1939 NYU Violets football team

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1939 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 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
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 #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]

Schedule[]

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Colgate
W 7–68,000[3]
October 7Pennsylvania Military
W 43–0[4]
October 14at North Carolina
L 7–1420,000[5]
October 21No. 15 Carnegie Tech
W 6–025,000[6]
October 28GeorgiaNo. 19
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–1315,000[7]
November 4LafayetteNo. 17
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–0[8]
November 11MissouriNo. 17
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–2030,000[9]
November 18Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1417,000[10]
December 2vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–1857,000[11]
  • 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.
  3. ^ "Lone point sinks Colgate for NYU, 7–6". Democrat and Chronicle. October 1, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "N.Y.U. rolls over P.M.C. eleven, 43–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Carolina wins, 14–7". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "New York U. scores 6–0 win over Skibos". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 22, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Heroic Bulldogs bow to N.Y.U., 14 to 13". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "New York University scores convincing win over Lafayette, 14–0". The Morning Call. November 5, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Christman sparks Missouri to 20–7 victory over N.Y.U." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 12, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Georgetown adds NYU to lost of 2-yr. victims, 14–0". Daily News. November 19, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ 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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