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1939 Scranton Tomcats football team

The 1939 Scranton Tomcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Scranton during the 1939 college football season. The team compiled a 7–0–2 record, shut out five of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 159 to 40.[1] The team played its home games at Athletic Park in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

1939 Scranton Tomcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Cornell   –   8 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Duquesne   –   8 – 0 – 1
Swarthmore   –   6 – 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
Providence   –   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

Scranton was ranked at No. 72 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Tom Davies was the team's head coach for three years from 1937 to 1939. He left Scranton in March 1940 with a record of 20–3.[3] He was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1970.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Saint Francis (PA)
W 33–01,860[4]
October 1Canisius
  • Athletic Park
  • Scranton, PA
T 0–01,500[5]
October 8at La Salle
W 12–77,500[6]
October 14at CCNY
W 31–03,500[7]
October 20Toledo
  • Athletic Park
  • Scranton, PA
W 7–65,000[8]
October 28MarshallScranton, PAW 20–04,000[9]
November 5at Saint VincentLatrobe, PAT 7–72,500[10]
November 12at St. Bonaventure
W 28–02,500[11]
November 19NiagaraScranton, PAW 21–206,300[12]

References edit

  1. ^ "1939 - Scranton (PA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 19, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Chic Feldman (March 6, 1940). "'Mystery Tom' Davies Makes It Official". The Scranton Tribune. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "U. of S. Tomcats in Auspicious Gridiron Debut". The Scranton Times. September 23, 1939. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tommies and Canisius in 0-0 Deadlock". The Scranton Times. October 2, 1939. p. 17 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "La Salle College Gridders Beaten by Scranton, 12-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 9, 1939. p. 19.
  7. ^ "Scranton Drives To 31-0 Victory Over City Eleven". New York Daily News. October 15, 1939. p. 94.
  8. ^ "Tomcats Score 7-6 Win Over Rockets". The Scranton Times. October 21, 1939. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Tom-Cats Outcharge Marshall, 20-0". The Scrantonian. October 29, 1939. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Scranton Achieves 7-7 Tie at Latrobe: Tomcats Hampered By Snow, Muddy Gridiron". The Scranton Times. November 6, 1939. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Tomcats Score 28-0 Win Over Bonnies". The Scranton Times. November 13, 1939. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Rogalla's 40-Yard Field Goal Enables Tom-Cats to Finish Unbeaten, 21-20". The Scranton Tribune. November 20, 1939. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
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