The 1937 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented

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in the

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. The Orangemen were led by first-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. On October 18, Syracuse made its first ever appearance in the

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, which was in its second year of operation. The team was ranked 17th in the first poll of the season, but dropped from the poll after a loss to

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