1937 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

The 1937 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1937 college football season. In their first year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 4–3–1 record.[1][2]

1937 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–1 (2–3–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCampus Athletic Field
1937 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Murray State $ 6 0 18 1 1
Erskine 5 0 06 4 0
Centre 3 0 06 2 1
Western Kentucky State Teachers 3 0 17 1 1
Centenary 1 0 26 3 3
Miami (FL) 1 0 04 4 1
Morehead State 4 1 07 1 0
Louisiana Tech 3 1 26 3 2
Louisiana Normal 3 1 14 4 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 1 16 1 1
Mississippi State Teachers 4 2 07 3 0
Union (KY) 2 1 04 3 0
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 3 2 15 2 1
Rollins 3 2 05 4 0
Oglethorpe 3 3 03 6 1
SW Louisiana 2 3 14 3 1
Stetson 2 3 05 4 0
Mississippi College 2 3 13 6 1
Wofford 2 3 02 7 0
Newberry 2 3 02 8 0
Transylvania 2 4 03 5 0
Louisiana College 2 4 03 6 0
Millsaps 1 3 23 5 2
Georgetown (KY) 1 3 03 5 0
Louisville 1 3 12 5 1
Troy State 1 3 02 7 2
Tennessee Tech 1 5 13 5 1
West Tennessee State Teachers 1 5 03 6 0
Presbyterian 0 3 00 10 0
Union (TN) 0 5 11 8 1
  • $ Conference champion

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25at Mississippi College
L 0–13[3]
October 1Stephen F. Austin*
  • Campus Athletic Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 7–6
October 8Mississippi State Teachers
  • Campus Athletic Field
  • Lafayette, LA
L 0–13[4]
October 15Spring Hill*
  • Campus Athletic Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 19–6[5]
October 22at MillsapsJackson, MSW 7–0
October 29Louisiana College
  • Campus Athletic Field
  • Lafayette, LA
W 26–6
November 12at Louisiana Tech
T 0–0[6]
November 25at Louisiana Normal
L 0–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 95. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  2. "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1938. pp. 194–206. Retrieved January 7, 2021.
  3. "Choctaws trim S.L.I., 13 to 0". Monroe Morning World. September 26, 1937. Retrieved July 27, 2023 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Southwestern bows to Mississippians". The Daily Advertiser. October 9, 1937. Retrieved April 1, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "S.L.I. defeats Springhill, 19–6". Alexandria Daily Town Talk. October 16, 1937. Retrieved March 5, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Bulldogs and Louisiana Tech game ends in a scoreless tie". The Daily Advertiser. November 13, 1938. Retrieved July 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.


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