1939 NYU Violets football team

1939 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–4
Head coach	Mal Stevens (6th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Yankee Stadium

1939 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

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]

NYU was ranked at No. 49 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Colgate		Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 7–6	8,000	[4]
October 7	Pennsylvania Military		Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 43–0		[5]
October 14	at North Carolina		Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 7–14	20,000	[6]
October 21	No. 15 Carnegie Tech		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 6–0	25,000	[7]
October 28	Georgia	No. 19	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 14–13	15,000	[8]
November 4	Lafayette	No. 17	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 14–0		[9]
November 11	Missouri	No. 17	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–20	30,000	[10]
November 18	Georgetown		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–14	17,000	[11]
December 2	vs. Fordham		Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–18	57,000	[12]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1939 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
2. "1936 New York University Violets Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 22, 2021.
3. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lone point sinks Colgate for NYU, 7–6". Democrat and Chronicle. October 1, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "N.Y.U. rolls over P.M.C. eleven, 43–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 8, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Carolina wins, 14–7". The News and Observer. October 15, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "New York U. scores 6–0 win over Skibos". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 22, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Heroic Bulldogs bow to N.Y.U., 14 to 13". The Atlanta Constitution. October 29, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "New York University scores convincing win over Lafayette, 14–0". The Morning Call. November 5, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Christman sparks Missouri to 20–7 victory over N.Y.U." St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 12, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Georgetown adds NYU to lost of 2-yr. victims, 14–0". Daily News. November 19, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
12. Cuddy, Jack (December 3, 1939). "Fordham stampedes NYU: Fordham rally bests N.Y.U., 18–7". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 3B.