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American college football season

1939 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Cranston Stadium
Seasons← 19381940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
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 Providence Friars football team was an American football team that represented Providence College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their second year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 203 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Rhode Island StateW 6–0
September 29St. Bonaventure
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
L 0–6
October 6at Long IslandL 0–710,000
October 15NiagaraW 14–63,500
October 20American International
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
W 27–02,000
October 28Springfield
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13
November 4at Holy CrossL 0–4610,000
November 18at Saint AnselmL 13–04,000

References

  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. "Rhode Island State Ready for Providence". The Hartford Courant. September 17, 1939. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Rhody State, Friars in Arc Tilt Tonight". The Boston Globe. September 22, 1939. p. 27 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Rhode Island State Bows to Friars, 6-0". The Boston Globe. September 23, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Providence defeated by St. Bonaventure". The Boston Globe. September 30, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "L.I.U. is set to go places after topping Providence eleven". Brooklyn Eagle. October 7, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Providence Friars turn back Niagara". The Hartford Courant. October 16, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Providence College wins". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Holy Cross smothers Providence team, 47–0". The Hartford Courant. November 5, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "St. Anselm's whip Providence College". The Hartford Courant. November 19, 1939. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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