1937 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1937 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (9th season)
Captain	Marcel Chesbro
Home stadium	Whitnall Field
Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		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

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	St. Lawrence	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 21–0
October 2	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 7–40
October 9	St. Bonaventure	Whitnall Field Hamilton, NY	W 34–0
October 16	vs. Tulane	Roesch Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 6–7	32,524	^[3]
October 23	No. 10 Duke	Whitnall Field^[4] Hamilton, NY	L 0–13	10,000	^[5]
October 30	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–14	25,000	^[6]
November 6	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 7–12
November 20	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–0	34,000
Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "1937 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
^ "Tulane tops Colgate, 7–6". The News and Observer. October 17, 1937. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Final game at Whitnall Field
^ "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 .
^ "NYU downs Colgate, 14–7". Democrat and Chronicle. October 31, 1937. p. 4C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t e Colgate Raiders football
Venues	Campus grounds (1890–1899) Whitnall Field (1900–1937) Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium (1939–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Cornell Syracuse
Culture & lore	1923 Niagara game
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
<span style="color:white">Seasons</span>	1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold

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