1938 Roanoke Maroons football team

The 1938 Roanoke Maroons football team represented Roanoke College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Gordon C. White, the Maroons compiled an overall record of 5–2–3.

1938 Roanoke Maroons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–3
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
1938 Southern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Georgetown   –  8 –0 –0
Hardin–Simmons   –  8 –2 –0
Roanoke   –  5 –2 –3
Western Maryland   –  5 –2 –1
Catholic University   –  5 –3 –0
George Washington   –  5 –4 –0
Navy   –  4 –3 –2
Virginia   –  4 –4 –1
West Virginia   –  4 –5 –1
Loyola (LA)   –  4 –5 –0
South Georgia Teachers   –  3 –5 –1
William & Mary Norfolk   –  3 –5 –1
Delaware   –  3 –5 –0
Delaware State   –  1 –2 –0
Oglethorpe   –  2 –8 –0
Oklahoma City   –  2 –8 –0
East Carolina   –  1 –6 –1
Jacksonville State   –  1 –6 –1

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 17Newberry
W 13–7[1]
September 24Lenoir–Rhyne
  • College Field
  • Salem, VA
T 12–12[2]
October 1Catawba
  • College Field
  • Salem, VA
T 6–6[3]
October 8at Georgetown
L 6–335,000[4]
October 14Concord State
  • College Field
  • Salem, VA
W 26–7[5]
October 22at Richmond
W 13–6[6]
October 29Randolph–Macon
  • College Field
  • Salem, VA
W 28–03,500[7]
November 11at Apprentice
W 13–05,000[8]
November 19at VMI
L 0–63,000[9]
November 24at King
T 0–0[10]

References
  1. "Roanoke College defeats Newberry's Indians, 13–7". The Greenville News. September 18, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Roanoke and Lenoir–Rhyne play to 12–12 tie". The Roanoke Times. September 25, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Roanoke is tied by Catawba, 6–6". Richmond Times-Dispatch. October 2, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. Burton Hawkins (October 9, 1938). "Georgetown with fourth-quarter surge crushes Roanoke, 33–6". The Sunday Star. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Roanoke wins, 26–7". The Roanoke World-News. October 15, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Roanoke scores upset in over Richmond, 13 to 6". Daily Press. October 23, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Roanoke downs Randolph–Macon". The Lynchburg News. October 30, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Shipbuilders beaten, 13 to 0, by Roanoke in last home tilt". Daily Press. November 12, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "V.M.I. Cadet's beat Roanoke College gridders by 6–0". The Tampa Tribune. November 20, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "King and Roanoke in scoreless tie here tilt". The Bristol News Bulletin. November 12, 1938. Retrieved March 8, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
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