1939 LSU Tigers football team

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1939 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1939 record4–5 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Tennessee + 6 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 16 Georgia Tech + 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
No. 5 Tulane + 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 1
Mississippi State 3 – 2 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Ole Miss 2 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Kentucky 2 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Auburn 3 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Alabama 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Georgia 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
LSU 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 6 – 0 2 – 7 – 1
Florida 0 – 3 – 1 5 – 5 – 1
Sewanee 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1939 college football season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Ole Miss
L 7–14
October 7at Holy Cross*
W 26–7
October 14Rice*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 7–0
October 21Loyola (LA)*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 20–010,000[1]
October 28at Vanderbilt
W 12–6
November 4No. 1 Tennesseedagger
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
L 0–2042,000[2]
November 11Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 12–15
November 18Auburn
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 7–21
December 2at No. 5 Tulane
L 20–3341,531
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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Roster[]

No. Player Position Height Weight Hometown High School
– Charles Anastasio Halfback 6-0 178 White Castle, Louisiana -
- Roy Joe Anderson Fullback 5-11 182 Shreveport, Louisiana -
49 Dave Bartran Guard 5-8 194 Laurel, Mississippi -
– F. Ogden Bauer End 6-1 197 Cairo, Illinois -
– Dave Bernstein Tackle – – New Orleans, Louisiana -
– Leo Bird Halfback – – Shreveport, Louisiana -
20 Simeon A. "Alex" Box[4] Wingback – – Laurel, Mississippi George S. Gardiner High School
16 Young Bussey Halfback 5-9 184 Houston -
– Jimmy Cajoleas Quarterback 5-8 186 New Orleans -
– Irving Campbell Tackle 6-1 205 Fayette, Alabama -
– Dan Eastman Tackle – – New Orleans -
– Ken Kavanaugh End 6-3 207 Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock Central High School
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Roster from Fanbase.com[5]

References[]

  1. ^ "Kavanaugh stars as Bengals beat Loyola Wolves". The Shreveport Times. October 22, 1939. p. 21. Retrieved January 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com. open access
  2. ^ "Tennessee smashes Louisiana State, 20–0". Monroe Morning World. November 5, 1939. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "2013 LSU Football Media Guide". p. 152. Retrieved July 17, 2014.
  4. ^ "Alex Box - Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice".
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 2014-10-16.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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