1938 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

1938 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3 (4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumTech Field
1938 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
West Tennessee State Teachers $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
Centre 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Miami (FL) 3 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Centenary 2 – 0 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Mississippi State Teachers 6 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Presbyterian 6 – 1 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi College 5 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 1 8 – 2 – 1
Murray State 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Eastern Kentucky 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 1 – 1
Morehead State 2 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Stetson 4 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Newberry 4 – 2 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Rollins 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Louisiana Normal 3 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Union (TN) 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 2 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
Union (KY) 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Transylvania 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Louisiana Tech 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 1
Delta State 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 5 – 0 2 – 9 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 1 – 5 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Howard (AL) 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
Emory and Henry 0 – 2 – 0 1 – 6 – 2
Louisville 0 – 3 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Troy State 0 – 3 – 1 3 – 4 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Erskine 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 7 – 2
Tampa 0 – 4 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Wofford 0 – 4 – 1 0 – 8 – 1
Millsaps 0 – 7 – 0 1 – 10 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1938 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Polytechnic Institute (TPI)—now known as Tennessee Tech–as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1938 college football season. Led by 16th-year head coach Preston Vaughn Overall, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 6–3 with a mark of 4–1 in conference play.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 237:00 p.m.at Chattanooga*
L 6–274,000[2][3]
September 30Jacksonville StateCookeville, TNW 21–0[4]
October 78:00 p.m.Middle Tennessee State Teachers
  • Tech Field
  • Cookeville, TN
W 7–02,500[5][6]
October 152:00 p.m.at Western Kentucky State Teachers
W 7–6[7][8]
October 218:00 p.m.West Tennessee State TeachersCookeville, TNL 13–26[9][10]
October 29at Sewanee*
W 7–6[11]
November 42:00 p.m.at Cumberland (TN)*Lebanon, TNL 0–6[12][13]
November 112:00 p.m.Austin Peay*dagger
  • Tech Field
  • Cookeville, TN
W 28–01,000[14][15][16]
November 242:00 p.m.at Middle Tennessee State Teachers
W 12–02,500[17][18][19]

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References

  1. ^ "Football". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. November 28, 1938. p. 10. Retrieved September 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "U. C. Opens College Football Season With Tennessee Tech Here Tonight". Chattanooga Daily Times. Chattanooga, Tennessee. September 23, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Moccasins open up enough power to beat back plucky T.P.I. team, 27–6". The Chattanooga Times. September 24, 1938. Retrieved September 7, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "T.P.I. wins from Alabama Teachers, 21–0". The Chattanooga News. October 1, 1938. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "T. P. I. Eagles, Teachers Meet Friday". The Chattanooga News. Chattanooga, Tennessee. October 6, 1938. p. 6. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Blue Raiders Lose To Tennessee Tech". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. October 8, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ "Western Team Is In Good Shape For Invaders". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. October 14, 1938. p. 5. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ Wallace, Herb (October 16, 1938). "Floundering Western Team Is Defeated By Light, But Game Tennessee Poly, 7 to 6". The Park City Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ "T. P. I. Engages West Tennessee". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. October 21, 1938. p. 28. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ "Memphis Tigers Keep S. I. A. A. Lead". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. October 22, 1938. p. 8. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Alert T.P.I. eleven staves off Sewanee scoring threats to win, 7–6". The Chattanooga Times. October 30, 1938. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Tennessee Tech Engages Cumberland in Lebanon". The Nashville Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. November 4, 1938. p. 25. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ "Cumberland Scores Smashing Upset, Beats T. P. I." The Nashville Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. November 5, 1938. p. 7. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ "TPI Plays Austin-Peay In Homecoming Tilt Friday". Nashville Banner. Nashville, Tennessee. November 10, 1938. p. 16. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "Ta-Ra-Ra Boom De-Aye". The Chattanooga News. Chattanooga, Tennessee. November 10, 1938. p. 2. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  16. ^ Crow, Charlie (November 12, 1938). "Governors Are Whipped By TPI Eleven". The Leaf-Chronicle. Clarksville, Tennessee. p. 2. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ "T. P. I., Raiders Clash Today". The Nashville Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. November 24, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ "Crippled Raiders Lose To TPI 12-0". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. November 25, 1938. p. 1. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "Tennessee Tech Whips State". The Nashville Tennessee. Nashville, Tennessee. November 25, 1938. p. 19. Retrieved July 30, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  20. ^ "2024 Tennessee Tech Football Record Book" (PDF). Tennessee Tech Athletics. p. 53. Retrieved July 30, 2025.
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