1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football
ConferenceWest Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record9–2 (3–0 WVIAC)
Head coach
Captain"Boot" Elkins, Zack Kush
Home stadiumFairfield Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Liberty State $ 5 0 0 8 2 0
Glenville State 6 2 1 6 2 1
Concord 3 1 1 4 4 1
Morris Harvey 2 2 1 5 3 1
New River State 2 3 0 0 3 4
Potomac State 1 3 0 2 5 1
West Virginia Wesleyan 1 3 0 1 8 0
Salem 1 5 2 1 6 2
Fairmont State 1 5 0 2 6 0
Shepherd 0 4 0 1 6 0
Marshall * 3 0 0 9 2 0
Davis & Elkins * 3 0 0 5 4 1
Bethany (WV) * 1 1 1 3 3 1
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * – Did not qualify for conference standings
    Ties did not count in conference standings.

The 1939 Marshall Thundering Herd football team was an American football team that represented Marshall University as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference during the 1939 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Cam Henderson, the team compiled a 9–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 286 to 84. Marshall had a 3–0 record against WVIAC opponents, but did not play enough conference games to qualify for the WVAC standings.[1] "Boot" Elkins and Zack Kush were the team captains.[2]

Marshall was ranked at No. 64 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

  1. ^ "2005 WVIAC Football Media Guide". West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. July 15, 2005. p. 35. Retrieved June 26, 2023 – via Internet Archive.
  2. ^ "2008 Marshall Football Guide" (PDF). Marshall University. 2018. p. 184. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2022. Retrieved August 25, 2020.
  3. ^ 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.