1938 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team

The 1938 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 5–4 record (3–1 against NCC opponents) and tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC.^[1] The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.

1938 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	5–4 (3–1 NCC)
Head coach	Casey Finnegan (10th season)
Captains	Ray Hawkins Ernie Wheeler
Home stadium	Dacotah Field
Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 North Central Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
South Dakota $	5	–	0	–	0			7	–	1	–	0
North Dakota	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
North Dakota Agricultural	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
South Dakota State	2	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Morningside	1	–	3	–	1			4	–	3	–	1
Omaha	1	–	3	–	1			2	–	5	–	1
Iowa State Teachers	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 23	Moorhead State*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 20–13		[2]
October 1	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers*	Osborne Stadium Winnipeg, MB	L 6–16		[3]
October 8	at Idaho*	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	L 0–27	7,000	[4]
October 14	Iowa State Teachers	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 14–7		[5]
October 21	Colorado State–Greeley*	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND	W 12–0		[6]
October 29	North Dakota	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	W 17–13	8,000	[7]
November 5	at South Dakota	Inman Field Vermillion, SD	L 0–20		[8]
November 12	at South Dakota State	State Field Brookings, SD (rivalry)	W 13–7		[9]
November 19	at Creighton*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	L 0–38		[10]
*Non-conference game