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1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

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1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season
SportFootball
Number of teams6
ChampionMaryville
Football seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Maryville (MO) $ 5 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Springfield (MO) 3 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Missouri Mines 3 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Warrensburg 1 – 2 – 2 3 – 3 – 3
Cape Girardeau 1 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Kirksville 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season was the season of college football played by the six member schools of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) as part of the 1939 college football season.

The Maryville Bearcats from Maryville, Missouri, led by head coach Ryland Milner, compiled a perfect 9–0 record, shut out seven of nine opponents, and won the MIAA championship.The 1939 season was part of a 21-game winning streak for Maryville that began with an undefeated 1938 season and ended in October 1940.

Conference overview

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Conf. rank Team Head coach Conf. record Overall record Points scored Points against
1 Maryville Ryland Milner 5–0 9–0 167 20
2 Springfield Red Blair 3–1–1 7–1–1 129 75
3 Rolla Gale Bullman 3–2 5–4 111 120
4 Warrensburg Carl Voltmer 1–2–2 3–3–3
5 Cape Girardeau Abe Stuber 1–3–1 5–3–1
6 Kifksville Malcolm Eiken 0–5 2–6 54 100

Teams

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Maryville

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1939 Maryville Bearcats football
MIAA champion
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record9–0 (5–0 MIAA)
Head coach
CaptainBill Bernau
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Maryville Bearcats football team was an American football team that represented Maryville State Teachers College (later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri. In their third season under head coach Ryland Milner, the Bearcats compiled a perfect 9–0 record (5–0 against MIAA opponents), shut out seven of nine opponents, and won the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA) championship.

Guard Marion Rogers was selected by the Associated Press as a first-team player on the 1939 Little All-America college football team.[1] Four Northwest Missouri players received first-team honors on the 1939 all-conference team: Bill Bernau at back; Green at tackle; and M. Rogers and R. Rogers at guard.[2]

Maryville was ranked at No. 155 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 22Tahlequah*Maryville, MOW 7–0[4]
September 30at Washington University*
W 9–7[5][6]
October 6at Sioux Falls*Sioux Falls, SDW 48–0[7]
October 13Southwest Missouri State*Maryville, MOW 21–0[8]
October 20at RollaRolla, MOW 17–0[9]
October 27Chadron State*Maryville, MOW 27–0[10]
November 3at Cape Girardeau
W 7–0[11]
November 10KirksvilleMaryville, MOW 19–13[12]
November 17at WarrensburgWarrensburg, MOW 12–0[13]
  • *Non-conference game

Springfield

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1939 Springfield Bears football
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record7–1–1 (3–1–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSTC Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Springfield Bears football team represented the Springfield State College (later renamed Missouri State University) at Springfield, Missouri. In their second season under head coach Red Blair, the Bears compiled a 7–1–1 record (3–1–1 against MIAA opponents) and finished in second place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Two Springfield players received first-team honors on the 1939 all-conference team: quarterback Dwight Bumpus and end Russell Kaminsky.[2]

Springfield was ranked at No. 201 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Tahlequah*
W 12–0[14][15]
October 6Durant*
  • STC Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 19–14[16]
October 13at MaryvilleMaryville, MOL 0–21[8]
October 21Kirksville
  • STC Stadium
  • Springfield, MO
W 27–0[17]
October 28at RollaRolla, MOW 20–62,500[18]
November 11at WarrensburgWarrensburg, MOT 13–134,000[19]
November 17Cape Girardeau
  • STC field
  • Springfield, MO
W 6–0[20]
November 23HastingsSpringfield, MOW 25–213,000[21]
November 30Arkansas A&M*Springfield, MOW 7–0[22]
  • *Non-conference game

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Rolla

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1939 Rolla Miners football
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–4 (3–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Rolla Miners football team represented the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy (later renamed as Missouri University of Science and Technology) at Rolla, Missouri. In their third year under head coach Gale Bullman, the Miners compiled a 5–4 record (3–2 against MIAA opponents), finished in third place in the MIAA, and were outscored by a total of 120 to 111.

Rolla was ranked at No. 299 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29at Saint Louis*
L 0–13[24]
October 7Arkansas State*Rolla, MOW 39–6[25][26]
October 13WarrensburgWarrensburg, MOW 13–7[27]
October 20Northwest Missouri StateRolla, MOL 0–17[9]
October 28SpringfieldRolla, MOL 6–202,500[18]
November 4Arkansas A&M*Rolla, MOW 28–13[28]
November 10at Cape Girardeau
W 12–6[29]
November 18KirksvilleRolla, MOW 13–6[30]
November 25at Washington University*
L 0–326,000[31]
  • *Non-conference game

Warrensburg

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1939 Warrensburg Mules football
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record3–3–3 (1–2–2 MIAA)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Warrensburg Mules football team represented the Warrensburg State College (later renamed University of Central Missouri) at Warrensburg, Missouri. In their fifth year under head coach Carl Voltmer, the Mules compiled a 3–3–3 record (1–2–2 against conference opponents), and finished in fourth place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Warrensburg was ranked at No. 290 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Kansas Wesleyan*Warrensburg, MOW 14–0[32]
October 6at Central*Fayette, MOT 6–6[33]
October 13RollaWarrensburg, MOL 7–13[27]
October 20at Cape Girardeau
T 0–0[34]
October 27at Rockhurst*Kansas City, MOW 13–12[35]
November 3at Kirksville
W 20–6[36][37]
November 11SpringfieldWarrensburg, MOT 13–134,000[19]
November 17MaryvilleWarresnburg, MOL 0–12[13][38]
  • *Non-conference game

Cape Girardeau

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1939 Cape Girardeau Indians football
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record5–3–1 (1–3–1 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHouck Field Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Cape Girardeau Indians football team represented Cape Girardeau State College (later renamed as Southeast Missouri State University) at Cape Girardeau, Missouri. In their eighth season under head coach Abe Stuber, the Indians compiled a 5–3–1 record (1–3–1 against conference opponents) and finished in fifth place in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA).

Cape Girardeau was ranked at No. 298 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Southern Illinois*
W 9–2[39][40]
October 13at Kirksville
W 9–3[41]
October 28CarthageW 27–6
November 3Maryville
  • Houck Field Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
L 0–7[11]
November 10Rolla
  • Houck Field Stadium
  • Cape Girardeau, MO
L 6–12[29]
November 17at Springfield
  • STC field
  • Springfield, MO
L 0–6[20]
November 23at Southern Illinois
W 24–0[42]
  • *Non-conference game

Kirksville

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1939 Kirksville Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–6 (0–5 MIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumStokes Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →

The 1939 Kirksville Bulldogs football team represented the Kirksville State Teaches College (also known as Northeast Missouri State Teachers College, later renamed as Truman State University) at Kirksville, Missouri. In their first year under head coach Malcolm Eiken, the Bulldogs compiled a 2–6 record (0–5 against conference opponents) and finished in last place out of six teams in the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Kirksville was ranked at No. 367 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 23at Iowa State TeachersCedar Falls, IAL 0–12[43][44]
September 30Culver–Stockton
W 3–0[45]
October 6Chillicothe
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
W 14–02,200[46]
October 13Cape Girardeau
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
L 3–9[41]
October 21at Springfield
L 9–27
November 3Warrensburgdagger
  • Stokes Stadium
  • Kirksville, MO
L 6–20[36][37]
November 10at MaryvilleMaryville, MOL 13–19[12]
November 18at RollaRolla, MOL 6–13[30]
  • daggerHomecoming

All-conference team

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At the end of the season, the conference coaches selected an all-conference team consisting of the following first-team players:

  • Backs: Bill Bernau, Maryville; Harvey Ladd, Rolla; Dwight Bumpus, Springfield; Keith Gooch, Warrensburg
  • Ends: Russell Kaminsky, Springfield; William Kies, Cape Girardeau
  • Tackles: John Green, Maryville; Hay, Cape Girardeau
  • Guards: Marion Rogers, Maryville; Richard Rogers, Maryville
  • Center: Joe Spafford, Rolla

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References

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