1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team
| 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football | |
|---|---|
Sugar Bowl, L 7–15 vs. TCU | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 7–2 |
| Head coach |
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| Home stadium | Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 69,400) |
Template:1938 college football independents records The 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology during the 1938 college football season. The Tartans were led by second-year head coach Bill Kern and played their home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The team first came to national attention after winning a close game against Northeastern power Holy Cross, who were on a 13-game unbeaten streak.[1] Another big win came when the Tartans upset cross-town rival and defending national champion Pittsburgh, snapping their 22-game winning streak.[2]
They finished the regular season at 7–1 and were ranked sixth in the final AP Poll,[3] the only Carnegie Tech team to ever finish ranked.[4] The Tartans were awarded the third ever Lambert Trophy, distinguishing them as the best college football team in the East.[5] They were invited to their first and only bowl game in school history, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,[6] where they led at halftime but lost to national champion TCU, 7–15.[7][8]
Schedule
October 1Davis & Elkins
W 49–0 October 8Wittenberg
- Pitt Stadium
- Pittsburgh, PA
W 32–13 October 15Holy Cross
- Pitt Stadium
- Pittsburgh, PA
W 7–6 October 22at No. 5 Notre DameNo. 13
L 0–7 October 29AkronNo. 16
- Pitt Stadium
- Pittsburgh, PA
W 27–13 November 5vs. No. 1 PittsburghNo. 19
- Pitt Stadium
- Pittsburgh, PA
W 20–10 November 12vs. DuquesneNo. 6
- Pitt Stadium
- Pittsburgh, PA
W 21–0 November 26at NC StateNo. 7
W 14–0 January 2, 1939vs. No. 1 TCUNo. 6
L 7–15
Template:CFB Schedule End Source:[9]
References
- ^ "Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 16, 1938.
- ^ "Carnegie Tech Upsets Pitt, 20-10". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1938. p. 1B.
- ^ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "Carnegie Mellon Tartans School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ^ "Carnegie Tech Officially Awarded Lambert Trophy". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. December 6, 1938. p. 12.
- ^ Smith, Chester L. (January 1, 1939). "Tartans primed for Sugar Bowl victory over TCU". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
- ^ Smith, Chester L. (January 3, 1939). "'Too much O'Brien,' story of Tech's downfall". Pittsburgh Press. p. 22.
- ^ "52,000 see T.C.U. beat Tech, 15-7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 3, 1939. p. 1.
- ^ "1938 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.