1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

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1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football
PSTC champion
Conference Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference
Record8–0 (5–0 PSTC)
Head coach
Seasons
 1938
1940 
1939 Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Slippery Rock $ 5 0 08 0 0
West Chester 3 0 03 3 3
Clarion 2 0 15 1 1
Lock Haven 5 1 05 4 0
Indiana (PA) 4 2 24 2 2
Mansfield 3 2 04 3 0
East Stroudsburg 3 2 03 5 0
Shippensburg 3 3 13 3 1
Kutztown 2 3 05 3 0
California (PA) 1 3 01 7 0
Millersville 1 4 02 5 0
Edinboro 0 5 01 6 0
Bloomsburg 0 7 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Slippery Rock State Normal School (now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania) as a member of the Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference (PSTC) during the 1939 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach N. Kerr Thompson, the Rockets compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against PSTC opponents), won the PSTC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 20. [1] [2]

Slippery Rock had agreed to play in the "Brain Bowl" against Maryville, but Maryville pulled out of the game when seven of its players left for National Guard training. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Shippensburg Shippensburg, PA W 16–0
October 7vs. Millersville
W 38–0 [4]
October 14 Westminster *Slippery Rock, PAW 14–13 [5]
October 21at Indiana (PA) Indiana, PA W 13–0 [6]
October 28at Grove City * Grove City, PA W 13–0
November 4at Thiel * Greenville, PA W 14–7
November 11 Edinboro Slippery Rock, PAW 40–0 [7]
November 18 California (PA) Slippery Rock, PAW 54–0 [8]
  • *Non-conference game

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