1939 Scranton Tomcats football team

1939 Scranton Tomcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–0–2
Head coach
Home stadiumAthletic Park
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
  –   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

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

  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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