1937 Creighton Bluejays football team

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1937 Creighton Bluejays football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record2–7 (1–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCreighton Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 3 0 0 6 2 2
Drake 4 1 0 8 2 0
Saint Louis 2 1 0 7 2 1
Oklahoma A&M 2 2 0 4 6 0
Washington University 2 2 0 4 6 0
Grinnell 1 3 0 2 6 1
Creighton 1 3 0 2 7 0
Washburn 0 3 0 0 10 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1937 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1937 college football season. In its third season under head coach Marchmont Schwartz, the team compiled a 2–7 record (1–3 against MVC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 141 to 45.[1][2] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25St. Benedict*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 6–0
October 2at Oklahoma A&ML 13–16
October 8Grinnell
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
W 6–0
October 15Drake
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 0–9[3]
October 23Kansas State*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 7–15
November 6at Xavier*L 0–19[4]
November 13Saint Louis
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 6–7
November 21Detroit*
  • Creighton Stadium
  • Omaha, NE
L 7–486,000[5]
November 25at Texas Tech*L 0–27
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Valley Chase Won By Tulsa With Drake 2D". Sioux City Journal. Sioux City, Iowa. November 29, 1937. p. 10. Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "1937 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 28, 2019.
  3. ^ "Drake Defeats Creighton For Third Victory In Valley Race". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 16, 1937. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Penalties jar Bluejays, 19–0". Omaha World-Herald. November 7, 1937. Retrieved May 14, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Lewis H. Walter (November 22, 1937). "Titans Swamp Creighton: Farkas Scores Twice to Raise His Total to 97". Detroit Free Press. pp. Sports 1, 14 – via Newspapers.com.