1939 NYU Violets football team

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1939 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee 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 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1939 college football season.[1] In Mal Stevens's 6th season at NYU, the Violets compiled a 5–4 record, and managed to secure a place on the AP poll for the first and only time in program history for three weeks. They also defeated No. 15 Carnegie Tech 6–0 for their 2nd and final win over a ranked college football program, the other victory coming against #8 Fordham in 1936.[2]

NYU was ranked at No. 49 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at
Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
    		• W 7–68,000[4]
    October 7
    Pennsylvania Military
    		W 43–0[5]
    October 14at North Carolina
    		L 7–1420,000[6]
    October 21No. 15 Carnegie Tech
    		W 6–025,000[7]
    October 28GeorgiaNo. 19
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		W 14–1315,000[8]
    November 4LafayetteNo. 17
    • Ohio Field
    • Bronx, NY
    		W 14–0[9]
    November 11MissouriNo. 17
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 7–2030,000[10]
    November 18Georgetown
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 0–1417,000[11]
    December 2vs. Fordham
    • Yankee Stadium
    • Bronx, NY
    		L 7–1857,000[12]
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

    References

    1. ^ "1939 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
    2. ^ "1936 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
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    12. ^ Cuddy, Jack (December 3, 1939). "Fordham stampedes NYU: Fordham rally bests N.Y.U., 18–7". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B.


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