1939 Centenary Gentlemen football team

1939 Centenary Gentlemen football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record2–9–1 (1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumCentenary College Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal $ 7 0 0 11 0 0
Tennessee Tech 4 0 0 6 3 1
Mississippi College 3 0 0 6 1 1
Miami (FL) 2 0 0 5 5 0
Rollins 5 1 0 8 1 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 5 1 1 7 1 1
Mississippi State Teachers 4 1 0 4 2 3
Murray State 4 1 1 4 4 1
Newberry 3 1 1 4 1 4
Presbyterian 3 1 2 4 3 2
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 1 4 4 1
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 3 2 0 6 3 0
Union (TN) 3 2 0 7 2 0
Morehead State 2 2 0 6 2 0
Louisville 1 1 1 5 2 1
Union (KY) 1 1 1 3 3 1
Oglethorpe 3 3 1 3 4 1
Centre 1 1 1 1 5 2
Centenary 1 1 0 2 9 1
Louisiana Tech 3 4 0 5 6 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 3 4 0 3 8 0
Troy State 2 3 0 7 4 0
SW Louisiana 2 3 0 3 5 1
Stetson 2 4 2 3 5 2
Louisiana College 2 5 0 4 6 1
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 5 1 1 6 1
Erskine 1 5 0 1 9 0
Delta State 1 6 0 1 9 0
Wofford 0 2 3 1 5 3
Tampa 0 3 1 2 7 1
Jacksonville State 0 3 1 0 8 2
Transylvania 0 7 0 1 8 0
Emory and Henry 0 0 0 7 2 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Centenary Gentlemen football team was an American football team that represented the Centenary College of Louisiana as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1939 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Curtis Parker, the team compiled a 2–9–1 record.

Centenary was ranked at No. 116 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

  1. ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.