1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
American college football season
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The 1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 6â2 record (2â1 against NCC opponents), tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 86. The team opened its season with a victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a professional football team from Canada.[1]
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record6â2 (2â1 NCC)
Headcoach
- Charles A. West (10th season)
HomestadiumMemorial Stadium
| 1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 6â2 (2â1 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 7 | â | 1 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 2 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 1 | â | 3 | â | 1 | 2 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 0 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 3 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 16 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers* |
| W 21â7 | [2] | |||
| September 23 | South Dakota State | W 37â0 | [3] | ||||
| September 30 | Morningside |
| W 27â12 | ||||
| October 14 | DePaul* |
| W 32â12 | [4] | |||
| October 22 | Montana* |
| W 7â0 | 7,000 | [5] | ||
| October 29 | at North Dakota Agricultural | L 13â17 | 8,000 | [6] | |||
| November 5 | at Detroit* | L 7â38 | |||||
| November 11 | Omaha |
| W 7â0 | ||||
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After the season
The following Fighting Sioux was selected in the 1939 NFL draft after the season.[7]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 18 | 164 | Charlie Gainor | End | Philadelphia Eagles |