1939 Temple Owls football team

1939 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
CaptainEdward Kolman
Home stadiumTemple 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 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Fred H. Swan, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by a total of 96 to 51.[1][2] Edward Kolman was the team captain.[3]

Temple was ranked at No. 71 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[4]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Georgetown
L 2–315,000[5]
October 7Carnegie Tech
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6[6]
October 14TCU
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–11
October 212:30 p.m.at Boston College
L 0–1913,300[7]
October 27Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–010,000[8]
November 4Pittsburgh
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–1318,000[9]
November 11at Holy Cross
L 0–1415,000[10]
November 18Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–20
November 25at Michigan State
L 7–188,500[11]

References

  1. ^ "1939 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 129. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ^ 2019 Media Guide, p. 110.
  4. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Stan Baumgartner (September 30, 1939). "Georgetown Noses Out Temple, 3 to 2". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1939 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  7. ^ "College Football Lineups Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Stan Baumgartner (October 28, 1939). "Temple Beats Bucknell Eleven, 16 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Harry Keck (November 5, 1939). "Dickinson Blocks Punt to Feature Pitt Win". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 3-1. Retrieved November 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Stan Baumgartner (November 12, 1939). "Holy Cross Defeats Temple Gridmen, 14-0; Pass and Interference Result in Score". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 5S – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Spartan Attack Clicks, Thumps Temple, 18-7". Lansing State Journal. November 26, 1939. p. II-1 – via Newspapers.com.