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1939 Carnegie Mellon

3–⁠5.

Schedule and results

Carnegie Mellon in 1939, game by game: won at Wittenberg 35–0; won at Temple 6–0; won at Case 21–0; lost at New York University 0–6; lost vs. No. 2 Notre Dame 6–7; lost at Pittsburgh 0–6; lost at No. 18 Holy Cross 0–21; lost at No. 12 Duquesne 7–22+35−21Won 35–0 at Wittenberg+35WittenbergWon 6–0 at Temple+6TempleWon 21–0 at Case+21CaseLost 0–6 at New York University-6New York Univer…Lost 6–7 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-1No. 2 Notre DameLost 0–6 at Pittsburgh-6PittsburghLost 0–21 at No. 18 Holy Cross-21No. 18 Holy CrossLost 7–22 at No. 12 Duquesne-15No. 12 Duquesne
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atWittenbergW 35–⁠085%
Oct 7atTempleW 6–⁠056%
Oct 14atCaseW 21–⁠087%
Oct 21atNew York UniversityL 0–⁠657%
Oct 28vs2Notre DameL 6–⁠743%
Nov 11atPittsburghL 0–⁠631%
Nov 18at18Holy CrossL 0–⁠2128%
Nov 25at12DuquesneL 7–⁠2234%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Duquesne 22–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 43 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 15

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.

Record
3–⁠5
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 15
Points
75–⁠62
Coach
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Elo
1509 −40 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.1 No. 60 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 2Merl Condit BCleveland Rams