1938 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Polo Grounds
Yankee Stadium
1938 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech   –  6 –0 –0
No. 18 Villanova   –  8 –0 –1
No. 9 Holy Cross   –  8 –1 –0
Boston College   –  6 –1 –2
No. 15 Fordham   –  6 –1 –2
No. 12 Cornell   –  5 –1 –1
Army   –  8 –2 –0
No. 8 Pittsburgh   –  8 –2 –0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech   –  7 –2 –0
No. 20 Dartmouth   –  7 –2 –0
Vermont   –  4 –2 –1
Brown   –  5 –3 –0
Bucknell   –  5 –3 –0
Syracuse   –  5 –3 –0
CCNY   –  4 –3 –0
Penn   –  3 –2 –3
Manhattan   –  5 –4 –0
Harvard   –  4 –4 –0
La Salle   –  4 –4 –0
NYU   –  4 –4 –0
Boston University   –  3 –4 –1
Penn State   –  3 –4 –1
Princeton   –  3 –4 –1
Hofstra   –  2 –3 –1
Duquesne   –  4 –6 –0
Temple   –  3 –6 –1
Providence   –  3 –5 –0
Columbia   –  3 –6 –0
Massachusetts State   –  3 –6 –0
Colgate   –  2 –5 –0
Buffalo   –  2 –6 –0
Yale   –  2 –6 –0
Tufts   –  1 –6 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their fifth year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 4–4 record.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Maine
W 19–010,000[2]
October 8at Rutgers
W 25–612,000[3]
October 15North Carolina
L 0–715,000[4]
October 22at Lafayette
L 6–710,000[5]
October 29No. 20 Ohio State
L 0–3220,000[6]
November 5Lehigh
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 45–010,000[7]
November 11Colgate
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
W 13–725,000[8]
November 26vs. No. 18 Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2550,000[9]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1938 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "NYU beats Maine in inaugural, 19–0". Daily News. October 2, 1938. p. 94. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Rutgers is flattened by N.Y.U. in steamroller 25–6 in first defeat". The Sunday Times. October 9, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Tar Heel eleven upsets NYU Violets 7–0". The Daily Tar Heel. October 16, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Lafayette tops NYU, 7–6". Daily News. October 23, 1938. p. 39C. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "No mercy". The Cincinnati Enquirer. October 30, 1938. p. 34. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "N.Y.U. turns on the heat to lace Lehigh's Engineers by 45–0 score". Allentown Morning Call. November 6, 1938. p. 21. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Violets trip Colgate, 13–7; crush rallies". Daily News. November 12, 1938. p. 28. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Rams thrash NYU, 25–0; Eshmont sparks attack". Daily News. November 27, 1938. p. 89. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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