# 1937–38 Dundee F.C. season

The 1937–38 season was the forty-third season in which Dundee competed at a Scottish national level, playing in Division One under new manager Andy Cunningham. Despite a very strong start to the season and a record 6–1 win over Rangers, Dundee would finish in 19th place after a draw against relegation rivals Ayr United and Queen of the South defeating Rangers on the final day, and would be relegated by a single point from the Scottish Division One for the first time in their history despite having "the richest directorate in Scotland at the time." Dundee would also compete in the Scottish Cup, where they were knocked out in the 1st round by Albion Rovers.

## Scottish Division One

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1 | 14 August | Arbroath | A | 3–0 | Baxter (2), Regan | 9,500 |
| 2 | 21 August | Clyde | H | 4–1 | Kirby, Baxter (2), Regan | 15,000 |
| 3 | 25 August | Arbroath | H | 1–0 | Kirby | 11,000 |
| 4 | 28 August | Greenock Morton | A | 2–0 | Regan, Baxter | 8,000 |
| 5 | 4 September | Queen of the South | H | 4–1 | Kirby, Baxter (2), Coats | 15,000 |
| 6 | 11 September | Aberdeen | A | 3–2 | Coats, Baxter (2) | 26,000 |
| 7 | 14 September | Clyde | H | 2–3 | Coats, McMenemy | 9,000 |
| 8 | 18 September | Queen's Park | H | 2–0 | McMenemy, Cross (o.g.) | 6,000 |
| 9 | 25 September | Hamilton Academical | H | 0–4 | | 14,000 |
| 10 | 30 September | Queen of the South | A | 2–2 | Regan, Baxter | 6,000 |
| 11 | 2 October | Kilmarnock | H | 1–2 | Baxter | 8,000 |
| 12 | 4 October | Third Lanark | H | 2–1 | Regan, Coats | 15,000 |
| 13 | 9 October | Rangers | A | 0–6 | | 30,000 |
| 14 | 16 October | Heart of Midlothian | H | 0–2 | | 20,000 |
| 15 | 23 October | Partick Thistle | H | 5–3 | Baxter (2), Smith, McMenemy, Laurie | 11,000 |
| 16 | 30 October | St Johnstone | A | 2–4 | Baxter (2) | 7,000 |
| 17 | 6 November | Motherwell | H | 2–2 | Coats, Smith | 16,000 |
| 18 | 13 November | Falkirk | H | 1–4 | Boyd | 10,000 |
| 19 | 20 November | Third Lanark | A | 3–4 | Boyd, Cowie, Holland | 6,000 |
| 20 | 27 November | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | McMenemy | 8,000 |
| 21 | 25 December | Greenock Morton | H | 2–2 | Coats | 4,500 |
| 22 | 1 January | Aberdeen | H | 0–1 | | 22,000 |
| 23 | 3 January | Heart of Midlothian | A | 1–2 | McMenemy | 24,901 |
| 24 | 8 January | Queen's Park | A | 1–3 | Kirby | 6,000 |
| 25 | 15 January | Hamilton Academical | H | 3–0 | Coats, Kirby, McMenemy | 6,500 |
| 26 | 29 January | Kilmarnock | A | 1–3 | Boyd | |
| 27 | 5 February | Rangers | H | 6–1 | Baxter (3), Coats (2), Boyd | 15,000 |
| 28 | 19 February | Partick Thistle | A | 0–1 | | 10,000 |
| 29 | 26 February | St Johnstone | H | 6–1 | Coats, McMenemy (2), Baxter (2), Laurie | 11,000 |
| 30 | 5 March | St Mirren | H | 0–0 | | 8,000 |
| 31 | 12 March | Motherwell | A | 1–1 | Baxter | |
| 32 | 19 March | St Mirren | A | 1–2 | McMenemy | 4,000 |
| 33 | 2 April | Hibernian | H | 1–2 | Laurie | 5,000 |
| 34 | 11 April | Ayr United | H | 5–1 | Coats (2), Roberts, Baxter (2) | 8,000 |
| 35 | 16 April | Celtic | H | 2–3 | Roberts, Cowie | 21,000 |
| 36 | 18 April | Celtic | A | 0–3 | | 7,000 |
| 37 | 23 April | Falkirk | A | 0–5 | | 4,000 |
| 38 | 30 April | Ayr United | A | 0–0 | | 9,000 |

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 16 | Queen of the South | 38 | 11 | 11 | 16 | 58 | 71 | −13 | 33 |
| 17 | Ayr United | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 66 | 85 | −19 | 33 |
| 18 | Kilmarnock | 38 | 12 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 91 | −26 | 33 |
| 19 | Dundee | 38 | 13 | 6 | 19 | 70 | 74 | −4 | 32 |
| 20 | Morton | 38 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 64 | 127 | −63 | 15 |

## Scottish Cup

Statistics provided by Dee Archive.
| Match Day | Date | Opponent | H/A | Score | Dundee Scorer(s) | Attendance |
| 1st round | 22 January | Albion Rovers | A | 2–4 | Coats, Baxter | |

## Player statistics

Statistics provided by Dee Archive
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Total | First Division | First Division | Scottish Cup | Scottish Cup |
| No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals |
| | MF | SCO | Bert Adamson | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Arthur Baxter | 37 | 24 | 36 | 23 | 1 | 1 |
| | FW | SCO | Jimmy Boyd | 37 | 4 | 36 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Archie Coats | 39 | 14 | 38 | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| | MF | SCO | Andy Cowie | 38 | 2 | 37 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Johnny Evans | 20 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Gilbert Holland | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | ENG | Norman Kirby | 24 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | John Laurie | 33 | 3 | 33 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| | GK | SCO | Johnny Lynch | 23 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | GK | ENG | Bill Marsh | 16 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Harry McMenemy | 37 | 9 | 36 | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Bill Morgan | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Bobby Regan | 16 | 5 | 16 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| | DF | SCO | Bobby Rennie | 19 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | DF | WAL | Len Richards | 24 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| | FW | SCO | Sam Roberts | 12 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Tom Smith | 27 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| | MF | SCO | Harry Sneddon | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 0 |