1937 NYU Violets football team

1937 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Mal Stevens (4th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium

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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 5–4 record.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 25	Pennsylvania Military	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 37–7	10,000	[2]
October 2	at Carnegie Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 18–14	20,000	[3]
October 9	North Carolina	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 6–19	15,000	[4]
October 16	St. John's (MD)	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 59–0	5,000	[5]
October 23	Lafayette	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–13	7,500	[6]
October 30	Colgate	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 14–7	25,000	[7]
November 6	Lehigh	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 13–0	11,000	[8]
November 13	Georgetown	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–6	8,000	[9]
November 27	vs. No. 3 Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–20	65,000	[10]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1937 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
2. "Violets varnish Penn Military Cadets, 37–7". Daily News. September 26, 1937. p. 36C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Tartans fall before Violet passes, 18–14". The Pittsburgh Press. October 3, 1937. p. 3S. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Carolina tops N.Y.U." The News and Observer. October 10, 1937. p. 5. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "N.Y.U. tramples St. Johns, 59 to 0". Daily News. October 17, 1937. p. 96. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Lafayette defeats N.Y.U., 13–0, to keep its 1937 slate clean". Allentown Morning Call. October 24, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "NYU downs Colgate, 14–7". Democrat and Chronicle. October 31, 1937. p. 4C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Lehigh extends N.Y.U., but loses to Violets by 13 to 0 score". Allentown Morning Call. November 7, 1937. p. 16. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "Guard falls on fumble to win for Georgetown". The Baltimore Sun. November 14, 1937. p. 2S. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Rams trim Violets, 2020–77, before 65,000". Daily News. November 28, 1937. p. 92. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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