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1939 Northeastern Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record0–6–1 (0–2 NEC)
Head coach
CaptainCornelius Sullivan
Home stadiumKent Street Field
Seasons← 19381940 →
1939 New England Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maine $ 3 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 0
Connecticut 1 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
New Hampshire 1 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Rhode Island State 1 – 2 – 0 3 – 4 – 1
Northeastern 0 – 2 – 0 0 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Northeastern Huskies football team represented Northeastern University during the 1939 college football season. It was the program's seventh season and they finished with a winless record of 0–6–1 (0–2 in New England Conference play). Their head coach was James W. Dunn serving in his third season, and their captain was Cornelius Sullivan.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Saint Anselm*L 7–36
October 7at New HampshireL 6–15
October 14at Bates*Lewiston, MEL 7–10
October 212:00 p.m.at Tufts*Medford, MAT 0–0
October 28Rhode Island
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 6–74,500
November 4Springfield*
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 13–19
November 11at Upsala*East Orange, NJL 13–22

References

  1. Pollak, Mark (2019). The Playing Grounds of College Football: A Comprehensive Directory, 1869 to Today. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc. p. 281. ISBN 9781476673622.
  2. "1939 Northeastern Huskies football results". College Football Data Warehouse. William Goodyear. Archived from the original on March 24, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  3. ^ "Annual Results: 1939". NUHuskies.com. Northeastern University. 2019. Archived from the original on May 1, 2019. Retrieved May 1, 2019.
  4. Jones, Fred (October 2, 1939). "Gridiron Guff". The Portsmouth Herald. Portsmouth, New Hampshire. p. 8. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via newspapers.com.
  5. "College Football Lineups Today". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. October 21, 1939. p. 6. Retrieved June 7, 2023 – via Newspapers.com [REDACTED] .
  6. "Northeastern Tackles R.I. State Tomorrow". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1939. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Rhode Islanders Nip Northeastern". The Hartford Courant. October 29, 1939. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
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