1938 Creighton Bluejays football team

1938 Creighton Bluejays football
1938 Creighton Bluejays football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	6–1–1 (1–0–1 MVC)
Head coach	Marchmont Schwartz (4th season);
Home stadium	Creighton Stadium
	Seasons ← 1937 1939 →

1938 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Washburn *	2	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	0
Creighton *	1	–	0	–	1	6	–	1	–	1
Tulsa $	3	–	1	–	0	4	–	5	–	1
Washington University	2	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Drake	2	–	1	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Saint Louis	1	–	1	–	1	3	–	5	–	2
Grinnell	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma A&M	0	–	4	–	0	2	–	8	–	0

$ – Conference champion * ineligible for championship because of insufficient games

The 1938 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1938 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Marchmont Schwartz, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record (1–0–1 against MVC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 179 to 40.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 1	South Dakota*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 26–0	8,000	^[3]
October 8	Oklahoma A&M	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 16–7
October 15	at Drake	Drake Stadium Des Moines, IA	T 7–7
October 22	West Virginia*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	L 13–20	11,000	^[4]
October 29	at Wichita*	Wichita, KS	W 6–0
November 5	St. Benedict's*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 39–6
November 13	at Loyola (LA)*	Loyola University Stadium New Orleans, LA	W 34–0		^[5]
November 19	North Dakota Agricultural*	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 38–0		^[6]
*Non-conference game

^ "Beaten Tulsa Backs Into Valley Title". The Daily Oklahoman. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Associated Press. November 28, 1938. p. 13. Retrieved November 27, 2020 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "1938 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
^ Howard Wolff (October 2, 1938). "Soph Quartet Leads Blues to 26-to-0 Win". Sunday World-Herald. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Aerial gamble costs Jays loss to West Virginia". Omaha World-Herald. October 23, 1938. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Creighton rambles to 34–0 win over Loyola of South". Lincoln Journal Star. November 14, 1938. p. 8. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Creighton's sophs lead way as North Dakota State falls". The Nebraska State Journal. November 20, 1938. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.