1939 NYU Violets football team

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The 1939 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1939 college football season.[1] In Mal Stevens's 6th season at NYU, the Violets compiled a 5–4 record, and managed to secure a place on the AP poll for the first and only time in program history for three weeks. They also defeated No. 15 Carnegie Tech 6–0 for their 2nd and final win over a ranked college football program, the other victory coming against #8 Fordham in 1936.[2]

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1939 NYU Violets football
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Record5–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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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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NYU was ranked at No. 49 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at ColgateW 7–68,000[4]
October 7Pennsylvania MilitaryW 43–0[5]
October 14at North CarolinaL 7–1420,000[6]
October 21No. 15 Carnegie TechW 6–025,000[7]
October 28GeorgiaNo. 19
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–1315,000[8]
November 4LafayetteNo. 17
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 14–0[9]
November 11MissouriNo. 17
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–2030,000[10]
November 18Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–1417,000[11]
December 2vs. Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–1857,000[12]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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