1939 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1939 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
CaptainDuffy Daugherty, William Hoffman[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1939 college football season. The Orangemen were led by third-year head coach Ossie Solem and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York. The team was co-captained by guard Hugh "Duffy" Daugherty, who would later become a Hall-of-Fame-inducted coach at Michigan State. The Daily Orange predicted before the season that Syracuse will beat all the team except Duke.[2]

The 1939 bout between Syracuse and Duke was a rout with Duke coming out on top 33-6. It was Gerald Courtney the Syracuse all-American who ran the only scoring goal down the sidelines for 74 yards. Gerald playing both sides of the ball both in offense and defense. The Charlotte Observer Sports was quoted saying "Gerald Courtney and his orange henchmen couldn't stop the Blue Devils". [3] This was the second time these teams had met, and Syracuse had won the first meeting.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 75 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[4]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Clarkson
W 12–015,000
October 7at Cornell
L 6–1924,000[5]
October 14Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
T 13–1315,000[6]
October 21at No. 13 Duke
L 6–3320,000–25,000[7]
October 28Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 6–616,000
November 4Michigan State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 3–1416,000
November 18Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
W 7–028,000[8]
November 23at Maryland
W 10–75,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[10][1]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. ^ "Syracuse Football Duke Daily Orange 1939". Star-Gazette. Elmira, New York. May 11, 1939. p. 29. Retrieved November 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Gerry runs for a touchdown against Duke". The Charlotte Observer. October 22, 1939. p. 17. Retrieved May 13, 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "Cornell Aims Guns At Tigers After Beating Syracuse". The Ithaca Journal. October 9, 1939. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Syracuse, Hoyas Lock in 13-13 Tie". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 15, 1939. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Blue Devils top Syracuse with ease". The State. October 22, 1939. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Syracuse Deception Whips Colgate, 7-0". New York Daily News. November 19, 1939. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Craig E. Taylor (November 24, 1939). "University Of Maryland Bows To Syracuse In Football Thriller, 10-7". The Baltimore Sun. p. 12 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "1939 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.

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