1937 St. Thomas (Pennsylvania) Tommies football team

1937 St. Thomas (Pennsylvania) Tommies football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
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 St. Thomas (Pennsylvania) Tommies football team was an American football team that represented St. Thomas College (later renamed the University of Scranton) during the 1937 college football season. The team compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 109 to 33.[1] The team played its home games at Athletic Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Tom Davies, former back with the Pittsburgh Panthers, was hired in May 1937 as the school's head football coach. Robert "Pop" Jones was an assistant coach.[2][3]

  1. ^ "1937 - Scranton (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tom Davies, New Coach of Tommies, Swings Into Action: Former Pitt Star Chosen: Davies New Mentor; 'Pop' Jones Promoted". The Scranton Tribune. May 15, 1937. p. 12.
  3. ^ "650 at Dinner Laud Gridmen Of St. Thomas". The Scranton Tribune. December 12, 1937 – via Newspapers.com.