1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Bill Kern (3rd season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Eastern college football independents records
v t e	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 4 Cornell		–		8	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Duquesne		–		8	–	0	–	1
Swarthmore		–		6	–	0	–	1
Scranton		–		7	–	0	–	2
Princeton		–		7	–	1	–	0
La Salle		–		6	–	1	–	1
Penn State		–		5	–	1	–	2
No. 11 Boston College		–		9	–	2	–	0
No. 17 Fordham		–		6	–	2	–	0
Villanova		–		6	–	2	–	0
Boston University		–		5	–	3	–	0
Brown		–		5	–	3	–	1
Dartmouth		–		5	–	3	–	1
Hofstra		–		4	–	3	–	0
NYU		–		5	–	4	–	0
Pittsburgh		–		5	–	4	–	0
Harvard		–		4	–	4	–	0
Manhattan		–		4	–	4	–	0
Penn		–		4	–	4	–	0
Syracuse		–		3	–	3	–	2
Vermont		–		3	–	3	–	2
Tufts		–		3	–	4	–	1
Yale		–		3	–	4	–	1
Army		–		3	–	4	–	2
Bucknell		–		3	–	5	–	0
Carnegie Tech		–		3	–	5	–	0
Providence		–		3	–	5	–	0
Columbia		–		2	–	4	–	2
Massachusetts State		–		2	–	5	–	2
Colgate		–		2	–	5	–	1
Temple		–		2	–	7	–	0
CCNY		–		1	–	7	–	0
Buffalo		–		0	–	7	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by Bill Kern in his third and final season as head coach, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5.

Carnegie Tech was ranked at No. 55 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[1]

Carnegie Tech played home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 30	at Wittenberg		Springfield, OH	W 35–0
October 7	at Temple		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 6–0
October 14	at Case		Shaw Stadium Cleveland, OH	W 21–0		^[2]
October 21	at NYU	No. 15	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–6	25,000	^[3]
October 28	No. 2 Notre Dame		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 6–7	61,420
November 11	Pittsburgh		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 0–6	55,000	^[4]
November 18	at No. 18 Holy Cross		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	L 0–21	30,000	^[5]
November 25	No. 12 Duquesne		Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–22	37,500
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

^ 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.
^ "Case Football 1939/40". case.edu. Retrieved June 4, 2020.
^ "New York U. scores 6–0 win over Skibos". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. October 22, 1939. Retrieved June 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Harry Keck (November 12, 1939). "Long Pass Wins Game at Finish". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 3-2. Retrieved November 28, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Lester Biederman (November 19, 1939). "Holy Cross Long Runs Humble Carnegie Tech, 21-0: Crusaders Notch 23, 45, 55-Yard Gallops". The Pittsburgh Press. p. II-7 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1939 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 3, 2020.

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Venues	Forbes Field Pitt Stadium Gesling Stadium (1990–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1939 Sugar Bowl Case Western Reserve: Academic Bowl
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