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1939 Scranton Tomcats football team

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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

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.

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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Saint Francis (PA)
W 33–01,860[4]
October 1Canisius
  • Athletic Park
  • Scranton, PA
T 0–01,500[5]
October 8at La SalleW 12–77,500[6]
October 14at CCNYW 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

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  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.