1939 Drake Bulldogs football team

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The 1939 Drake Bulldogs football team represented Drake University in the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1939 college football season. In its seventh season under head coach Vee Green, the team compiled a 5–5 record (2–3 against MVC opponents), finished fourth in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 104 to 83.[1]

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1939 Drake Bulldogs football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record5–5 (2–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDrake Stadium
Seasons
 1938
1940 
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1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Washington University $ 4 1 06 3 1
Oklahoma A&M 3 1 05 4 1
Tulsa 2 1 14 5 1
Drake 2 3 05 5 0
Saint Louis 1 2 15 3 2
Creighton 2 4 04 5 0
Washburn 1 3 06 4 0
  • $ Conference champion
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Drake was ranked at No. 121 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Kansas*W 12–610,000[3]
October 7Grinnell*
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 13–0
October 14at CreightonL 0–712,000[4]
October 21Iowa State*dagger
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 7–013,500[5]
October 28at Saint Louis
W 12–0[6]
November 4Washburn
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
W 20–7
November 10at Miami (FL)*L 6–3316,415[7]
November 18Washington University
  • Drake Stadium
  • Des Moines, IA
L 13–257,000[8]
November 25at TulsaL 0–145,000[9]
November 30at San Jose State*L 0–1213,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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