1937 Sugar Bowl

(7–1)

(9–0–1)

Head coach:
Buck Shaw

Head coach:
Bernie Moore

	1	2	3	4	Total
Santa Clara	14	0	7	0	21
LSU	0	7	0	7	14

Date

January 1, 1937

Season

1936

Stadium

Tulane Stadium

Location

New Orleans, Louisiana

Attendance

38,483

The 1937 Sugar Bowl matched the Santa Clara Broncos and the LSU Tigers.

Background

LSU had allowed only 33 points the whole season while cruising to a second straight Southeastern Conference championship with an undefeated regular season. Santa Clara was an independent, which cost them an invite to the Rose Bowl due to not being a Pacific Coast Conference member. They were 7–0 before a loss to TCU, though that was after the invite. LSU was spurned by the Rose Bowl committee as well, paving the way for Santa Clara's first bowl game and LSU's second straight Sugar Bowl.^[1]

Game summary

Rain that had started the previous day continued through most of the day, continuing throughout the day which contributed to 16 combined turnovers and 25 punts. LSU could not overcome a sloppy first quarter in which they had no first downs and allowed the Broncos to score twice. Manny Gomez caught a touchdown pass from Nello Falaschi and Norman Finley caught a touchdown pass from Bruno Pellegrini, both in a span of seven minutes. Gus Tinsley narrowed the lead in the 2nd on his touchdown catch from Bill Crass, but in the second half Falaschi scored on a touchdown run to make it 21–7. Rocky Reed caught a touchdown pass late in the game to make it 21–14, but the game was already sealed as neither team threatened again, affected by the wet weather. Notably, Shaw loaned shoes from nearby Loyola University to give his team an advantage on the wet field in the second half.^[2]

Aftermath

LSU reached their third consecutive Sugar Bowl the following year, facing Santa Clara once again.

Statistics

Statistics	Santa Clara	LSU
First Downs	10	7
Yards Rushing	108	44
Yards Passing	74	125
Total Yards	182	169
Punts-Average	12-42.0	13-36.0
Fumbles Lost	4	6
Interceptions	4	2
Penalty Yards	42	0

References

Sugar Bowl Game

History & conference tie-ins	History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Superdome College Football Playoff Broadcasters Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference

Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017

Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 edition.

LSU Tigers bowl games

Pound sign (#) denotes BCS National Championship Game.

Santa Clara Broncos bowl games

1937 Sugar Bowl 1938 Sugar Bowl 1950 Orange Bowl

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