1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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The 1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by Bill Kern in his third and final season as head coach, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5.

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Headcoach
HomestadiumPitt Stadium
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1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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More information Conf., Overall ...
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell â€“ 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne â€“ 8–0–1
Swarthmore â€“ 6–0–1
Scranton â€“ 7–0–2
Princeton â€“ 7–1–0
La Salle â€“ 6–1–1
Penn State â€“ 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College â€“ 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham â€“ 6–2–0
Villanova â€“ 6–2–0
Boston University â€“ 5–3–0
Brown â€“ 5–3–1
Dartmouth â€“ 5–3–1
Hofstra â€“ 4–3–0
NYU â€“ 5–4–0
Pittsburgh â€“ 5–4–0
Harvard â€“ 4–4–0
Manhattan â€“ 4–4–0
Penn â€“ 4–4–0
Syracuse â€“ 3–3–2
Vermont â€“ 3–3–2
Tufts â€“ 3–4–1
Yale â€“ 3–4–1
Army â€“ 3–4–2
Bucknell â€“ 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech â€“ 3–5–0
Providence â€“ 3–5–0
Columbia â€“ 2–4–2
Massachusetts State â€“ 2–5–2
Colgate â€“ 2–5–1
Temple â€“ 2–7–0
CCNY â€“ 1–7–0
Buffalo â€“ 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll
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Carnegie Tech was ranked at No. 55 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

Carnegie Tech played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at WittenbergSpringfield, OHW 35–0
October 7at TempleW 6–0
October 14at CaseW 21–0[2]
October 21at NYUNo. 15L 0–625,000[3]
October 28No. 2 Notre DameL 6–761,420
November 11Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–655,000[4]
November 18at No. 18 Holy CrossL 0–2130,000[5]
November 25No. 12 Duquesne
L 7–2237,500
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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