1939 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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

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

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	[5]
October 14	Georgetown	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	T 13–13	15,000	[6]
October 21	at No. 13 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 6–33	20,000–25,000	[7]
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	[8]
November 23	at Maryland	Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 10–7	5,000	[9]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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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. "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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