1939 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team

The 1939 John Carroll Blue Streaks football team was an American football team that represented John Carroll University in the Ohio Athletic Conference during the 1939 college football season. The team compiled a 7–1 record.[1] John Carroll won its first Big Four conference title, going a perfect 3–0.[2]

1939 John Carroll Blue Streaks football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
1939 record7–1 (2–1 OAC)
Head coachTom Conley (4th season)

Tom Conley was the team's head coach for the fourth year. Conley had been the captain of the national champion 1930 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team – Knute Rockne's last team.

Five John Carroll players received honors from the United Press on its 1939 All-Ohio Conference football team. End Jack Dewan won first-team honors, and four others received second-team recognition: tackle Sulzer; guard Rancourt; halfback Carl Estenik; and fullback Young.[3]

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1at Saint Francis (PA)*Johnstown, PAW 13–2[4]
October 7Baldwin–Wallace
W 7–6[5]
October 22at Saint Joseph's*Philadelphia, PAW 6–05,000[6]
October 28Case
W 19–06,500[7]
November 4Toledo
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
L 0–204,000[8]
November 11Arkansas A&M*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 49–73,000[9]
November 18Western Reserve*
  • Municipal Stadium
  • Cleveland, OH
W 6–017,000[10]
November 23at Akron*
W 25–67,500[11]
  • *Non-conference game
gollark: How did *that* happen?!
gollark: Trouble with stuff like that is that you can't really continue them.
gollark: Ah, a prizefail.
gollark: They really need to either completely redo their categorizations, drop them, or rely on hard evidence.
gollark: Madness.

References
  1. "John Carroll (OH) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  2. "Carroll Repulses Reserve, 6-0, to Win First Big Four Grid Crown". Plain Dealer. November 19, 1939. p. 54. Retrieved June 30, 2020 – via NewsBank.
  3. "U.P. All-Ohio Conference Football Squad". The Coshocton Tribune. November 28, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Carroll Jars 'Francis, 13-2". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. October 2, 1939. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "B.-W. is Defeated: John Carroll Coming Through In Last Four Minutes". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 8, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "John Carroll Tops Hawks". Reading Times. October 23, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Muddy Grid Stops Case Passes, Carroll Wins By 19-0". Akron Beacon Journal. October 29, 1939. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Rockets Bump Carroll, 20-0". The Sandusky Register. November 5, 1939. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Carroll Tramples Arkansas Eleven". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 12, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "John Carroll Beats Red Cat Team, 6-0". Sunday Gazette and Advertiser. November 19, 1939. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "John Carroll Streaks To 25-6 Victory". The Akron Beacon Journal. November 24, 1939 – via Newspapers.com.
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