1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

The 1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 6–2 record (2–1 against NCC opponents), tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 86. The team opened its season with a victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a professional football team from Canada.^[1]

1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference	North Central Conference
Record	6–2 (2–1 NCC)
Head coach	Charles A. West (10th season)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
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 16	at Winnipeg Blue Bombers*	Osborne Stadium Winnipeg, MB	W 21–7		[2]
September 23	South Dakota State	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 37–0		[3]
September 30	Morningside	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 27–12
October 14	DePaul*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 32–12		[4]
October 22	Montana*	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 7–0	7,000	[5]
October 29	at North Dakota Agricultural	Dacotah Field Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)	L 13–17	8,000	[6]
November 5	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 7–38
November 11	Omaha	Memorial Stadium Grand Forks, ND	W 7–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming

After the season

The following Fighting Sioux was selected in the 1939 NFL draft after the season.^[7]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
18	164	Charlie Gainor	End	Philadelphia Eagles