1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1939 Slippery Rock Rockets football Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference PSTC 8–0 5–0 N. Kerr Thompson 20th PSTC champion The 1936 Slippery Rock Rockets football team was an American football team that represented Slippery Rock State Normal School (now known as Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania) as a member of the Pennsylvania State Teachers Conference (PSTC) during the 1939 college football season. In their 20th season under head coach N. Kerr Thompson, the Rockets compiled an 8–0 record (5–0 against PSTC opponents), won the PSTC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 202 to 20.1939 - Slippery Rock (PA) College Football Data Warehouse May 21, 2023 http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=2987&year=1939 https://web.archive.org/web/20150915012011/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_current.php?teamid=2987&year=1939 September 15, 2015 Rockets Celebrate Tutor Championship Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph November 21, 1939 24 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-rockets-celebra/125106202/ Newspapers.com Slippery Rock had agreed to play in the "Brain Bowl" against Maryville, but Maryville pulled out of the game when seven of its players left for National Guard training.Marysville Slips Slippery Rock The Pittsburgh Press November 20, 1939 27 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pittsburgh-press-marysville-slips-sl/125106009/ Newspapers.coma Schedule y y September 30 at 1939 Shippensburg Red Raiders Shippensburg Shippensburg, PA W 16-0 October 7 vs 1939 Millersville Marauders Millersville Thompson Field Butler, PA W 38-0 Slippery Rock T. Triumph 38 to 0: Up-State Gridders Run Rough Shod Over Millersville T. The Sunday News Lancaster, Pennsylvania October 8, 1939 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/sunday-news-slippery-rock-t-triumph-38/125105707/ Newspapers.com October 14 1939 Westminster Titans Westminster<ncg> Slippery Rock, PA W 14-13 Rockets Beat Westminster Pittsburgh Sunday Sun-Telegraph October 15, 1939 III-7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/pittsburgh-sun-telegraph-rockets-beat-we/125100985/ Newspapers.com October 21 at 1939 Indiana Indians Indiana (PA) Indiana, PA W 13-0 Tutors Lose To Slippery Rock: "Big Indians" Falter Before Home-Coming Crowd, 13-0 Indiana Evening Gazette October 23, 1939 8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-indiana-gazette-tutors-lose-to-slipp/125100623/ Newspapers.com October 28 at 1939 Grove City Wolverines Grove City<ncg> Grove City, PA W 13-0 November 4 at 1939 Thiel Tomcats Thiel<ncg> Greenville, PA W 14-7 November 11 1939 Edinboro Fighting Scots Edinboro Slippery Rock, PA W 40-0 Slippery Rock Dunks Edinboro New Castle News November 13, 1939 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-castle-news-slippery-rock-dunks-edin/125101459/ Newspapers.com November 18 1939 California Vulcans California (PA) Slippery Rock, PA W 54-0 Rockets Win, 54-0, Fil Nocera Is Star New Castle News November 20, 1939 14 https://www.newspapers.com/article/new-castle-news-rockets-win-54-0-fil-n/125101205/ Newspapers.com References Slippery Rock Category:Slippery Rock football seasons Category:Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football champion seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Slippery Rock football