1939 Temple Owls football team

The 1939 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Fred H. Swan, the team compiled a 2–7 record and was outscored by a total of 96 to 51.^[1][2] Edward Kolman was the team captain.^[3]

1939 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Fred H. Swan (1st season)
Captain	Edward Kolman
Home stadium	Temple Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell			–					8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne			–					8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore			–					6	–	0	–	1
Scranton			–					7	–	0	–	2
Princeton			–					7	–	1	–	0
La Salle			–					6	–	1	–	1
Penn State			–					5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College			–					9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham			–					6	–	2	–	0
Villanova			–					6	–	2	–	0
Boston University			–					5	–	3	–	0
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth			–					5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
NYU			–					5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn			–					4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse			–					3	–	3	–	2
Vermont			–					3	–	3	–	2
Tufts			–					3	–	4	–	1
Yale			–					3	–	4	–	1
Army			–					3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell			–					3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech			–					3	–	5	–	0
Providence			–					3	–	5	–	0
Columbia			–					2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State			–					2	–	5	–	2
Colgate			–					2	–	5	–	1
Temple			–					2	–	7	–	0
CCNY			–					1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo			–					0	–	7	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Temple was ranked at No. 71 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[4]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29		Georgetown	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 2–3	15,000	[5]
October 7		Carnegie Tech	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–6
October 14		TCU	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–11
October 21	2:30 p.m.	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 0–19	13,300	[6]
October 27		Bucknell	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 16–0	10,000	[7]
November 4		Pittsburgh	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 7–13	18,000	[8]
November 11		at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–14	15,000	[9]
November 18		Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 6–20
November 25		at Michigan State	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 7–18	8,500	[10]
All times are in Eastern time