1939 NYU Violets football team

The 1939 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1939 college football season.[1][2] 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.[3]

1939 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record5–4
Head coachMal Stevens (6th season)
Home stadiumOhio Field, Yankee Stadium
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Brown   –    5 –3 –1
Dartmouth   –    5 –3 –1
NYU   –    5 –4 –0
Pittsburgh   –    5 –4 –0
Harvard   –    4 –4 –0
Manhattan   –    4 –4 –0
Penn   –    4 –4 –0
Syracuse   –    3 –3 –2
Tufts   –    3 –4 –1
Yale   –    3 –4 –1
Army   –    3 –4 –2
Carnegie Tech   –    3 –5 –0
Columbia   –    2 –4 –2
Massachusetts State   –    2 –5 –2
Colgate   –    2 –5 –1
Temple   –    2 –7 –0
Buffalo   –    0 –7 –0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
September 30at Colgate
W 7–6[4]
October 7Pennsylvania Military
W 43–0
October 14at North Carolina
L 7–14[5]
October 21No. 15 Carnegie Tech
W 6–0[6]
October 28GeorgiaNo. 19
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–13[7]
November 4LafayetteNo. 17
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–0[8] [9]
November 11MissouriNo. 17
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–20
November 18Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–14
December 2vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–18
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References
  1. "1939 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  2. "Team Records Game by Game". web.archive.org. 2015-09-11. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  3. "1936 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-07-01.
  4. "1939 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  5. "1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 19, 2018.
  6. "1939 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2020-06-04.
  7. "1939 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  8. "2018 Lafayette Football Media Guide" (PDF). Lafayette University. p. 127. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  9. "Football Captains". Lafayette University. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
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