1938 Temple Owls football team

The 1938 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Pop Warner, the team compiled a 3–6–1 record and was outscored by a total of 170 to 97.[1][2] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. Richard Wheeler was the team captain.[3]

1938 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
1938 record3–6–1
Head coachPop Warner (6th season)
CaptainRichard Wheeler
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 18 Villanova      8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross      8 1 0
Boston College      6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham      6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell      5 1 1
No. 8 Pittsburgh      8 2 0
Army      7 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech      7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth      7 2 0
Brown      5 3 0
Syracuse      5 3 0
Penn      3 2 3
Manhattan      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
La Salle      4 4 0
NYU      4 4 0
Penn State      3 4 1
Princeton      3 4 1
Duquesne      4 6 0
Temple      3 6 1
Columbia      3 6 0
Massachusetts State      3 6 0
Colgate      2 5 0
Buffalo      2 6 0
Yale      2 6 0
Tufts      1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

After the 1938 season, Warner retired from coaching at age 67.[4] He had been a football coach since 1895, compiling a 319–106–32 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23AlbrightW 6–0
October 1Pittsburgh
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–28
October 7TCU
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–28
October 14Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 26–0
October 21Boston College
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
T 26–26
October 28Georgetown
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–13
November 5at No. 13 Holy CrossL 0–33
November 12 No. 19 Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–20
November 19at Michigan State
L 0–1012,000[5]
December 3at Florida
W 7–6
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1938 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. Fred Byrod (January 30, 1939). "Pop Warner Quits as Temple Coach". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 17, 18 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Michigan State Trips Temple, 10-0: Pingel's Career As Spartan Ends". The Enquirer and Evening News. November 20, 1938. p. 7 via Newspapers.com.
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