1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

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The 1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Cam Henderson, the team compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 286 to 84. Marshall had a 3–0 record against WVIAC opponents, but did not play enough conference games to qualify for the WVAC standings.[1] "Boot" Elkins and Zack Kush were the team captains.[2]

ConferenceWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (3–0 WVIAC)
Headcoach
Captains
  • "Boot" Elkins
  • Zack Kush
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1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (3–0 WVIAC)
Head coach
Captains
  • "Boot" Elkins
  • Zack Kush
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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1939 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
West Liberty State $5–0–08–2–0
Glenville State6–2–16–2–1
Concord3–1–14–4–1
Morris Harvey2–2–15–3–1
New River State2–3–00–3–4
Potomac State1–3–02–5–1
West Virginia Wesleyan1–3–01–8–0
Salem1–5–21–6–2
Fairmont State1–5–02–6–0
Shepherd0–4–01–6–0
Marshall *3–0–09–2–0
Davis & Elkins *3–0–05–4–1
Bethany (WV) *1–1–13–3–1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.
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Marshall was ranked at No. 64 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23Geneva*
W 41–13
September 30VPI*
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 20–0
October 7Salem
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 64–0
October 14at Miami (OH)*
W 21–06,000[4]
October 21at Dayton*
W 19–137,000[5]
October 28at Scranton*Scranton, PAL 0–204,000[6]
November 4Wake Forest*
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
L 13–148,000[7]
November 11Toledo*
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 14–12[8]
November 18at Xavier*Cincinnati, OHW 20–05,000[9]
November 23West Virginia Wesleyandagger
  • Fairfield Stadium
  • Huntington, WV
W 47–13
November 25at Morris HarveyCharleston, WVW 27–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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