1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team

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The 1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 167 to 40. The team's sole loss was by a 20–7 score to Gus Dorais' 1939 Detroit Titans football team.[1]

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1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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1939 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan â€“ 8–1–0
No. 13 Notre Dame â€“ 7–2–0
Michigan Tech â€“ 3–1–1
Ohio â€“ 6–3–0
Detroit â€“ 5–3–1
Akron â€“ 5–4–0
Cincinnati â€“ 4–3–2
Ohio Wesleyan â€“ 5–4–1
Marquette â€“ 4–4–0
Michigan State â€“ 4–4–1
Dayton â€“ 4–4–1
Michigan State Normal â€“ 3–3–1
Wayne â€“ 4–5–0
Xavier â€“ 3–5–1
Western State Teachers â€“ 2–6–1
Miami (OH) â€“ 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll
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Central Michigan was ranked at No. 159 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at DetroitL 7–2021,500[3]
September 29at Ferris Institute Big Rapids, MIW 20–0[4][5]
September 30 Northern Illinois
W 6–0[6]
October 6 Northern State Teachers (MI)
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
W 37–0[7]
October 14at Eastern Kentucky Richmond, KYW 18–14[8][9]
October 21at Michigan State Normal
W 14–05,000[10]
October 27 Ball State
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
W 7–0[11]
November 11 Waynedagger
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
W 33–65,500[12]
Grand Rapids
  • Alumni Field
  • Mount Pleasant, MI
W 25–0
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