1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
SportFootball
Number of teams6
Champion Maryville
Football seasons
  1938
1940  
1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Maryville (MO) $ 5 0 09 0 0
Springfield (MO) 3 1 17 1 1
Missouri Mines 3 2 05 4 0
Warrensburg 1 2 23 3 3
Cape Girardeau 1 3 15 3 1
Kirksville 0 5 02 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the season of college football played by the six member schools of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) as part of the 1939 college football season.

Contents

The Maryville Bearcats from Maryville, Missouri, led by head coach Ryland Milner, compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and won the MIAA championship.The 1939 season was part of a 21-game winning streak for Maryville that began with an undefeated 1938 season and ended in October 1940.

Conference overview

Conf. rankTeamHead coachConf. recordOverall recordPoints scoredPoints against
1 Maryville Ryland Milner 5–09–016720
2 Springfield Red Blair 3–1–17–1–112975
3 Rolla Gale Bullman 3–25–4111120
4 Warrensburg Carl Voltmer 1–2–23–3–3
5 Cape Girardeau Abe Stuber 1–3–15–3–1
6 Kifksville Malcolm Eiken 0–52–654100

Teams

Maryville

1939 Maryville Bearcats football
MIAA champion
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–0 (5–0 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainBill Bernau
Seasons
  1938
1940 

The 1939 Maryville Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented Maryville State Teachers College (later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri. In their third season under head coach Ryland Milner, the Bearcats compiled a perfect 9–0 record (5–0 against MIAA opponents), shut out seven of nine opponents, and won the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) championship.

Guard Marion Rogers was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1939 Little All-America college football team. [1] Four Northwest Missouri players received first-team honors on the 1939 all-conference team: Bill Bernau at back; Green at tackle; and M. Rogers and R. Rogers at guard. [2]

Maryville was ranked at No. 155 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22 Tahlequah * Maryville, MO W 7–0 [4]
September 30at Washington University *W 9–7 [5] [6]
October 6at Sioux Falls * Sioux Falls, SD W 48–0 [7]
October 13 Southwest Missouri State *Maryville, MOW 21–0 [8]
October 20at Rolla Rolla, MO W 17–0 [9]
October 27 Chadron State *Maryville, MOW 27–0 [10]
November 3at Cape Girardeau
W 7–0 [11]
November 10 Kirksville Maryville, MOW 19–13 [12]
November 17at Warrensburg Warrensburg, MO W 12–0 [13]
  • *Non-conference game

Springfield

1939 Springfield Bears football
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (3–1–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSTC Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 

The 1939 Springfield Bears football team represented the Springfield State College (later renamed Missouri State University) at Springfield, Missouri. In their second season under head coach Red Blair, the Bears compiled a 7–1–1 record (3–1–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished in second place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Two Springfield players received first-team honors on the 1939 all-conference team: quarterback Dwight Bumpus and end Russell Kaminsky. [2]

Springfield was ranked at No. 201 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Tahlequah *
W 12–0 [14] [15]
October 6 Durant *
  • STC Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 19–14 [16]
October 13at Maryville Maryville, MO L 0–21 [8]
October 21 Kirksville
  • STC Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 27–0 [17]
October 28at Rolla Rolla, MO W 20–62,500 [18]
November 11at Warrensburg Warrensburg, MO T 13–134,000 [19]
November 17 Cape Girardeau
  • STC field
  • Springfield, MO
W 6–0 [20]
November 23 Hastings Springfield, MOW 25–213,000 [21]
November 30 Arkansas A&M *Springfield, MOW 7–0 [22]
  • *Non-conference game

Rolla

1939 Rolla Miners football
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (3–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
 1938
1940 

The 1939 Rolla Miners football team represented the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (later renamed as Missouri University of Science and Technology) at Rolla, Missouri. In their third year under head coach Gale Bullman, the Miners compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 against MIAA opponents), finished in third place in the MIAA, and were outscored by a total of 120 to 111.

Rolla was ranked at No. 299 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Saint Louis *
L 0–13 [23]
October 7 Arkansas State * Rolla, MO W 39–6 [24] [25]
October 13 Warrensburg Warrensburg, MO W 13–7 [26]
October 20Northwest Missouri StateRolla, MOL 0–17 [9]
October 28SpringfieldRolla, MOL 6–202,500 [18]
November 4Arkansas A&M*Rolla, MOW 28–13 [27]
November 10at Cape Girardeau
W 12–6 [28]
November 18 Kirksville Rolla, MOW 13–6 [29]
November 25at Washington University *L 0–326,000 [30]
  • *Non-conference game

Warrensburg

1939 Warrensburg Mules football
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3–3 (1–2–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
 1938
1940 

The 1939 Warrensburg Mules football team represented the Warrensburg State College (later renamed University of Central Missouri) at Warrensburg, Missouri. In their fifth year under head coach Carl Voltmer, the Mules compiled a 3–3–3 record (1–2–2 against conference opponents), and finished in fourth place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Warrensburg was ranked at No. 290 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Kansas Wesleyan * Warrensburg, MO W 14–0 [31]
October 6at Central * Fayette, MO T 6–6 [32]
October 13 Rolla Warrensburg, MOL 7–13 [26]
October 20at Cape Girardeau
T 0–0 [33]
October 27at Rockhurst * Kansas City, MO W 13–12 [34]
November 3at Kirksville
W 20–6 [35] [36]
November 11 Springfield Warrensburg, MOT 13–134,000 [19]
November 17 Maryville Warresnburg, MOL 0–12 [13] [37]
  • *Non-conference game

Cape Girardeau

1939 Cape Girardeau Indians football
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3–1 (1–3–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadium Houck Field Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 

The 1939 Cape Girardeau Indians football team represented Cape Girardeau State College (later renamed as Southeast Missouri State University) at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In their eighth season under head coach Abe Stuber, the Indians compiled a 5–3–1 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Cape Girardeau was ranked at No. 298 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29 Southern Illinois *W 9–2 [38] [39]
October 13at Kirksville
W 9–3 [40]
October 28CarthageW 27–6
November 3 Maryville
  • Houck Field Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
L 0–7 [11]
November 10 Rolla
  • Houck Field Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
L 6–12 [28]
November 17at Springfield
  • STC field
  • Springfield, MO
L 0–6 [20]
November 23at Southern IllinoisW 24–0 [41]
  • *Non-conference game

Kirksville

1939 Kirksville Bulldogs football
Conference Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–6 (0–5 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumStokes Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 

The 1939 Kirksville Bulldogs football team represented the Kirksville State Teaches College (also known as Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, later renamed as Truman State University) at Kirksville, Missouri. In their first year under head coach Malcolm Eiken, the Bulldogs compiled a 2–6 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished in last place out of six teams in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Kirksville was ranked at No. 367 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. [3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Iowa State Teachers Cedar Falls, IA L 0–12 [42] [43]
September 30 Culver–Stockton
W 3–0 [44]
October 6Chillicothe
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
W 14–02,200 [45]
October 13 Cape Girardeau
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
L 3–9 [40]
October 21at Springfield
L 9–27
November 3 Warrensburg Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
L 6–20 [35] [36]
November 10at Maryville Maryville, MO L 13–19 [12]
November 18at Rolla Rolla, MO L 6–13 [29]
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming

All-conference team

At the end of the season, the conference coaches selected an all-conference team consisting of the following first-team players:

[2] [46]

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