1939 Sewanee Tigers football team

American college football season

1939 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team		W		L			W		L
No. 2 Tennessee +	6	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
No. 16 Georgia Tech +	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
No. 5 Tulane +	5	–	0	–	0	8	–	1	–	1
Mississippi State	3	–	2	–	0	8	–	2	–	0
Ole Miss	2	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Kentucky	2	–	2	–	1	6	–	2	–	1
Auburn	3	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Alabama	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Georgia	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	6	–	0
LSU	1	–	5	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	6	–	0	2	–	7	–	1
Florida	0	–	3	–	1	5	–	5	–	1
Sewanee	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Sewanee Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Sewanee: The University of the South as a member of the Southeastern Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their ninth season under head coach Harry E. Clark, Sewanee compiled a 3–5 record.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	at Washington and Lee*	Wilson Field Lexington, VA	L 0–9	1,500
October 7	at Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–40	18,000
October 20	Tennessee Tech*	Hardee Field Sewanee, TN	W 9–7
October 27	at Southwestern (TN)*	Crump Stadium Memphis, TN (rivalry)	W 6–0
November 4	at Chattanooga*	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 7–10
November 11	at Vanderbilt	Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	L 7–25
November 18	at The Citadel*	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC	W 14–7
November 25	at No. 5 Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA	L 0–52	15,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

"1939 Sewanee Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
"Pinck brothers star as W. & L. wins, 9–0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 1, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Mighty Vols massacre Sewanee Tigers, 40–0". The Knoxville Journal. October 8, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Sewanee is winner over TPI, 9 to 7". The Knoxville Journal. October 21, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Sewanee beats Southwestern". The Chattanooga Times. October 28, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Moccasins defeat Sewanee, 10–7". The Chattanooga Times. November 5, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Vandy crushes Sewanee". The Nashville Tennessean. November 12, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Sewanee tops The Citadel". The State. November 19, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tulane reserves beat Sewanee". The Shreveport Times. November 26, 1939. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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