1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
NCC co-champion
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record5–3 (4–1 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
South Dakota State + 4 1 0 7 2 0
North Dakota + 4 1 0 5 3 0
South Dakota + 4 1 0 4 5 0
Iowa State Teachers 3 1 0 5 3 1
Omaha 1 3 0 3 5 0
Morningside 1 5 0 2 6 0
North Dakota Agricultural 0 5 0 1 6 1
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1939 college football season. In its 11th year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), shared the conference championship with South Dakota and South Dakota State, and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 78.[1]

North Dakota was ranked at No. 207 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

  1. ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
  2. ^ 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.