1937 Rice Owls football team

1937 Rice Owls football
1937 Rice Owls football
SWC champion
Cotton Bowl Classic, W 28–14 vs. Colorado
Conference	Southwest Conference
Ranking
AP	No. 18
Record	6–3–2 (4–1–1 SWC)
Head coach	Jimmy Kitts (4th season);
Home stadium	Rice Field
	Seasons ← 1936 1938 →

1937 Southwest Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 18 Rice $	4	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	2
No. 16 TCU	3	–	1	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
No. T–14 Arkansas	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	2
Baylor	3	–	3	–	0	7	–	3	–	0
Texas A&M	2	–	2	–	2	5	–	2	–	2
SMU	2	–	4	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
Texas	1	–	5	–	0	2	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Rice Owls football team was an American football team that represented Rice University as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Jimmy Kitts, the team compiled a 6–3–2 record (4–1–1 against SWC opponents), won the conference championship, was ranked No. 18 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 201 to 101.^[1]^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2	at Oklahoma*		Oklahoma Memorial Stadium Norman, OK	L 0–6	8,000	^[3]
October 9	LSU*		Rice Field Houston, TX	L 0–13		^[4]
October 16	Tulsa*		Rice Field Houston, TX	T 0–0	8,000	^[5]
October 23	at Texas		War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX (rivalry)	W 14–7	27,000	^[6]
October 30	No. 12 Auburn*		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 13–7		^[7]
November 6	No. 16 Arkansas		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 26–20		^[8]
November 13	Texas A&M	No. 15	Rice Field Houston, TX	T 6–6	18,000	^[9]
November 20	at TCU	No. 15	Amon G. Carter Stadium Ft. Worth, TX	L 2–7		^[10]
November 27	Baylor		Rice Field Houston, TX	W 13–7	20,000	^[11]
December 4	at SMU		Ownby Stadium University Park, TX (rivalry)	W 15–7		^[12]
January 1, 1938	vs. No. 17 Colorado*		Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (Cotton Bowl)	W 28–14	37,000–38,000	^[13]^[14]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game