1939 Langston Lions football team
American college football season
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The 1939 Langston Lions football team was an American football team that represented Langston College as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their 10th season under head coach "Zip" Gayles, the team compiled an overall record of 7â0â1 with mark of 5â0â1 in conference play, won the SWAC championship, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 83 to 26.[1] The 1939 Langston team was recognized as the black college national champion.
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record7â0â1 (5â0â1 SWAC)
Headcoach
- "Zip" Gayles (10th season)
HomestadiumAnderson Field
| 1939 Langston Lions football | |
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Black college national co-champion SWAC champion | |
| Conference | Southwestern Athletic Conference |
| Record | 7â0â1 (5â0â1 SWAC) |
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| Home stadium | Anderson Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Langston $ | 5 | â | 0 | â | 1 | 7 | â | 0 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Prairie View | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 5 | â | 2 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas AM&N | 3 | â | 2 | â | 1 | 6 | â | 3 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bishop | 2 | â | 2 | â | 2 | 3 | â | 2 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wiley | 3 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 5 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern | 1 | â | 4 | â | 1 | 4 | â | 5 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas College | 1 | â | 5 | â | 0 | 1 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| October 7 | at Morehouse* | Atlanta, GA | W 6â0 | [2] | |||
| October 14 | at Southern | Scotlandville, LA | W 6â0 | 3,000 | [3] | ||
| October 21 | vs. Bishop |
| W 17â7 | [4] | |||
| October 28 | at Texas College | Tyler, TX | W 18â6 | ||||
| November 4 | Xavier (LA)* |
| W 3â0 | [5] | |||
| November 11 | Wiley |
| W 14â6 | [6][7] | |||
| November 18 | Arkansas AM&N |
| W 12â0 | [8] | |||
| November 25 | at Prairie View | Prairie View, TX | T 7â7 | [9] | |||
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