1939 Temple Owls football team

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.[1][2] The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia. Edward Kolman was the team captain.[3]

1939 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
1939 record2–7
Head coach
CaptainEdward Kolman
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Cornell      8 0 0
No. 10 Duquesne      8 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
Hofstra      4 3 0
Brown      5 3 1
Dartmouth      5 3 1
NYU      5 4 0
Pittsburgh      5 4 0
Harvard      4 4 0
Manhattan      4 4 0
Penn      4 4 0
Syracuse      3 3 2
Tufts      3 4 1
Yale      3 4 1
Army      3 4 2
Bucknell      3 5 0
Carnegie Tech      3 5 0
Columbia      2 4 2
Massachusetts State      2 5 2
Colgate      2 5 1
Temple      2 7 0
Buffalo      0 7 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29GeorgetownL 2–3
October 7Carnegie Tech
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–6
October 14TCU
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–11
October 21at Boston CollegeL 0–1913,300
October 27Bucknell
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 16–0
November 4Pittsburgh
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 7–13
November 11at Holy CrossL 0–14
November 18Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 6–20
November 25at Michigan StateL 7–188,500[4]

References

  1. "1939 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 129. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. 2019 Media Guide, p. 110.
  4. "Spartan Attack Clicks, Thumps Temple, 18-7". Lansing State Journal. November 26, 1939. p. II-1 via Newspapers.com.
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