1939 Iowa State Cyclones football team

1939 Iowa State Cyclones football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record2–7 (1–4 Big 6)
Head coach
CaptainMarty Boswell
Home stadiumClyde Williams Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Missouri $ 5 0 0 8 2 0
No. 18 Nebraska 4 1 0 7 1 1
No. 19 Oklahoma 3 2 0 6 2 1
Kansas 1 4 0 2 6 0
Iowa State 1 4 0 2 7 0
Kansas State 1 4 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 2–7 record (1–4 against conference opponents), tied for fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 117 to 50.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.

Marty Boswell was the team captain.[2] Center Jack West was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]

Iowa State was ranked at No. 114 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[4]

  1. ^ "1939 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 136.
  3. ^ 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
  4. ^ 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.