1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

American college football season

1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football

Conference| Independent
Record| 2–5–2
Head coach|

* Elbert Carraway (4th season)

Home stadium| Alumni Field

Seasons

<- 1938

1940 ->

1939 Eastern college football independents records

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Team | W |  | L |  | T |  |  | W |  | L |  | T
No. 4 Cornell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 0
No. 10 Duquesne |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 8  | - | 0  | - | 1
Swarthmore |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 0  | - | 1
Scranton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 0  | - | 2
Princeton |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 1  | - | 0
La Salle |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 1  | - | 1
Penn State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 1  | - | 2
No. 11 Boston College |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 2  | - | 0
No. 17 Fordham |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Villanova |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 6  | - | 2  | - | 0
Boston University |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 0
Brown |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Dartmouth |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 3  | - | 1
Hofstra |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 3  | - | 0
NYU |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Pittsburgh |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 4  | - | 0
Harvard |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Manhattan |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Penn |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 4  | - | 0
Syracuse |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Vermont |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 3  | - | 2
Tufts |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Yale |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 1
Army |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 4  | - | 2
Bucknell |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Carnegie Tech |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Providence |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 5  | - | 0
Columbia |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 4  | - | 2
Massachusetts State |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 2
Colgate |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 5  | - | 1
Temple |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 7  | - | 0
CCNY |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 7  | - | 0
Buffalo |  |  | - |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 7  | - | 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Massachusetts State Aggies football team represented Massachusetts State College in the 1939 college football season. The team was coached by Elbert Carraway and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Mass State finished the season with a record of 2–5–2.

Massachusetts State was ranked at No. 315 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 29| at Springfield| Springfield, MA| T 0–0| |
October 7| Bowdoin|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| L 14–19| |
October 14| Connecticut|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA (rivalry)

| L 6–7| |
October 21| at Rhode Island State|

* Meade Stadium
* Kingston, RI

| L 20–23| 2,000| [2]
October 28| at Worcester Tech|

* Alumni Field
* Worcester, MA

| W 7–0| |
November 4| Amherst|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| L 0–13| |
November 11| at Coast Guard|

* Cadet Memorial Field
* New London, CT

| W 6–0| |
November 18| RPI|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| T 7–7| |
November 25| Tufts|

* Alumni Field
* Amherst, MA

| L 7–34| |

## See also

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* Texas A&M University

1. ^ 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.
2. ^ "Late Field Goal Gives R. I. State Triumph, 23-20: 240-Pound Warner Kearney Boots Deciding Points". The Hartford Courant. October 22, 1939. p. 16C - via Newspapers.com.

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* Alumni Field (1879–1964)
* Warren McGuirk Alumni Stadium (1965–2011, 2014–)
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