1938 Maryville Bearcats football team
{{short description|College football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1938
| team = Northwest Missouri State Bearcats
| sport = football
| image = 1938 Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football team.jpg
| image_size = 285
| conference = Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association
| short_conf = MIAA
| record = 9–0
| conf_record = 5–0
| head_coach = Ryland Milner
| hc_year = 2nd
| captain = Bill Bernau
| stadium =
| champion = MIAA champion
}}
{{1938 Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings}}
The 1938 Maryville Bearcats football team, also known as the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats, was an American football team that represented Maryville State Teachers College (later renamed as Northwest Missouri State University) at Maryville, Missouri, as a member of the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Ryland Milner, the Bearcats compiled a perfect 9–0 record (5–0 against MIAA opponents), shut out six of nine opponents, outscored all opponents by a total of 221 to 26, and won the MIAA championship. Wilbur Stalcup was the assistant coach.{{cite news|title=Only Four Regulars Will Be Lost from 1938 Bearcat Team|newspaper=The St. Joseph News-Press|date=November 19, 1938|page=5|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123670141/maryville-bearcats/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite news|title=The Undefeated Bearcats of Maryville|newspaper=The Stanberry Headlight|date=December 8, 1938|page=7|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123682538/the-undefeated-bearcats-of-maryville/|via=Newspapers.com}} The 1938 season was the start of a 21-game winning streak that ended in October 1940.
Bearcat quarterback and co-captain Bill Bernau led the MIAA with 91 points scored and was rated as the conference's best player. Five Bearcats received first-team honors on the 1938 MIAA all-star team: Bernau at quarterback; Stanley Pelc at fullback; B. McLaughlin at halfback; Marion Rogers at guard; and Ed Molitoris at tackle.{{cite news|title=Five Bearcats Get Positions On MIAA All-Star Grid Team: Bernau Conceded As Best in Loop by Grid Coaches|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=November 28, 1938|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123670258/five-bearcats-get-positions-on-miaa/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| source = y
|September 23|at|{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Peru State Bobcats|title=Peru State}}
|September 30||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Midland Warriors|title=Midland}}
|October 7|at|{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Nebraska Wesleyan Plainsmen|title=Nebraska Wesleyan}}
|October 14||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Missouri Mines Miners|title=Missouri Mines}}|Maryville Teachers College Field|Maryville, MO|W 21-0|{{cite news|title=Bearcats Show Power in 21-0 Win Over Rolla: By Smashing Drives, Deception and Aerial Attack Teachers Win|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=October 15, 1938|page=2|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123678787/bearcats-show-power-in-21-0-win-over/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 21|at|{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Springfield Bears|title=Springfield (MO)}}||Springfield, MO|W 7-0|{{cite news|title=Teachers Surprise Followers By Holding Maryville to 7-0|newspaper=Springfield Leader and Press|date=October 22, 1938|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123680857/teachers-surprise-followers-by-holding/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 28|at|{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Kirksville State Bulldogs|title=Kirksville State}}||Kirksville, MO|W 26-7|
|November 4||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Warrensburg Mules|title=Warrensburg}}||Maryville, MO|W 13-0|{{cite news|title=Bearcats Beat Central Mules On Soggy Field: Maryville Teachers Win 13 to 0 to Stay in Undefeated Class|newspaper=The Maryville Daily Forum|date=November 5, 1938|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123670302/bearcats-beat-central-mules-on-soggy/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 11||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Cape Girardeau Indians|title=Cape Girardeau}}||Maryville, MO|W 15-0|
|November 18||{{cfb link|year=1938|team=Sioux Falls Cougars|title=Sioux Falls}}
}}
References
{{Reflist}}
{{Northwest Missouri State Bearcats football navbox}}
{{Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football champions}}
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Category:Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association football champion seasons