1939 Washington and Lee Generals football team

1939 Washington and Lee Generals football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–4–1 (1–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumWilson Field
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 8 Duke $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
No. 12 Clemson 4 0 0 9 1 0
William & Mary 2 0 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 5 1 0 8 1 1
VMI 3 1 1 6 3 1
Richmond 3 1 1 7 1 2
Furman 3 3 0 5 4 0
Wake Forest 3 3 0 7 3 0
NC State 2 4 0 2 8 0
Washington and Lee 1 2 0 3 4 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 6 1
VPI 1 4 1 4 5 1
Davidson 1 7 0 2 7 0
Maryland 0 1 0 2 7 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 3 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Washington and Lee Generals football team was an American football team that represented Washington and Lee University during the 1939 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their seventh year under head coach Warren E. Tilson, the team compiled an overall record of 3–4–1, with a mark of 1–2 in conference play.[1]

Washington and Lee was ranked at No. 113 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]

  1. ^ "1939 Washington & Lee Generals Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 20, 2022.
  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.