1939 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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]

1939 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–3–2
Head coach	Ossie Solem (3rd season)
Captain	Duffy Daugherty, William Hoffman^[1]
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
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

Syracuse was ranked at No. 75 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Clarkson	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 12–0	15,000
October 7	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–19	24,000	^[4]
October 14	Georgetown	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	T 13–13	15,000	^[5]
October 21	at No. 13 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–33	25,000
October 28	Penn State	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	T 6–6	16,000
November 4	Michigan State	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 3–14	16,000
November 18	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–0	28,000	^[6]
November 23	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 10–7	5,000	^[7]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^[8][1]

References

1. 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. 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. "Cornell Aims Guns At Tigers After Beating Syracuse". The Ithaca Journal. October 9, 1939. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Syracuse, Hoyas Lock in 13-13 Tie". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 15, 1939. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Syracuse Deception Whips Colgate, 7-0". New York Daily News. November 19, 1939. p. 80 – via Newspapers.com.
7. 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.
8. "1939 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 1, 2018.