1939 Ohio Athletic Conference football season

1939 Ohio Athletic Conference football season
SportFootball
Number of teams19
ChampionMuskingum
Football seasons
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1939 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Muskingum $ 7 0 0 8 1 0
Toledo 1 0 0 7 3 0
Capital 5 1 0 5 2 0
Case 3 1 0 6 2 0
Bowling Green 3 1 1 6 1 1
Findlay 3 1 1 4 2 1
Denison 5 2 0 6 2 0
Wittenberg 4 2 0 5 3 0
John Carroll 2 1 0 7 1 0
Ohio Northern 5 3 0 5 3 0
Marietta 2 3 0 4 3 0
Mount Union 2 3 1 3 5 1
Wooster 2 4 0 2 6 0
Baldwin–Wallace 1 2 0 6 2 0
Heidelberg 2 5 0 1 8 0
Ashland 1 3 0 2 4 0
Kent State 1 3 1 3 4 1
Kenyon 0 3 0 0 6 1
Oberlin 0 4 0 3 4 1
Otterbein 0 7 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Ohio Athletic Conference football season was the season of college football played by the 20 member schools of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC), commonly referred to as the "Ohio Conference", as part of the 1939 college football season. It was the 18th season of intercollegiate football competition in the OAC.[1]

At a meeting of OAC coaches and athletic directors in May 1939, the OAC adopted a new ruling that it would begin recognizing a conference champion in the fall of 1939. No official record of conference champions had been made previously. In order to be eligible for the championship, the OAC ruled that a team must have played at least five games against OAC opponents.[2][3] George Daniel was named conference commissioner for the 1939-40 academic year.[4]

In June 1939, the Buckeye Conference was disbanded, leaving the OAC as "the only major conference operating among Ohio colleges."[1]

The Muskingum Fighting Muskies won the 1939 OAC championship with an 8–1 record (7–0 against OAC opponents).[5] Three Muskies won first-team spots on the 1939 All-OAC football teams, as selected by both the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP).[6][7]

The Baldwin-Wallace Yellow Jackets compiled a 6–2 record and featured two of the OAC's best players. Guard Bill Childress received the highest vote count in the AP ballots for the All-OAC team, and back George Morris led the OAC with 100 points scored.[6] Quarterback George Keel of Ohio Northern received the highest vote count in the UP ballots.[7]

  1. ^ a b "Ohio Conference Opens 28th Slate Tonight". Akron Beacon Journal. United Press. September 22, 1939. p. 34 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Ohio Conference To Decide Titles". The Cincinnati Post. May 29, 1939. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Ohio Conference Will Recognize Sports Champions". The Springfield News-Sun. May 28, 1939. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Conference To Award Titles". The Dayton Daily News. May 27, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference greatest was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  6. ^ a b Fritz Howell (November 30, 1939). "Muskies Top AP All-Ohio Conference Eleven". East Liverpool Review. Associated Press. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ a b Jim Emerson (November 28, 1939). "Muskies Land Three Positions On All-Ohio Eleven". The Coshocton Tribune. United Press. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.