1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football Independent 6 7–2 Bill Kern 2nd Pitt Stadium Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy Sugar Bowl L 7–15 vs. TCU The 1938 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology as an independent 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. 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.Carnegie Tech Knocks Holy Cross From Undefeated in Pittsburgh Thriller, Winning Out, 7 to 6 Daily Boston Globe October 16, 1938 Another big win came when the Tartans upset cross-town rival and defending national champion Pittsburgh, snapping their 22-game winning streak.Carnegie Tech Upsets Pitt, 20-10 The Atlanta Constitution November 6, 1938 1B They finished the regular season at 7–1 and were ranked sixth in the final AP poll, the only Carnegie Tech team to ever finish ranked.https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/carnegie-mellon/ Carnegie Mellon Tartans School History Sports-Reference.com May 13, 2017 The Tartans were awarded the third ever Lambert Trophy, distinguishing them as the best college football team in the East.Carnegie Tech Officially Awarded Lambert Trophy The Christian Science Monitor December 6, 1938 Boston, MA 12 They were invited to their first and only bowl game in school history, the Sugar Bowl in New Orleans,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ek0bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3959%2C79326 Pittsburgh Press Smith Chester L. Tartans primed for Sugar Bowl victory over TCU January 1, 1939 1, sports where they led at halftime but lost to national champion TCU, 15–7.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=e00bAAAAIBAJ&sjid=KkwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1733%2C528727 Pittsburgh Press Smith Chester L. 'Too much O'Brien,' story of Tech's downfall January 3, 1939 22https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=nLhRAAAAIBAJ&sjid=a2kDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3438%2C2409269 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Associated Press 52,000 see T.C.U. beat Tech, 15-7 January 3, 1939 1 Schedule 1938 AP October 1 w 1938 Davis & Elkins Scarlet Hurricane Davis & Elkins Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 49–0 October 8 w 1938 Wittenberg Tigers Wittenberg Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 32–13 October 15 w Holy Cross Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 7–6 October 22 l y 13 Notre Dame 5 Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN 0–7 25,934 October 29 w 16 Akron Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 27–13 November 5 w y 19 Pittsburgh 1 Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 20–10 November 12 w y 6 Duquesne Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA 21–0 November 26 w y 7 NC State Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC 14–0 January 2, 1939 l y 6 TCU 1 Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA Sugar Bowl 7–15 44,308 Carnegie Tech Greatest Foe, Say Frogs Fort Worth Star-Telegram Amos Melton January 3, 1939 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/98910363/carnegie-tech-greatest-foe-say-frogs/ Newspapers.com https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/carnegie-mellon/1938-schedule.html 1938 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results Sports-Reference.com May 13, 2017 References Carnegie Tech Category:Carnegie Mellon Tartans football seasons Category:Lambert-Meadowlands Trophy seasons Carnegie Tech Tartans football Category:1930s in Pittsburgh