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1937 Central Michigan Bearcats football team

1937 Central Michigan Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Michigan State   –   8 – 2 – 0
Akron   –   7 – 2 – 0
Central Michigan   –   6 – 2 – 0
DePaul   –   5 – 1 – 2
Wayne   –   6 – 2 – 0
No. T–9 Notre Dame   –   6 – 2 – 1
Detroit   –   7 – 3 – 0
Michigan State Normal   –   5 – 2 – 1
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   5 – 3 – 0
Xavier   –   4 – 5 – 1
Marquette   –   3 – 6 – 0
Haskell   –   2 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their first season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, held six opponents to seven or fewer points, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 202 to 41. The team's sole losses were to Wayne State (0–18) and Western State (0–7).[1][2]

Coach Finch was hired as the school's head coach in March 1937. He was a Central Michigan alumnus who had coached at high schools in Saginaw, St. Joseph, and Lowell, Michigan.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 25 Assumption (ON)
W 52–0
October 2at Ferris Institute Big Rapids, MIW 21–7
October 9 Northern State Teachers (MI)dagger Mount Pleasant, MIW 32–0
October 16 Wayne
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
L 0–18[4]
October 23at Michigan State Normal
W 27–10
October 30at St. Mary's (MI) Orchard Lake, MIW 38–0
November 6 Western State Teachers (MI)
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry)
L 0–7[5]
November 13at Kalamazoo Kalamazoo, MIW 30–0
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Central Michigan University. 2015. pp. 100, 109. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 26, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  2. ^ "Central Michigan Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on August 15, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Ronald Finch To Coach at Alma". The Evening News. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. March 4, 1937. p. 9.
  4. ^ John N. Sabo (October 17, 1937). "Gembis and Cudillo Pass Wayne to 18-0 Defeat of Bearcats". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Western Wins with Late Pass". Detroit Free Press. November 7, 1937. p. Sport 2 – via Newspapers.com.


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