1939 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1939
| team = North Dakota Fighting Sioux
| sport = football
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| conference = North Central Conference
| short_conf = NCC
| record = 5–3
| conf_record = 4–1
| head_coach = Charles A. West
| hc_year = 11th
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
| champion = NCC co-champion
}}
{{1939 North Central Conference football standings}}
The 1939 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 1939 college football season. In its 11th year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 5–3 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), shared the conference championship with South Dakota and South Dakota State, and outscored opponents by a total of 124 to 78.{{cite web|title=2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide|publisher=University of North Dakota|year=2019|page=176|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/undsports.com/documents/2019/8/2/2019_Media_Guide.pdf}}
North Dakota was ranked at No. 207 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.{{cite news|title=Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth|author=E. E. Litkenhous|newspaper=Johnson City Sunday Press|date=December 31, 1939|page=11|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123000367/vols-second-in-final-litkenhous-grid/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
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|September 22||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}|Memorial Stadium|Grand Forks, ND|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Nodaks Beat Omaha, 13-0, in First Game|newspaper=Morning World-Herald|date=September 23, 1939|page=17|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122144833/nodaks-beat-omaha-13-0-in-first-game/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|September 29||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Luther Norse|title=Luther}}
|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Iowa State Teachers Panthers|title=Iowa State Teachers}}|Memorial Stadium|Grand Forks, ND|W 19-6||{{cite news|title=Iowa Teachers Tumble, 19 to 6: North Dakota Takes Loop Victory|newspaper=Des Moines Register|date=October 7, 1939|page=9|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122145350/iowa-teachers-tumble-19-to-6-north/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 14|at|Toledo
|October 21|at|South Dakota State|State Field|Brookings, SD|L 13-14||{{cite news|title=North Dakota Beaten, 16-13: South Dakota State in Bid for N.C. Title|newspaper=Sunday World-Herald|date=October 22, 1939|page=2B|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122145681/north-dakota-beaten-16-13/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 28||North Dakota Agricultural|Memorial Stadium|Grand Forks, ND (Nickel Trophy)|W 18-0|4,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86833717/sioux-2nd-half-drive-wins-180/|work=The Minneapolis Star|title=Sioux 2nd half drive wins, 18–0|date=October 29, 1939|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 10|at|{{cfb link|year=1939|team=St. Thomas Tommies|title=St. Thomas (MN)}}
|November 18||{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}|Memorial Stadium|Grand Forks, ND|W 28-7||{{cite news|title=North Dakota Raps Maroons by 28-7 Count: Take Share of Title by Outclassing Morningside|newspaper=The Sioux City Sunday Journal|author=Art Ellerd|date=November 19, 1939|pages=Sports 1, 3|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/122147667/north-dakota-raps-maroons-by-28-7/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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References
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