1939 Missouri Tigers football team

The 1939 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1939 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost to Georgia Tech in the 1940 Orange Bowl, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 155 to 79, and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. Don Faurot was the head coach for the fifth of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

1939 Missouri Tigers football
Big Six champion
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Ranking
APNo. 6
1939 record8–2 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
1939 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Missouri $ 5 –0 –0  8 –2 –0
No. 18 Nebraska 4 –1 –0  7 –1 –1
No. 19 Oklahoma 3 –2 –0  6 –2 –1
Kansas 1 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
Iowa State 1 –4 –0  2 –7 –0
Kansas State 1 –4 –0  4 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The team's leading scorer was Paul Christman with 42 points.[3] Christman was also selected as a first-team All-American by the All-America Board,[4] Collier's Weekly (chosen by Grantland Rice),[5] Newspaper Enterprise Association,[6] and The Sporting News.[4] He finished third in the 1939 Heisman Trophy voting, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956, and had his jersey (No. 44) retired at Missouri.[7]

Schedule
DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Colorado*
W 30–0
October 7at Ohio State*
L 0–19
October 14at Washington (MO)*St. Louis, MOW 14–0
October 21Kansas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 9–7
October 28at Iowa State
W 21–6
November 4 No. 10 Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 27–13
November 11at No. 17 NYU*New York, NYW 20–7
November 18 No. 5 OklahomaNo. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 7–6
November 25at KansasNo. 10
W 20–0
January 1, 1940vs. No. 16 Georgia TechNo. 6
L 7–2135,000[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References
  1. "1939 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
  4. ESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1178. ISBN 1401337031.
  5. "All America Is Picked By Colliers". Wisconsin State Journal. 1939-12-09.
  6. Harry Grayson (1939-11-28). "NEA Picks All America Eleven: Nile Kinnick Named Back of Season". Ironwood Daily Globe.
  7. "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
  8. "35,000 See Missouri Beaten". The Miami Daily News. January 2, 1940. p. B1 – via Newspapers.com.
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