1939 Iowa State Cyclones football team

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1939 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record2–7 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainMarty Boswell
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 18 Nebraska 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 1
No. 19 Oklahoma 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Kansas 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Iowa State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1939 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented

Big Six Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 2–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 117 to 50.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa
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Marty Boswell was the team captain.[2] Center Jack West was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]

Iowa State was ranked at No. 114 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 232:00 p.m.Coe*
W 19–07,873
September 299:00 p.m.at Denver*
L 0–618,000[5]
October 72:00 p.m.at Kansas
L 0–148,043
October 142:00 p.m.Nebraska
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA
L 7–1011,770
October 212:00 p.m.at Drake*
L 0–713,500[6]
October 282:00 p.m.Missouridagger
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA (rivalry)
L 6–2112,000[7]
November 42:30 p.m.at No. 6 Oklahoma
L 6–3820,417
November 112:00 p.m.at Marquette*
L 2–2115,000[8]
November 182:00 p.m.Kansas State
  • Clyde Williams Field
  • Ames, IA (rivalry)
W 10–05,339
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ^ "1939 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 136.
  3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
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