1938 Maryville Bearcats football team
College football season
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The 1938 Maryville Bearcats football team, also known as the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, was an American football team that represented Maryville State Teachers College (later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri, as a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Ryland Milner, the Bearcats compiled a perfect 9â0 record (5â0 against MIAA opponents), shut out six of nine opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 221 to 26, and won the MIAA championship. Wilbur Stalcup was the assistant coach.[1][2] The 1938 season was the start of a 21-game winning streak that ended in October 1940.
| 1938 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football | |
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MIAA champion | |
| Conference | Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Record | 9â0 (5â0 MIAA) |
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| Captain | Bill Bernau |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryville (MO) $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 9 | â | 0 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rolla | 3 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield (MO) | 2 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kirksville | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Warrensburg | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cape Girardeau | 1 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bearcat quarterback and co-captain Bill Bernau led the MIAA with 91 points scored and was rated as the conference's best player. Five Bearcats received first-team honors on the 1938 MIAA all-star team: Bernau at quarterback; Stanley Pelc at fullback; B. McLaughlin at halfback; Marion Rogers at guard; and Ed Molitoris at tackle.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 23 | at Peru State* | Peru, NE | W 33â0 | [4] | ||
| September 30 | Midland* | Maryville, MO | W 20â7 | [5][6] | ||
| October 7 | at Nebraska Wesleyan* | Lincoln, NE | W 21â12 | [7][8] | ||
| October 14 | Missouri Mines |
| W 21â0 | [9] | ||
| October 21 | at Springfield (MO) | Springfield, MO | W 7â0 | [10] | ||
| October 28 | at Kirksville State | Kirksville, MO | W 26â7 | |||
| November 4 | Warrensburg | Maryville, MO | W 13â0 | [11] | ||
| November 11 | Cape Girardeau | Maryville, MO | W 15â0 | |||
| November 18 | Sioux Falls* | Maryville, MO | W 65â0 | [12] | ||
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