1939 Temple Owls football team

1939 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Fred H. Swan (1st season)
Captain	Edward Kolman
Home stadium	Temple Stadium

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 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Fred H. Swan, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by a total of 96 to 51. The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. Edward Kolman was the team captain.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Georgetown	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 2–3
October 7	Carnegie Tech	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
October 14	TCU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–11
October 21	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–19	13,300
October 27	Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0
November 4	Pittsburgh	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13
November 11	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–14
November 18	Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–20
November 25	at Michigan State	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 7–18	8,500