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{{1939 Midwestern college football independents records}}
The '''1939 Wayne Tartars football team''' represented Wayne University (later renamed [[Wayne State University]]) as an independent during the [[1939 college football season]]. In their eighth year under head coach [[Joe Gembis]], the Tartars compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 117 to 66.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Football Media Guide|publisher=Wayne State University|pages=111, 114|accessdate=November 4, 2017|url=http://www.wsuathletics.com/documents/2016/9/13//2016%20FB%20MG%20p92-123.pdf?id=2924}}</ref>
The '''1939 Wayne Tartars football team''' represented Wayne University (later renamed [[Wayne State University]]) as an independent during the [[1939 college football season]]. In their eighth year under head coach [[Joe Gembis]], the Tartars compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 117 to 66.<ref>{{cite web|title=2016 Football Media Guide|publisher=Wayne State University|pages=111, 114|accessdate=November 4, 2017|url=http://www.wsuathletics.com/documents/2016/9/13//2016%20FB%20MG%20p92-123.pdf?id=2924}}</ref>


Wayne was ranked at No. 303 (out of 609 teams) in the final [[Litkenhous Ratings]] for 1939.<ref>{{cite news|title=Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth|author=E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=Johnson City Sunday Press|date=December 31, 1939|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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|September 30|at|[[1939 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]|[[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Michigan)|Macklin Field]]|[[East Lansing, Michigan|East Lansing, MI]]|L 0-16|23,000|<ref>{{cite news|title=Spartans Subdue Wayne, 16-0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=John N. Sabo|date=October 1, 1940|page=57|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18895683/spartans_subdue_wayne_160/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>


|October 7|at|[[1939 Bowling Green Falcons football team|Bowling Green]]||[[Bowling Green, Ohio|Bowling Green, OH]]|L 0-9||<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne Offense Falls Flat and Bowling Green Scores 9-0 Upset|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 8, 1939|page=Sports 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896238/wayne_offense_falls_flat_and_bowling/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|September 30|at|[[1939 Michigan State Spartans football team|Michigan State]]|[[Spartan Stadium (East Lansing, Michigan)|Spartan Stadium]]|[[East Lansing, MI]]|L 0-16||


|October 13|at|[[1939 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team|Michigan State Normal]]|Briggs Field|[[Ypsilanti, Michigan|Ypsilanti, MI]]|W 9-7||<ref>{{cite news|title=Blocked Kick Gives Tartars First Triumph|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 14, 1939|pages=15, 17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896486/blocked_kick_gives_tartars_first_triumph/}}</ref>
|October 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Bowling Green Falcons|title=Bowling Green}}||[[Bowling Green, OH]]|L 0-9||


|October 21||[[1939 Cincinnati Bearcats football team|Cincinnati]]|Keyworth Stadium|[[Hamtramck, Michigan|Hamtramck, MI]]|L 0-21|3,500|<ref>{{cite news|title=Cincinnati's Weight Edge Tells and Wayne Goes Down, 21 to 0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=October 22, 1939|page=Sports 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896575/cincinnatis_weight_edge_tells_and/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|October 13|at|[[1939 Michigan State Normal Hurons football team|Michigan State Normal]]|Briggs Field|[[Ypsilanti, MI]]|W 9-7||


|October 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Akron Zips|title=Akron}}|Buchtel Field|[[Akron, OH]]|W 18-12|5,402|<ref>{{cite news|title=Rally Falls Short, Erring Zippers Lose to Wayne Squad, 18-12|newspaper=The Akron Beacon-Journal|author=Eddie Butler|date=October 29, 1939|pages=1C, 3C|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896678/rally_falls_short_erring_zippers_lose/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|October 21||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Cincinnati Bearcats|title=Cincinnati}}|Keyworth Stadium|[[Detroit]]|L 0-21||


|November 4||Michigan State Normal<hc>|Keyworth Stadium|Hamtramck, MI|L 6-13|5,000|<ref>{{cite news|title=Long Runs by Walsh and Siera Enable Hurons to Beat Wayne, 13-6|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Ernie Stefani|date=November 5, 1939|page=Sport 5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18896793/long_runs_by_walsh_and_siera_enable/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|October 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Akron Zips|title=Akron}}|Buchtel Field|[[Akron, OH]]|W 18-12||


|November 11|at|[[1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team|Central Michigan]]|Alumni Field|[[Mount Pleasant, Michigan|Mount Pleasant, MI]]|L 6-33|5,500|<ref>{{cite news|title=Bearcats Rout Tartar Eleven: Central Wins, 33-6, for Eighth in a Row|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|date=November 12, 1939|page=Sports 2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18901985/bearcats_rout_tartar_eleven_central/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|November 4||Michigan State Normal<hc>|Keyworth Stadium|Detroit|L 6-13||


|November 18||[[1939 Buffalo Bulls football team|Buffalo]]|Keyworth Stadium|Hamtramck, MI|W 20-0|4,500|<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne Downs Buffalo, 20-0|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Ernie Stefani|date=November 19, 1939|page=Sports 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18902101/wayne_downs_buffalo_200/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|November 11|at|[[1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team|Central Michigan]]|Alumni Field|[[Mount Pleasant, MI]]|L 6-33||


|November 23||[[1939 Western State Teachers Broncos football team|Western State Teachers (MI)]]|Keyworth Stadium|Hamtramck, MI|W 7-6|6,000|<ref>{{cite news|title=Wayne Eleven Beats Western State for First Time, 7 to 6|newspaper=Detroit Free Press|author=Tod Rockwell|author-link=Tod Rockwell|date=November 24, 1939|pages=25, 27|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18902208/wayne_eleven_beats_western_state_for/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
|November 18||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Buffalo Bulls|title=Buffalo}}|Keyworth Stadium|Detroit|W 20-0||


|November 23||[[1939 Western State Broncos football team|Western State]]|Keyworth Stadium|Detroit|W 7-6||
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Latest revision as of 01:47, 17 August 2023

1939 Wayne Tartars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainFrank Cudillo
Home stadiumKeyworth Stadium[1]
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Central Michigan   –   8 – 1 – 0
No. 13 Notre Dame   –   7 – 2 – 0
Ohio   –   6 – 3 – 0
Detroit   –   5 – 3 – 1
Akron   –   5 – 4 – 0
Cincinnati   –   4 – 3 – 2
Ohio Wesleyan   –   5 – 4 – 1
Marquette   –   4 – 4 – 0
Michigan State   –   4 – 4 – 1
Dayton   –   4 – 4 – 1
Michigan State Normal   –   3 – 3 – 1
Wayne   –   4 – 5 – 0
Xavier   –   3 – 5 – 1
Western State Teachers (MI)   –   2 – 6 – 1
Miami (OH)   –   1 – 7 – 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Wayne Tartars football team represented Wayne University (later renamed Wayne State University) as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Joe Gembis, the Tartars compiled a 4–5 record and were outscored by opponents, 117 to 66.[2]

Wayne was ranked at No. 303 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30at Michigan State
L 0–1623,000[4]
October 7at Bowling GreenBowling Green, OHL 0–9[5]
October 13at Michigan State Normal
W 9–7[6]
October 21Cincinnati
L 0–213,500[7]
October 28at Akron
W 18–125,402[8]
November 4Michigan State Normaldagger
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
L 6–135,000[9]
November 11at Central Michigan
L 6–335,500[10]
November 18Buffalo
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
W 20–04,500[11]
November 23Western State Teachers (MI)
  • Keyworth Stadium
  • Hamtramck, MI
W 7–66,000[12]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

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  1. ^ "Wayne Gets Field for 1938 Football". Detroit Free Press. December 9, 1937. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2016 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Wayne State University. pp. 111, 114. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ John N. Sabo (October 1, 1940). "Spartans Subdue Wayne, 16-0". Detroit Free Press. p. 57 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wayne Offense Falls Flat and Bowling Green Scores 9-0 Upset". Detroit Free Press. October 8, 1939. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Blocked Kick Gives Tartars First Triumph". Detroit Free Press. October 14, 1939. pp. 15, 17.
  7. ^ "Cincinnati's Weight Edge Tells and Wayne Goes Down, 21 to 0". Detroit Free Press. October 22, 1939. p. Sports 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Eddie Butler (October 29, 1939). "Rally Falls Short, Erring Zippers Lose to Wayne Squad, 18-12". The Akron Beacon-Journal. pp. 1C, 3C – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Ernie Stefani (November 5, 1939). "Long Runs by Walsh and Siera Enable Hurons to Beat Wayne, 13-6". Detroit Free Press. p. Sport 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Bearcats Rout Tartar Eleven: Central Wins, 33-6, for Eighth in a Row". Detroit Free Press. November 12, 1939. p. Sports 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Ernie Stefani (November 19, 1939). "Wayne Downs Buffalo, 20-0". Detroit Free Press. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ Tod Rockwell (November 24, 1939). "Wayne Eleven Beats Western State for First Time, 7 to 6". Detroit Free Press. pp. 25, 27 – via Newspapers.com.
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