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1937 Maryland Terrapins football team

The 1937 Maryland Terrapins football team represented the University of Maryland during the 1937 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. The highlight of the season was a 13–0 shutout of 17th-ranked Syracuse. In the homecoming game, Charlie Weidinger completed a pass to William Bryant for a 13–7 go-ahead over Florida. The Terrapins' two losses came against Penn and Penn State, the latter being the second game in a rivalry that would bedevil Maryland throughout its entire duration. At the end of the season, Maryland was declared the Southern Conference champions, the team's first major conference title.[1]

1937 Maryland Terrapins football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record8–2 (2–0 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumByrd Stadium (original)
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryland $ 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 19 North Carolina 4 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Clemson 2 – 0 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
No. 20 Duke 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
VMI 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 4 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
South Carolina 2 – 2 – 1 5 – 6 – 1
Washington and Lee 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Richmond 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Furman 1 – 2 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
VPI 2 – 4 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
William & Mary 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Wake Forest 1 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 25St. John's (MD)*
W 25–0[2]
October 2at Penn*
L 21–2830,000[3]
October 9Western Maryland*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 6–07,000[4]
October 16at Virginia*
W 3–06,000[5]
October 23vs. No. 17 Syracuse*
W 13–010,000[6]
October 30Florida*
  • Byrd Stadium
  • College Park, MD
W 13–710,000[7]
November 6at VMI
W 9–75,000[8]
November 13at Penn State*
L 14–217,535[9]
November 20at Georgetown*
W 12–222,000[10]
November 25vs. Washington and Lee
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
W 8–09,600[11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Syracuse game and Wilmeth Sidat-Singh

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Syracuse and nearby Cornell were among the first collegiate football teams to include African-American players as starting backfield players.[13] Wilmeth Sidat-Singh, starred for Syracuse, playing a position equivalent to modern-day quarterback.[14]

In that era, when games were played in Southern segregation states, African-American players from Northern schools were banned from the field. Because of his light complexion and name, Sidat-Singh was sometimes assumed to be a "Hindu" (as people from India were often called by Americans during this time). However. shortly before a game against Maryland, a black sportswriter, Sam Lacy, wrote an article in the Baltimore Afro-American, revealing Sidat-Singh's was African-American. Maryland refused to let him play and he was held out of the game and Syracuse lost the game 0–13.[14] In a rematch the following year at Syracuse, Sidat-Singh led the Orange to a lopsided victory (53-0) over Maryland.[15]

On Saturday, Nov. 9, 2013, the University of Maryland publicly apologized to surviving relatives at a ceremony during a football game at Syracuse.[16][17]

References

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  1. ^ Year-By-Year Results Archived 2018-10-26 at the Wayback Machine, 2007 Terrapin Football Record Book, University of Maryland, 2007.
  2. ^ "Terps trounce Johnnies, 25–0". The Baltimore Sun. September 26, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Quaker passes defeat Maryland before 30,000". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 3, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Maryland overcomes Terrors, 6–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 10, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Photo-finish win to Terps over Virginia". The Portsmouth Star. October 17, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Maryland victor over Syracuse, 13–0". The Baltimore Sun. October 24, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Maryland's aerial attack defeats Florida by 13 to 7". Pensacola News Journal. October 31, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Place kick gives Maryland 9–7 win over V.M.I. team". The Huntsville Times. November 7, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Maryland bows to Penn State, 21–14". The Sunday Star. November 14, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "22,000 seeMaryland beat G.U., 12–2". The Sunday Star. November 21, 1937. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Maryland wins undisputed rank as Washington's top grid team". The Evening Star. November 26, 1935. Retrieved December 19, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "1937 Maryland Terrapins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
  13. ^ Rice, Grantland (October 16, 1938). "Syracuse tops Cornell team in last period". The Baltimore Sun. p. 24. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  14. ^ a b Vasudevan, Anish (October 23, 2022). "'AS EVER, SINGH': Wilmeth Sidat-Singh was Syracuse's 1st Black star athlete". The Daily Orange. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
  15. ^ Mike Morrison, ed. (July 7, 2017). "2017 Football Media Guide" (PDF) (Press release). Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Athletics. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  16. ^ Rhiannon Walker. "Amending a Wrong". SBS Stories Beneath the Shell News. Retrieved December 14, 2013.
  17. ^ Barker, Jeff (November 8, 2013). "Maryland football trying to do right by Sidat-Singh, 76 years later". Baltimore Sun. College Park, MD. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
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