Talk:1939 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football season

Contemporary naming

As the next step in the discussion begun at Talk:1938 Maryville Bearcats football team#Contemporary naming, here are my findings from searches of Newspapers.com, covering the time period 9/39-12/39 and limited to Missouri newspapers:

Maryville

• "maryville bearcats" gets 66 hits
• "maryville teachers bearcats" gets 3 hits
• "northwest missouri teachers bearcats" gets 1 hit
• "maryville state teachers bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "northwest missouri state bearcats" gets 0 hits
• "maryville state bearcats" gets 0 hits
  

Conclusion: Maryville Bearcats was pretty clearly the common name during the 1939 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 01:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Springfield Same process as above for Springfield:

• "springfield bears" gets 30 hits
• "springfield teachers bears" gets 9 hits
• "missouri state teachers bears" gets 0 hits
• "springfield state bears" get 0 hits
• "southwest missouri state bears" gets 0 hits
• "southwest missouri teachers bears" gets 0 hits
• "missouri state bears" gets 0 hits
  

Conclusion: Springfield Bears was the common name with Springfield Teachers Bears" a distant second. Cbl62 (talk) 01:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Kirksville

• "kirksville bulldogs" gets 24 hits
• "kirksville state teachers bulldogs" gets 3 hits
• "kirksville state teachers college bulldogs" gets 3 hits
• "kirksville teachers bulldogs" gets 1 hit
• "northeast missouri bulldogs" gets 1 hit
• "northeast missouri teachers bulldogs" gets 0 hits
• "northeast missouri state bulldogs" gets 0 hits
• "kirksville state bulldogs" gets 0 hits
  

Conclusion: Kirksville Bulldogs was the more common name during the 1939 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 01:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Warrensburg

• "warrensburg mules" gets 42 hits
• "warrensburg teachers mules" gets 2 hits
  
• "central missouri mules" gets 1 hit
• "central missouri teachers mules" gets 1 hit
• "central missouri teachers mules" gets 1 hit
• "central missouri state mules" gets 0 hits
• "warrensburg state mules" gets 0 hits
• "warensburg state teachers mules" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Warrensburg Mules was the more common name during the 1939 football season.

Cape Girardeau

• "cape girardeau indians" gets 15 hits
• "southeast missouri teachers indians" gets 4 hits
• "southeast missouri indians" gets 0 hits
• "southeast missouri state teachers indians" gets 0 hits
• "southeast missouri state indans" gets 0 hits
• "cape girardeau state indians" gets 0 hits
• "cape girardeau state teachers indians" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Cape Girardeau Indians was the more common name during the 1939 football season. Cbl62 (talk) 01:36, 29 April 2023 (UTC)

Rolla

• "missouri miners" gets 63 hits
• "rolla miners" gets 43 hits
• "missouri school of mines miners" gets 1 hit
• "missouri rolla miners" gets 0 hits
• "rolla mines miners" gets 0 hits
• "missouri mines miners" gets 0 hits
• "missouri S&T miners" gets 0 hits

Conclusion: Missouri Miners was the more common name with Rolla Miners in second place during the 1939 football season. (This is the first case where the more common name leader is different for 1939 than in 1938.) Cbl62 (talk) 01:34, 29 April 2023 (UTC)