1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–7–1 (0–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Dizzy McLeod (7th season)
Captain	George Patrick
Home stadium	Sirrine Stadium
Seasons ←  1937 1939  →

1938 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1938 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 2–7–1 with a conference mark of 0–4–1, and finished 14th in the SoCon. ^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Oglethorpe *	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 13–6	7,500	[2]
September 23	at Bucknell *	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 6–28	7,000	[3]
September 30	at George Washington *	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–7	8,000	[4]
October 7	at Georgia *	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–38		[5]
October 15	The Citadel	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 6–9	10,000	[6]
October 22	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	T 7–7	7,500	[7]
October 29	Davidson	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 12–13		[8]
November 5	at Marshall *	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 18–13	8,000	[9]
November 12	South Carolina	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 6–27	12,500	[10]
November 24	at Clemson	Riggs Field Clemson, SC	L 7–10	12,500	[11]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1938 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
2. "Furman opens with win over Oglethorpe". The Columbia Record. September 17, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
3. "Bucknell downs Furman 28–6". Sunbury Daily Item. September 24, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "George Washington stills Hurricane, 7 to 0". The Greenville News. October 1, 1938. Retrieved September 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Moms, Mathews, Hise run wild". The Macon Telegraph. October 8, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Citadel capitalizes on breaks to trip Furman, 9–6". The Charlotte Observer. October 16, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "State and Furman battle to 7–7 tie". Asheville Citizen-Times. October 23, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Pep Martin's flash stirs Hurricane but extra point missed". The Greenville News. October 30, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Furman takes thriller from Marshall, 18 to 13". The Greenville News. November 6, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
10. "Carolina cracks Furman, 27 to 6". The State. November 13, 1938. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
11. "Clemson beats Furman 10–7". The Times and Democrat. November 25, 1938. Retrieved September 12, 2022– via Newspapers.com.