1939 Creighton Bluejays football team
American college football season
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The 1939 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth and final season under head coach Marchmont Schwartz, the team compiled a 4â5 record (2â4 against MVC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 164 to 43.[1]
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record4â5 (2â4 MVC)
Headcoach
- Marchmont Schwartz (5th season)
HomestadiumCreighton Stadium
| 1939 Creighton Bluejays football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 4â5 (2â4 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Creighton Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University $ | 4 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa | 2 | â | 1 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 1 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 3 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | â | 4 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washburn | 1 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Creighton was ranked at No. 102 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 30 | Iowa State Teachers* | W 26â0 | [3] | ||||
| October 7 | Tulsa |
| L 14â21 | 12,000 | [4] | ||
| October 14 | Drake |
| W 7â0 | 12,000 | [5] | ||
| October 20 | at Washington University | L 12â42 | 7,000 | [6] | |||
| October 28 | Loyola (LA)* |
| W 21â13 | [7] | |||
| November 4 | Saint Louis |
| L 14â21 | [8] | |||
| November 18 | Washburn |
| W 47â0 | [9] | |||
| November 25 | at Oklahoma A&M | L 9â20 | [10] | ||||
| December 3 | vs. San Francisco* |
| L 14â26 | 9,900 | [11] | ||
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