1938 Worcester Tech Engineers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–0
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium
1938 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech    6 0 0
No. 18 Villanova    8 0 1
No. 9 Holy Cross    8 1 0
Boston College    6 1 2
No. 15 Fordham    6 1 2
No. 12 Cornell    5 1 1
Army    8 2 0
No. 8 Pittsburgh    8 2 0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech    7 2 0
No. 20 Dartmouth    7 2 0
Vermont    4 2 1
Brown    5 3 0
Bucknell    5 3 0
Syracuse    5 3 0
CCNY    4 3 0
Penn    3 2 3
Manhattan    5 4 0
Harvard    4 4 0
La Salle    4 4 0
NYU    4 4 0
Boston University    3 4 1
Penn State    3 4 1
Princeton    3 4 1
Hofstra    2 3 1
Duquesne    4 6 0
Temple    3 6 1
Providence    3 5 0
Columbia    3 6 0
Massachusetts State    3 6 0
Colgate    2 5 0
Buffalo    2 6 0
Yale    2 6 0
Tufts    1 6 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Worcester Tech Engineers football team was an American football team that represented the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their 16th year under head coach Ivan Bigler, the Engineers compiled a 6–0 record and outscored opponents by a total of 66 to 29.[1] The 1938 season was the first perfect season in Worcester Tech's football history, others following in 1954 and 1983.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 1Coast GuardW 9–0[2]
October 8Trinity (CT)
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 12–6[3]
October 15at American InternationalSpringfield, MAW 6–2
October 22at Massachusetts StateW 6–0
October 29at Rhode Island StateW 19–14
November 5Rensselaer Tech
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Worcester, MA
W 14–7

[1]

References

  1. 1 2 "Worcester Tech Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved June 1, 2023.
  2. Jack Cruise (October 3, 1938). "Worcester Tops Coast Guard, 9-0: Ray Forkey Star in Win Over Cadets". The Day. New London, Connecticut. p. 12 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Trinity Is Battered Into 12-6 Defeat By Strong Worcester Tech Grid Team". The Hartford Courant. October 9, 1938. p. IV-1 via Newspapers.com.
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