1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record0–8 (0–4 IIAC)
Head coach
CaptainGeorge Holliday, Elbert Smith
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Western Illinois $ 3 0 1 5 1 1
Illinois State Normal 3 0 2 4 2 3
Northern Illinois State 3 1 0 5 2 1
Carthage 2 1 0 2 6 1
Eastern Illinois 2 2 1 4 3 1
Elmhurst 1 4 0 1 6 1
Eureka 0 2 0 0 7 0
Southern Illinois 0 4 0 0 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1939 college football season. Under first-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 0–8 record and finished in last place in the IIAC.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

George Holliday, a fullback from Elkville, and Elbert Smith, a tackle from Carterville, were the team captains.[2] Quarterback Bob Musgrave was the team's only representative on the Associated Press All-Illinois Intercollegiate Conference football team.[3] Other key players included Heine Stumpf and Bill Groves.[2]

  1. ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Sixty Report for Football Duties at SINU: Eighteen Lettermen Return To Normal This Year". The Carbondale Daily Free Press. September 13, 1939. p. 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Maroon Back Named On All-Conference Eleven By Newsmen". The Carbondale Daily Free Press. November 28, 1939. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.