1939 La Salle Explorers football team

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1939 La Salle Explorers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMcCarthy Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 0 – 1
Scranton   –   7 – 0 – 2
Princeton   –   7 – 1 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   5 – 1 – 2
No. 11 Boston College   –   9 – 2 – 0
No. 17 Fordham   –   6 – 2 – 0
Villanova   –   6 – 2 – 0
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Brown   –   5 – 3 – 1
Dartmouth   –   5 – 3 – 1
Hofstra
   –   4 – 3 – 0
NYU   –   5 – 4 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   5 – 4 – 0
Harvard   –   4 – 4 – 0
Manhattan   –   4 – 4 – 0
Penn   –   4 – 4 – 0
Syracuse   –   3 – 3 – 2
Vermont   –   3 – 3 – 2
Tufts   –   3 – 4 – 1
Yale   –   3 – 4 – 1
Army   –   3 – 4 – 2
Bucknell   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 5 – 0
Columbia   –   2 – 4 – 2
Massachusetts State   –   2 – 5 – 2
Colgate   –   2 – 5 – 1
Temple   –   2 – 7 – 0
CCNY   –   1 – 7 – 0
Buffalo   –   0 – 7 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 La Salle Explorers football team was an American football team that represented La Salle University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Marty Brill, the Explorers compiled a 6–1–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 151 to 21. The team played home games at McCarthy Stadium in Philadelphia.

La Salle was ranked at No. 87 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at
Elon
W 32–61,500[2]
October 8Scranton
L 7–127,500[3]
October 13at
West Chester
W 28–012,000[4]
October 22
Mount St. Mary's
  • McCarthy Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 19–05,000[5]
October 29
Saint Joseph's
  • McCarthy Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 31–010,000[6]
November 5Niagara
  • McCarthy Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 0–0[7]
November 12at Canisius*
  • Civic Stadium
  • Buffalo, NY
W 14–313,500[8]
November 23at
Pennsylvania Military
Chester, PAW 20–05,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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  3. ^ "La Salle College Gridders Beaten by Scranton, 12-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1939. p. 19.
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