1939 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1939 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference Southern Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainRoten Shetley
Lloyd Coley
Home stadium Sirrine Stadium
Seasons
←  1938
1940  →
1939 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
No. 12 Clemson 4 –0 –09 –1 –0
William & Mary 2 –0 –16 –2 –1
North Carolina 5 –1 –08 –1 –1
VMI 3 –1 –16 –3 –1
Richmond 3 –1 –17 –1 –2
Furman 3 –3 –05 –4 –0
Wake Forest 3 –3 –07 –3 –0
NC State 2 –4 –02 –8 –0
Washington and Lee 1 –2 –03 –4 –1
South Carolina 1 –3 –03 –6 –1
VPI 1 –4 –14 –5 –1
Davidson 1 –7 –02 –7 –0
Maryland 0 –1 –02 –7 –0
The Citadel 0 –4 –03 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1939 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a conference mark of 3–3, and finished seventh in the SoCon. [1]

Furman was ranked at No. 89 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22 Erskine *
W 38–77,500 [3]
September 30at Army *
L 7–167,000 [4]
October 6 Georgia *
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
W 20–012,000 [5]
October 14at The Citadel
W 7–0 [6]
October 28at Davidson
W 15–0 [7]
November 4at VPI
L 7–202,500 [8]
November 11at South Carolina
W 20–08,000 [9]
November 18 NC State
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
L 7–127,500 [10]
November 25No. 15 Clemson
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
L 3–1416,000 [11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ↑ "1939 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ "Furman Hurricane swirls through Erskine, 38–7". The Greenville News. September 23, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Furman makes it hot for Army till game nearly is over". The Sunday Star. October 1, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Furman pulls big upset in beating Georgia eleven, 20 to 0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 7, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Furman noses out fighting Citadel eleven". The State. October 15, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Furman defeats Davidson 15–0". The Index-Journal. October 29, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Engineers Down McLeod's Team In Snow Fall". The Furman Hornet. Furman University. November 10, 1939. p. 5. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
  9. ↑ "Shetley big gun as Furman blasts Gamecocks". The Charlotte News. November 12, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "State boys defeat Furman gridders by 12 to 7". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 19, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Clemson Tigers overpower Furman for 14–3 victory". The Index-Journal. November 26, 1939. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.


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