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1939 New York University

5–⁠4, coached by Mal Stevens.

Schedule and results

New York University in 1939, game by game: won at Colgate 7–6; won vs. Pennsylvania Military 43–0; lost at North Carolina 7–14; won vs. No. 15 Carnegie Mellon 6–0; won vs. Georgia 14–13; won vs. Lafayette 14–0; lost vs. Missouri 7–20; lost vs. Georgetown 0–14; lost at Fordham 7–18+43−14Won 7–6 at Colgate+1ColgateWon 43–0 vs. Pennsylvania Military+43Pennsylvania Mi…Lost 7–14 at North Carolina-7North CarolinaWon 6–0 vs. No. 15 Carnegie Mellon+6No. 15 Carnegie MellonWon 14–13 vs. Georgia+1GeorgiaWon 14–0 vs. Lafayette+14LafayetteLost 7–20 vs. Missouri-13MissouriLost 0–14 vs. Georgetown-14GeorgetownLost 7–18 at Fordham-11Fordham
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 30atColgateW 7–⁠640%
Oct 7vsPennsylvania MilitaryW 43–⁠088%
Oct 14atNorth CarolinaL 7–⁠1423%
Oct 21vs15Carnegie MellonW 6–⁠043%
Oct 28vsGeorgiaW 14–⁠1369%
Nov 4vsLafayetteW 14–⁠073%
Nov 11vsMissouriL 7–⁠2044%
Nov 18vsGeorgetownL 0–⁠1444%
Dec 2atFordhamL 7–⁠1821%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Fordham 18–⁠7; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 9th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 2: 19
  2. Wk 3: 17
  3. Wk 4: 17

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
5–⁠4
Conference
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AP final
Unranked peak No. 17
Points
105–⁠85
Coach
Mal Stevens
Elo
1463 −8 this season
SP+ rating
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SRS
1.8 No. 54 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
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Drafted in 1940

The 1940 draft
Rd 1Ed Boell QBWashington Redskins