1939 Northeastern Huskies football
ConferenceNew England Conference
Record0–6–1 (0–2 NEC)
Head coach
CaptainCornelius Sullivan
Home stadiumKent Street Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
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).[1][2][3] Their head coach was James W. Dunn serving in his third season, and their captain was Cornelius Sullivan.[3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Saint Anselm*
L 7–36
October 7at New Hampshire
L 6–15[4]
October 14at Bates*Lewiston, MEL 7–10
October 212:00 p.m.at Tufts*Medford, MAT 0–0[5]
October 28Rhode Island
  • Kent Street Field
  • Brookline, MA
L 6–74,500[6][7]
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. ^ a b "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 Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Northeastern Tackles R.I. State Tomorrow". The Boston Globe. October 27, 1939. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Rhode Islanders Nip Notheastern". The Hartford Courant. October 29, 1939. p. 6C – via Newspapers.com.
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