1939 Bowling Green Falcons football team

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1939 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1939 record6–1–1 (3–1–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainEdward Siminski
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 6 0 0 8 1 0
Toledo 1 0 0 7 3 0
Capital 5 1 0 5 2 0
Wittenberg 4 1 0 5 3 0
Case 3 1 0 6 2 0
Ohio Northern 5 2 0 5 3 0
Bowling Green 3 1 1 6 1 1
Findlay 3 1 1 4 2 1
John Carroll 2 1 0 7 1 0
Mount Union 2 3 1 3 5 1
Wooster 2 3 0 2 6 0
Baldwin–Wallace 1 2 0 6 2 0
Kent State 1 3 1 3 4 1
Heidelberg 2 5 0 1 8 0
Marietta 1 3 0 4 3 0
Ashland 1 3 0 2 4 0
Oberlin 0 2 0 3 4 1
Kenyon 0 3 0 0 6 1
Otterbein 0 7 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 159 to 46. Edward Siminski was the team captain.[1]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 30BlufftonBowling Green, OHW 35–0
October 7Wayne*Bowling Green, OHW 9–0[2]
October 14Capital*Bowling Green, OHL 6–7
October 21OtterbeinBowling Green, OHW 26–6
October 28at WittenbergSpringfield, OHW 19–13
November 4at Kent StateKent, OH (rivalry)W 34–0
November 11at FindlayFindlay, OHT 7–7
November 18at Michigan State Normal*Ypsilanti, MIW 23–13
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "2019 Bowling Green Football Media Guide" (PDF). Bowling Green State University. p. 62. Retrieved June 27, 2020.
  2. ^ "Wayne Offense Falls Flat and Bowling Green Scores 9-0 Upset". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1939. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com.
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