1939 Big Ten Conference football season
Results and team statistics
Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

1939 Big Ten Conference football season

Section Title: Results and team statistics
Table Section Text: Key PPG = Average of points scored per game PAG = Average of points allowed per game MVP = Most valuable player as voted by players on each team as part of the voting process to determine the winner of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football trophy

Conf. Rank	Team	Head coach	AP final	AP high	Overall record	Conf. record	PPG	PAG	MVP

1	Ohio State	Francis Schmidt	#15	#4	6–2	5–1	23.6	8.0	Steve Andrako

2	Iowa	Eddie Anderson	#9	#8	6-1-1	4-1-1	16.3	11.4	Nile Kinnick

3	Michigan	Fritz Crisler	#20	#2	6–2	3–2	27.4	11.8	Tom Harmon

4	Purdue	Allen Elward	NR	NR	3–3–2	2–1–2	7.0	6.6	Frank Bykowski

5	Northwestern	Pappy Waldorf	NR	NR	3–4–1	3–2–1	5.9	8.4	Jack Haman

6	Illinois	Robert Zuppke	NR	NR	3–4–1	3–3	9.4	9.3	Bill Lenich

7	Minnesota	Bernie Bierman	NR	#20	3–4–1	2–3–1	19.3	10.3	Hal Van Every

8	Indiana	Bo McMillin	NR	NR	2–4–2	2–3	8.8	12.0	James Logan

9	Wisconsin	Harry Stuhldreher	NR	NR	1–6–1	0–5–1	6.8	14.1	George Paskvan

10	Chicago	Clark Shaughnessy	NR	NR	2–6	0–3	4.6	38.5	Hobert Wasam

Sentence(s)

Michigan compiled a 6–2 record, led the conference in scoring (27.4 points per game), and was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll.

final_sentence: Michigan compiled a 6–2 record, led the conference in scoring (27.4 points per game), and was ranked No. 20 in the final AP Poll.