1939 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1939
Furman Purple Hurricane football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainRoten Shetley
Lloyd Coley
Home stadiumSirrine Stadium
Seasons
1939 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
No. 12 Clemson 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 1 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 0 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 5 – 1 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
VMI 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Richmond 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 2
Furman 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Wake Forest 3 – 3 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
NC State 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
VPI 1 – 4 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Davidson 1 – 7 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1939 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1939 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a conference mark of 3–3, and finished seventh in the SoCon.[1]

Furman was ranked at No. 89 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Erskine*
W 38–77,500[3]
September 30at Army*
L 7–167,000[4]
October 6Georgia*
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
W 20–012,000[5]
October 14at
Johnson Hagood Stadium
  • Charleston, SC (rivalry)
    		• W 7–0[6]
    October 28at Davidson
    		W 15–0[7]
    November 4at VPI
    		L 7–202,500[8]
    November 11at South Carolina
    		W 20–08,000[9]
    November 18NC State
    • Sirrine Stadium
    • Greenville, SC
    		L 7–127,500[10]
    November 25No. 15 Clemson
    • Sirrine Stadium
    • Greenville, SC
    		L 3–1416,000[11]
    • *Non-conference game
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1939 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
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    8. ^ "Engineers Down McLeod's Team In Snow Fall". The Furman Hornet. Furman University. November 10, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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