1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion;

1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
1939 record	4–5–1 (2–1–1 MVC)
Head coach	Chet Benefiel (1st season);
Home stadium	Skelly Field
	Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

The 1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Chet Benefiel, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 4–5–1 record (2–1–1 against conference opponents) and finished in third place in the Missouri Valley Conference.^[1]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	Wichita*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 23–6	8,000
October 7	at Creighton	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 21–14	10,500
October 14	Oklahoma A&M	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 7–9	11,000
October 21	Centenary*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 15–7	9,500	^[2]
October 28	Detroit*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 7–16	8,500
November 4	at Catholic University*	Brookland Stadium Washington, D.C.	L 7–13
November 11	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	L 0–16	5,000
November 18	Saint Louis	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	T 0–0	6,500
November 25	Drake	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 14–0	5,000
November 30	Arkansas*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	L 0–23	12,000
*Non-conference game

The 1940 NFL Draft was held on December 9, 1939. The following Golden Hurricane players were selected.^[4]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
11	100	John McKibben	End	New York Giants
15	140	Othel Turner	Tackle	New York Giants

^ "1939 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
^ "Bynum almost beats Tulsa for Centenary". The Daily Oklahoman. October 22, 1939. Retrieved July 25, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Tulsa Golden Hurricane Football, 2017 Record & Fact Book" (PDF). University of Tulsa. 2017. p. 162. Retrieved July 22, 2018.
^ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved September 5, 2021.

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1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washington University $	4	–	1	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	3	–	1	–	0	5	–	4	–	1
Tulsa	2	–	1	–	1	4	–	5	–	1
Drake	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis	1	–	2	–	1	5	–	3	–	2
Creighton	2	–	4	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Washburn	1	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion