1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
Appearance
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Conference | North Central Conference |
Record | 6–2 (2–1 NCC) |
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Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Dakota Agricultural | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morningside | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Omaha | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State Teachers | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1938 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 6–2 record (2–1 against NCC opponents), tied for second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and outscored opponents by a total of 151 to 86. The team opened its season with a victory over the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, a professional football team from Canada.[1]
Schedule
[edit]Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 16 | at Winnipeg Blue Bombers* |
| W 21–7 | [2] | |||
September 23 | South Dakota State | W 37–0 | [3] | ||||
September 30 | Morningside |
| W 27–12 | ||||
October 14 | DePaul* |
| W 32–12 | [4] | |||
October 22 | Montana* |
| W 7–0 | 7,000 | [5] | ||
October 29 | at North Dakota Agricultural | L 13–17 | 8,000 | [6] | |||
November 5 | at Detroit* | L 7–38 | |||||
November 11 | Omaha |
| W 7–0 | ||||
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After the season
[edit]The following Fighting Sioux was selected in the 1939 NFL draft after the season.[7]
Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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18 | 164 | Charlie Gainor | End | Philadelphia Eagles |
References
[edit]- ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
- ^ "Battered 'Pegs To Be Under Heavy Fire Against Sioux". The Winnipeg Tribune. September 15, 1938. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sioux Defeat Rabbits 37 To 0". The Daily Argus-Leader. September 24, 1938. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Nodaks Thump De Paul 32 to 12". The Daily Argus-Leader. October 15, 1938 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "North Dakota Sioux Scalp Montana Grizzlies by 7-0 Score". The Independent-Record. Helena, Montana. October 23, 1938. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bison beat Sioux 17 to 13 in great homecoming upset". The Bismarck Tribune. October 31, 1938. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "1939 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved January 1, 2024.