1937 Missouri Tigers football team

1937 Big Six Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 11 Nebraska $	3	–	0	–	2	6	–	1	–	2
Oklahoma	3	–	1	–	1	5	–	2	–	2
Kansas	2	–	1	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Missouri	2	–	2	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Iowa State	1	–	4	–	0	3	–	6	–	0
Kansas State	1	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1937 college football season. The team compiled a 3–6–1 record (2–2–1 against Big 6 opponents), finished in fourth place in the Big 6, and was outscored by all opponents by a combined total of 64 to 42. Don Faurot was the head coach for the third of 19 seasons.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

The team's leading scorer was Henry Mahle with eight points.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 2		at Colorado*	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO	L 6–14
October 9		Kansas State	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	W 14–7
October 16		Michigan State*	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–2	10,000	^[4]
October 23		No. 8 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	L 0–7
October 30		at Iowa State	State Field Ames, IA (rivalry)	W 12–0	9,082
November 6		at Saint Louis*	Walsh Stadium St. Louis, MO	L 7–14	6,000
November 13		Oklahoma	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO (rivalry)	L 0–7
November 20	2:00 p.m.	at Washington University*	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	W 3–0	6,000	^[5]^[6]
November 25		at Kansas	Memorial Stadium Lawrence, KS (rivalry)	T 0–0	22,000–23,000	^[7]^[8]
November 27		at UCLA*	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–13	20,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "1937 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
^ George S. Alderton (October 17, 1937). "Spartans Lack Punch But Beat Missouri, 2-0". The Lansing State Journal. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Burnes, Robert L. (November 20, 1937). "Bears In Top Shape for Tiger Clash Today". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 4C. Retrieved June 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
^ J. Roy Stockton (November 21, 1937). "Tigers Beat Bears, 3-0, on Mondala's Field Goal". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Jayhawks, Tigers Battle to Deadlock". The Parsons Sun. November 26, 1937. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Missouri 0, Kansas 0: A Goal Line Stand". The Kansas City Times. November 26, 1937. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.

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