1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1937 college football season. In its 14th season under head coach Jock Sutherland, the team compiled a 9–0–1 record, shut out six of its ten opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 203 to 34. The team played its home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh. The Panthers were crowned national champions by the final AP Poll, which was released in late November, and by most NCAA-designated major selectors. While Pitt claims a share of nine national championships, this is one of only two acknowledged by the college football world at large.

1937 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Consensus national champion
Eastern champion
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 1
Record9–0–1
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
1937 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Pitt was also awarded the Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy as the champion of the East. An invitation to the Rose Bowl on New Year's Day was declined.

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