1939 NYU Violets Football Team
The 1939 NYU Violets football team represented New York University in the 1939 college football season. In Mal Stevens's 6th season at NYU, the Violets compiled a 5–4 record, and managed to secure a place on the AP poll for the first and only time in program history for three weeks. They also defeated No. 15 Carnegie Tech 6–0 for their 2nd and final win over a ranked college football program, the other victory coming against #8 Fordham in 1936. NYU was ranked at No. 49 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. Schedule References NYU NYU Violets football seasons NYU Violets football The NYU Violets football team represented the New York University Violets in college football. History NYU began play in 1873, making it one of the first football teams established in the United States (following Princeton, Rutgers, Columbia, ... University Heights, Bronx Sports in the Bronx {{collegefootball-1939-season-stub ...
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Mal Stevens
Marvin Allen "Mal" Stevens (April 14, 1900 – December 6, 1979) was an American football player, coach, naval officer, and orthopedic surgeon. He served as the head football coach at Yale University from 1928 to 1932 and at New York University from 1934 to 1941, compiling a career college football record of 54–45–10. He was elected to the College Football Hall of Fame as a player in 1974. Early life, playing career, and education Born in Stockton, Kansas, Stevens attended Washburn College for three years before transferring to Yale College. He lettered in three sports at Washburn and played halfback on Yale's undefeated 1923 football team. He graduated from Yale in 1925 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He graduated from Yale Medical School in 1929. Coaching career and military service Stevens coached the Yale football team from 1928 to 1932, leaving to become the 21st head football coach at New York University in 1934. His coached at NYU through the 1941 season, compi ...
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Kenan Memorial Stadium
Kenan Memorial Stadium is a stadium located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and is the home field of the North Carolina Tar Heels. It is primarily used for football. The stadium opened in 1927 and holds 50,500 people. It is located near the center of campus at the University of North Carolina. History The previous home of the Tar Heels was Emerson Field, which opened in 1916 on the current site of Davis Library. By 1925, it was obvious that that 2,400-seat facility was not adequate for the increasing crowds. Expansion was quickly ruled out since the baseball team also used it. Any new football seats would have also been too far away for baseball. Funding for the stadium was originally supposed to come from alumni donations. William R. Kenan Jr., a UNC alumnus, scientist, industrialist and dairy farmer from Lockport, New York who would later become a prominent businessman in Miami, got word of the initial plans and donated a large gift to build the stadium and an adjoining field ...
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1939 In Sports In New York City
This year also marks the start of the Second World War, the List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, largest and deadliest conflict in human history. Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 1 ** Nazi Germany, Third Reich *** Jews are forbidden to work with Germans. *** The Protection Young Persons Act (Germany), Youth Protection Act was passed on April 30, 1938 and the Working Hours Regulations came into effect. *** The Jews name change decree has gone into effect. ** The rest of the world *** In Spain, it becomes a duty of all young women under 25 to complete compulsory work service for one year. *** First edition of the Vienna New Year's Concert. *** The company of technology and manufacturing scientific instruments Hewlett-Packard, was founded in a garage in Palo Alto, California, by Bill Hewlett, William (Bill) Hewlett and David Packard. This garage is now considered the birthplace of Silicon Valley. *** Sydne ...
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NYU Violets Football Seasons
New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the non-denominational all-male institution began its first classes near City Hall based on a curriculum focused on a secular education. The university moved in 1833 and has maintained its main campus in Greenwich Village surrounding Washington Square Park. Since then, the university has added an engineering school in Brooklyn's MetroTech Center and graduate schools throughout Manhattan. NYU has become the largest private university in the United States by enrollment, with a total of 51,848 enrolled students, including 26,733 undergraduate students and 25,115 graduate students, in 2019. NYU also receives the most applications of any private institution in the United States and admission is considered highly selective. NYU is organized into t ...
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1939 Fordham Rams Football Team
The 1939 Fordham Rams football team represented Fordham University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Jim Crowley, the Rams compiled a record of 6–2. The season opener against was the first college football game ever broadcast on television. Fordham played home games at the Polo Grounds in Manhattan. Schedule References Fordham Fordham Rams football seasons Fordham Rams football The Fordham Rams football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Fordham University, located in the borough of The Bronx in New York City. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and ar ...

1939 Georgetown Hoyas Football Team
The 1939 Georgetown Hoyas football team was an American football team that represented Georgetown University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their eighth season under head coach Jack Hagerty, the Hoyas compiled a 7–0–1 record, shut out five of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 109 to 22. The team was ranked No. 16 in the AP Poll of November 20 but dropped out of the final poll. Georgetown was not ranked in the final AP poll, but it was ranked at No. 40 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings. and at No. 42 in the Litkenhous Ratings. The team played its home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. Schedule References {{Georgetown Hoyas football navbox Georgetown Georgetown Hoyas football seasons College football undefeated seasons Georgetown Hoyas football The Georgetown Hoyas football team represents Georgetown University in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision level of college football. Lik ...
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1939 Missouri Tigers Football Team
The 1939 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1939 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost to Georgia Tech in the 1940 Orange Bowl, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 155 to 79, and was ranked No. 6 in the final AP Poll. Don Faurot was the head coach for the fifth of 19 seasons. The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri. The team's leading scorer was Paul Christman with 42 points. Christman was also selected as a first-team All-American by the All-America Board, ''Collier's Weekly'' (chosen by Grantland Rice), Newspaper Enterprise Association, and ''The Sporting News.'' He finished third in the 1939 Heisman Trophy voting, was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1956, and had his jersey (No. 44) retired at Missouri. Schedule R ...
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1939 Lafayette Leopards Football Team
The 1939 Lafayette Leopards football team was an American football team that represented Lafayette College in the Middle Three Conference during the 1939 college football season. In its third season under head coach Edward Mylin, the team compiled a 4–5 record. Hunter Jaggard was the team captain. Lafayette was ranked at No. 97 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939. Schedule References {{Lafayette Leopards football navbox Lafayette Lafayette Leopards football seasons Lafayette Leopards football The Lafayette Leopards football program represents Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania in college football. One of the oldest college football programs in the United States, Lafayette currently plays in the Patriot League at the NCAA Di ...

1939 Georgia Bulldogs Football Team
The 1939 Georgia Bulldogs football team represented the Georgia Bulldogs of the University of Georgia during the 1939 college football season. Schedule References Georgia Georgia Bulldogs football seasons Georgia Bulldogs football The Georgia Bulldogs football program represents the University of Georgia in the sport of American football. The Bulldogs compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the Eastern Div ...

1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans Football Team
The 1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—during the 1939 college football season. The Tartans were led by third-year head coach Bill Kern and played their home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Schedule References Carnegie Tech Carnegie Mellon Tartans football seasons Carnegie Tech Tartans football The Carnegie Mellon Tartans football team represents Carnegie Mellon University in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III competition. History On November 28, 1926, the 6–2 Carnegie Tech football team shut out Knute Rock ...

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill is a town in Orange, Durham and Chatham counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. Its population was 61,960 in the 2020 census, making Chapel Hill the 17th-largest municipality in the state. Chapel Hill, Durham, and the state capital, Raleigh, make up the corners of the Research Triangle (officially the Raleigh–Durham–Cary combined statistical area), with a total population of 1,998,808. The town was founded in 1793 and is centered on Franklin Street, covering . It contains several districts and buildings listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and UNC Health Care are a major part of the economy and town influence. Local artists have created many murals. History The area was the home place of early settler William Barbee of Middlesex County, Virginia, whose 1753 grant of 585 acres from John Carteret, 2nd Earl Granville was the first of two land grants in what is now the Chapel Hill-Durham area. Th ...
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1939 North Carolina Tar Heels Football Team
The 1939 North Carolina Tar Heels football team represented the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill during the 1939 college football season. The Tar Heels were led by fourth-year head coach Raymond Wolf and played their home games at Kenan Memorial Stadium. They competed as a member of the Southern Conference. Paul Severin was named a first-team All-American end by the Associated Press, and a second-team All-American by the NEA. Schedule References {{North Carolina Tar Heels football navbox North Carolina North Carolina Tar Heels football seasons North Carolina Tar Heels football The North Carolina Tar Heels football team represents the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the sport of American football or Gridiron Football. The Tar Heels play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of the National Collegiate ...