1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	2–7–1 (0–4–1 SoCon)
Head coach	Dizzy McLeod (7th season)
Captain	George Patrick
Home stadium	Sirrine Stadium

1938 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 3 Duke $	5	–	0	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
Clemson	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
VMI	4	–	0	–	3			6	–	1	–	4
North Carolina	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
Richmond	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
Washington and Lee	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
NC State	3	–	3	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
South Carolina	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	1
Wake Forest	3	–	4	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	2			3	–	5	–	2
The Citadel	2	–	3	–	0			6	–	5	–	0
Maryland	1	–	2	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
Davidson	2	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Furman	0	–	4	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
William & Mary	0	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1938 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 2–7–1 with a conference mark of 0–4–1, and finished 14th in the SoCon.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 16	Oglethorpe*	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 13–6	7,500
September 23	at Bucknell*	Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	L 6–28	7,000
September 30	at George Washington*	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	L 0–7	8,000
October 7	at Georgia*	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	L 7–38
October 15	The Citadel	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	L 6–9	10,000
October 22	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	T 7–7	7,500
October 29	Davidson	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 12–13
November 5	at Marshall*	Fairfield Stadium Huntington, WV	W 18–13	8,000
November 12	South Carolina	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 6–27	12,500
November 24	at Clemson	Riggs Field Clemson, SC	L 7–10	12,500
*Non-conference game