1937 SMU Mustangs football team

1937 SMU Mustangs football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–6 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumOwnby Stadium, Cotton Bowl
1937 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 18 Rice $ 4 1 16 3 2
No. 16 TCU 3 1 24 4 2
No. T–14 Arkansas 3 2 16 2 2
Baylor 3 3 07 3 0
Texas A&M 2 2 25 2 2
SMU 2 4 05 6 0
Texas 1 5 02 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1937 college football season. In their third season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled a 5–6 record (2–4 against conference opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 80. The team played its home games at Ownby Stadium in University Park, Texas, and the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.

Tackle Charles Sprague received first-team honors from the Associated Press on the 1937 All-Southwest Conference football team.