1939 Centenary Gentlemen football team

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1939
Centenary College Stadium
Seasons
1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal $ 7 – 0 – 0 11 – 0 – 0
Tennessee Tech 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Mississippi College 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Miami (FL) 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Rollins 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 5 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State Teachers 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 2 – 3
Murray State
 4 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Newberry
 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 1 – 4
Presbyterian 3 – 1 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers
 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Union (TN)
 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Morehead State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Louisville 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 2 – 1
Union (KY) 1 – 1 – 1 3 – 3 – 1
Oglethorpe 3 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Centre 1 – 1 – 1 1 – 5 – 2
Centenary 1 – 1 – 0 2 – 9 – 1
Louisiana Tech 3 – 4 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 3 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
Troy State 2 – 3 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
SW Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Stetson 2 – 4 – 2 3 – 5 – 2
Louisiana College
 2 – 5 – 0 4 – 6 – 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 – 5 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Erskine 1 – 5 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Delta State
 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Wofford 0 – 2 – 3 1 – 5 – 3
Tampa 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 3 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Transylvania 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Emory and Henry
 0 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Centenary Gentlemen football team was an American football team that represented the Centenary College of Louisiana as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1939 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Curtis Parker, the team compiled a 2–9–1 record.

Centenary was ranked at No. 116 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Louisiana Normal
L 0–15[2]
September 23Hardin–Simmons*
  • Centenary College Stadium
  • Shreveport, LA
L 6–7[3]
September 30at Texas A&M*
L 0–1410,000[4]
October 7at
Rice Field
  • Houston, TX
    		• L 0–13[5]
    October 14Ole Miss*
    • Centenary College Stadium
    • Shreveport, LA
    		L 0–347,500[6]
    October 21at Tulsa*
    		L 7–159,500[7]
    October 28TCU*
    • Centenary College Stadium
    • Shreveport, LA
    		L 0–21[8]
    November 4at Arizona*
    		L 0–7[9]
    November 11Texas Tech*
    • Centenary College Stadium
    • Shreveport, LA
    		T 0–0[10]
    November 18Baylor*
    • Centenary College Stadium
    • Shreveport, LA
    		L 6–13[11]
    November 25Southwestern (TN)*
    • Centenary College Stadium
    • Shreveport, LA
    		W 13–7[12]
    November 30at Louisiana Tech
    		W 19–0[13]
    • *Non-conference game

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