1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

The 1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football team represented Massachusetts State College in the 1939 college football season. The team was coached by Elbert Carraway and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Mass State finished the season with a record of 2–5–2.

1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–5–2
Head coach	Elbert Carraway (4th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

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

Massachusetts State was ranked at No. 315 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	at Springfield	Springfield, MA	T 0–0
October 7	Bowdoin	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 14–19
October 14	Connecticut	Alumni Field Amherst, MA (rivalry)	L 6–7
October 21	at Rhode Island State	Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	L 20–23	2,000	^[2]
October 28	at Worcester Tech	Alumni Field Worcester, MA	W 7–0
November 4	Amherst	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 0–13
November 11	at Coast Guard	Cadet Memorial Field New London, CT	W 6–0
November 18	RPI	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	T 7–7
November 25	Tufts	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 7–34

See also

• Texas A&M University

1. 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.
2. "Late Field Goal Gives R. I. State Triumph, 23-20: 240-Pound Warner Kearney Boots Deciding Points". The Hartford Courant. October 22, 1939. p. 16C – via Newspapers.com.