1938 NYU Violets football team

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]

1938 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
1938 record	4–4
Head coach	Mal Stevens (5th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Polo Grounds Yankee Stadium

1938 Eastern college football independents records
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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
Brown			–					5	–	3	–	0
Bucknell			–					5	–	3	–	0
Syracuse			–					5	–	3	–	0
Penn			–					3	–	2	–	3
Manhattan			–					5	–	4	–	0
Harvard			–					4	–	4	–	0
La Salle			–					4	–	4	–	0
NYU			–					4	–	4	–	0
Penn State			–					3	–	4	–	1
Princeton			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hofstra			–					2	–	3	–	1
Duquesne			–					4	–	6	–	0
Temple			–					3	–	6	–	1
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	Maine	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 19–0	10,000	[2]
October 8	at Rutgers	Neilson Field New Brunswick, NJ	W 25–6	12,000	[3]
October 15	North Carolina	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–7	15,000	[4]
October 22	at Lafayette	Fisher Field Easton, PA	L 6–7	10,000	[5]
October 29	No. 20 Ohio State	Polo Grounds New York, NY	L 0–32	20,000	[6]
November 5	Lehigh	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 45–0	10,000	[7]
November 11	Colgate	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 13–7	25,000	[8]
November 26	vs. No. 18 Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–25	50,000	[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.