1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team
| 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football | |
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Sugar Bowl, L 7–15 vs. TCU | |
| Conference | Independent |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 6 |
| 1938 record | 7–2 |
| Head coach | Bill Kern (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 69,400) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18 Villanova | – | 8 | – | 0 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Holy Cross | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5 Notre Dame | – | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Pittsburgh | – | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Army | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Carnegie Tech | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20 Dartmouth | – | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 15 Fordham | – | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Mary's (CA) | – | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Navy | – | 4 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Penn State | – | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology during the 1938 college football season. The Tartans were led by second-year head coach Bill Kern and played their home games at Pitt Stadium in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The team first came to national attention after winning a close game against Northeastern power Holy Cross, who were on a 13-game unbeaten streak.[1] Another big win came when the Tartans upset cross-town rival and defending national champion Pittsburgh, snapping their 22-game winning streak.[2]
They finished the regular season at 7–1 and were ranked sixth in the final AP Poll,[3] the only Carnegie Tech team to ever finish ranked.[4] The Tartans were awarded the third ever Lambert Trophy, distinguishing them as the best college football team in the East.[5] They were invited to their first and only bowl game in school history, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,[6] where they led at halftime but lost to national champion TCU, 7–15.[7][8]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| October 1 | Davis & Elkins | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 49–0 | ||||||
| October 8 | Wittenberg | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 32–13 | ||||||
| October 15 | Holy Cross | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 7–6 | ||||||
| October 22 | at No. 5 Notre Dame | No. 13 | Notre Dame Stadium • Notre Dame, IN | L 0–7 | |||||
| October 29 | Akron | No. 16 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 27–13 | |||||
| November 5 | vs. No. 1 Pittsburgh | No. 19 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 20–10 | |||||
| November 12 | vs. Duquesne | No. 6 | Pitt Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA | W 21–0 | |||||
| November 26 | at NC State | No. 7 | Riddick Stadium • Raleigh, NC | W 14–0 | |||||
| January 2, 1939 | vs. No. 1 TCU | No. 6 | Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA (Sugar Bowl) | L 7–15 | |||||
| #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
Source:[9]
References
- ↑ "Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6". Daily Boston Globe. October 16, 1938.
- ↑ "Carnegie Tech Upsets Pitt, 20-10". The Atlanta Constitution. November 6, 1938. p. 1B.
- ↑ "1938 Final AP Football Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Carnegie Mellon Tartans School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.
- ↑ "Carnegie Tech Officially Awarded Lambert Trophy". The Christian Science Monitor. Boston, MA. December 6, 1938. p. 12.
- ↑ Smith, Chester L. (January 1, 1939). "Tartans primed for Sugar Bowl victory over TCU". Pittsburgh Press. p. 1, sports.
- ↑ Smith, Chester L. (January 3, 1939). "'Too much O'Brien,' story of Tech's downfall". Pittsburgh Press. p. 22.
- ↑ "52,000 see T.C.U. beat Tech, 15-7". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Associated Press. January 3, 1939. p. 1.
- ↑ "1938 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 13, 2017.