at NYU
L 7–1425,000[6]
November 6at Holy Cross
L 7–12
November 20at Syracuse
W 7–0
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. "1937 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  3. "Tulane tops Colgate, 7–6". The News and Observer. October 17, 1937. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Final game at Whitnall Field
  5. "Two Blocked Punts Give Southerners Well Deserved Win". Daily Press. Newport News, Virginia. Associated Press. October 24, 1937. p. 3C. Retrieved May 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  6. "NYU downs Colgate, 14–7". Democrat and Chronicle. October 31, 1937. p. 4C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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