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1939 Missouri Tigers football team

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American college football season

1939Missouri Tigers football
Big 6 champion
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Ranking
APNo. 6
Record8–2 (5–0 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 6Missouri $5–0–08–2–0
No. 18Nebraska4–1–07–1–1
No. 19Oklahoma3–2–06–2–1
Kansas1–4–02–6–0
Iowa State1–4–02–7–0
Kansas State1–4–04–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings fromAP Poll

The1939 Missouri Tigers football team was anAmerican football team that represented theUniversity of Missouri in theBig Six Conference (Big 6) during the1939 college football season. The team compiled an 8–2 record (5–0 against Big 6 opponents), won the Big 6 championship, lost toGeorgia Tech in the1940 Orange Bowl, outscored all opponents by a combined total of 155 to 79, and was ranked No. 6 in the finalAP Poll.Don Faurot was the head coach for the fifth of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games atMemorial Stadium inColumbia, Missouri.

The team's leading scorer wasPaul Christman with 42 points.[3] Christman was also selected as a first-team All-American by the All-America Board,[4]Collier's Weekly (chosen byGrantland Rice),[5]Newspaper Enterprise Association,[6] andThe Sporting News.[4] He finished third in the 1939Heisman Trophy voting, was inducted into theCollege Football Hall of Fame in 1956, and had his jersey (No. 44) retired at Missouri.[7]

Schedule

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DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30Colorado*W 30–0[8]
October 7atOhio State*L 0–1958,165[9]
October 14atWashington University*W 14–010,000[10]
October 21Kansas State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 9–712,000[11]
October 28atIowa StateW 21–612,000[12]
November 4 No. 10Nebraska
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 27–1318,000[13]
November 11at No. 17NYU*W 20–730,000[14]
November 18 No. 5OklahomaNo. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 7–627,000[15]
November 25atKansasNo. 10W 20–0[16]
January 1, 1940vs. No. 16Georgia TechNo. 6L 7–2135,000[17]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings fromAP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^"1939 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results".SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. RetrievedNovember 10, 2016.
  2. ^"2014 Mizzou Football Records Book"(PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 28, 2018. RetrievedMarch 23, 2019.
  3. ^2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
  4. ^abESPN College Football Encyclopedia. ESPN Books. 2005. p. 1178.ISBN 1401337031.
  5. ^"All America Is Picked By Colliers".Wisconsin State Journal. December 9, 1939.
  6. ^Harry Grayson (November 28, 1939). "NEA Picks All America Eleven: Nile Kinnick Named Back of Season".Ironwood Daily Globe.
  7. ^"2014 Mizzou Football Records Book"(PDF). University of Missouri. Archived fromthe original(PDF) on September 28, 2018. RetrievedNovember 11, 2016.
  8. ^"Missouri Power Play Jars Colorado: Christman Scores Three Touchdowns in 30-0 Conquest".St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 1, 1939. p. 6C – viaNewspapers.com.
  9. ^Jim Emerson (October 8, 1939)."Bucks Trip Missouri Team: Reserves Prove too Much For Big Six Team Under Sweltering Sun Saturday".The Coshocton Tribune. p. 12 – viaNewspapers.com.
  10. ^J. Roy Stockton (October 15, 1939)."Washington Holds Missouri U. To 14 To 0 Score".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1E – viaNewspapers.com.
  11. ^"Missouri Beats Kansas State in First Big Six Game, 9 to 7".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. October 22, 1939. p. 1C – viaNewspapers.com.
  12. ^Sec Taylor (October 29, 1939)."Missouri Spoils Homecoming for Iowa State, 21 to 6: Cyclones Get Dose of Their Own 'Razzle'".Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 7 – viaNewspapers.com.
  13. ^Harold Claasen (November 5, 1939)."Christman's 'Flips' Beat Nebraska: Missouri Upsets Dope And Huskers Lose 27 To 13".The Sedalia Democrat and Capital. p. 8 – viaNewspapers.com.
  14. ^"Christman sparks Missouri to 20–7 victory over N.Y.U."St. Louis Globe-Democrat. November 12, 1939. RetrievedJune 22, 2021 – viaNewspapers.com.
  15. ^J. Roy Stockton (November 19, 1939)."King Kicks Tigers To Victory Over Oklahoma, 7 To 6: Bob Orf Recovers Blocked Punt for Tiger Touchdown".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 1C – viaNewspapers.com.
  16. ^"Missouri Defeats Kansas, 20 to 0, Wins Big Six Title".St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 26, 1939. p. 1F – viaNewspapers.com.
  17. ^"35,000 See Missouri Beaten".The Miami Daily News. January 2, 1940. p. B1 – viaNewspapers.com.
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