1938-39
OVERALL HOME AWAY NEUTRAL CONFERENCE PLACE CONF. TOURNEY POST-SEASON
13-7 8-0 5-7 0-0
6-4 3rd    

ROSTER:

NO. POS. NAME CLASS HGT. WGT. Hometown (Previous School)
    RETURNEES:        
3 G Lyman Corlis ** Cpt. Sr.     Lawrence, KS (Topeka HS)
7,18 G/F Fenlon Durand ** % Jr.    

Junction City, KS

12 F Don Ebling * Jr. 5'11 163 Lindsborg, KS
8 F Loren Florell * Jr.    

Topeka, KS

10 F George Golay ** Sr. 6'3   Warrensburg, MO
13 G Dick Harp * Jr. 6'1 183

Kansas City, KS (Rosedale High School)

  G Carl Johnson *% Sr.     Kansas City, KS
4 C Lester Kappelman ** Sr.    

Lawrence, KS  (Lawrence HS)

6 F Bruce Reid *% Jr.     Arkansas City, KS
    NEW FACES:        
9 C Bob Allen So. 6'0 165 Lawrence, KS
5 F Howard Engleman So. 6'0 170 Arkansas City, KS
11,6 G William Hogben %   6'1 164 Kansas City, MO (Southwest HS)
16 G John Kline Jr. 6'2 190

Hutchison, KS (Transfer from Hutchison Juco)

15 G Paul Masoner Sr.    

Sublette, KS

11 F Ralph Miller % So. 6'1 175 Chanute, KS
20 C/F Jack Sands Jr.     Lawrence, KS
19 C/G Bruce Voran Jr.    

Pretty Prairie, KS

    QUESTIONABLE:        
    Frank Bukaty        
14 G Gus Nees Jr.    

Lawrence, KS

    Max Replogle Jr.    

Coldwater, KS

          * Varsity letter     Cpt. = Captain    # = Walk-on     % = Nonletterman

HEAD COACH:

Dr. Forrest C. 'Phog' Allen, 22nd year

Ernst Uhrlaub, Assistant, 1st year

LOSSES FROM LAST YEAR ('38 stats):

PLAYER LOSSES Class Hgt. POS. G/GS PTS PPG STATUS
Fred Pralle Sr.   G 20/ 214 10.7 Graduated
Sylvester Schmidt Sr.   C 20/ 73 3.7 Graduated
Nelson Sullivan Unc.   C/F 13/ 36 2.8  
Robert Hunt So.   F 10/ 5 0.5  
George Bowles Jr.   F/C 3/ 3 1.0  
Sanford Dietrich So.   F 3/ 2 0.7  
Ken Nelson So.   G/F 3/ 1 0.3  
Leroy Fugitt Jr.   G 1/ 0 0.0  
Harold Johnson So.   F 1/ 0 0.0  
Bill Lenhart So.   G 1/ 0 0.0  
Frank Komatz Unc.   F 1/ 0 0.0  
Gus Nees So.   G 2/ 0 0.0  
Kirk Owen So.   G 1/ 0 0.0  
Lester Pojezny So.   F 1/ 0 0.0  
Gerald Robinson Jr.   F 1/ 0 0.0  
Ed Weinecke So.   G 2/ 0 0.0  
TOTALS       20 334 16.7  

 

PRESEASON OUTLOOK:
 

 

 

 

 

SEASON SUMMARY:
On February 25, the next to last game of the season against Oklahoma, Howard Engleman scored 27 points to break the former Kansas mark of 26 set by Phog Allen.

These nights better forgotten, KU would say, by Dick Snider, Topeka Capital-Journal 

600: Kansas Triumphs Over Missouri, 37 to 32, January 19, 1939

1939  FINAL TEAM STATISTICS (Team highs in bold):

CATEGORY

KU

OPP

DIFF

Engleman, Howard Corlis, Lyman Ebling, Don Allen, Bob Harp, Dick Miller, Ralph Golay, George Voran, Bruce

Games Played/Started

20 20   19/ 20/ 20/ 20/ 20/ 12/ 14/ 17/
Minutes Played* 2,000     228 383 179 283 253 211 89 105

Points

746     122 114 87 86 81 81 67 33

    Per Game

37.3     6.4 5.7 4.4 4.3 4.1 6.8 4.8 1.9

FG -Attempts

                     

       Made

      48   29 32        

       Percent

                     

FT-Attempts

      29   39 40        

     Made

      26   29 22        

     Percent

      89.7   74.4 55.0        

* Minutes Played - in 10 conference games only.

CATEGORY Florell, Loren Reid, Bruce Kline, John Kappelman, Lester Durand, Fenlon Hogben, Bill Masoner, Paul Sands, Jack Johnson, Carl
Games Played/ Started 15/ 16/ 13/ 12/ 5/ 4/ 2/ 1/ 1/
Minutes Played * 42 32 153 28 0 0 0 0 0
Points 23 21 17 12 2 0 0 0 0
   Per Game 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
FG - Attempts                  
         Made                  
         Percent                  
FT - Attempts                  
        Made                  
        Percent                  

* Minutes Played - in 10 conference games only. Source:   KU Basketball 1938-39

GAME-BY-GAME

Warrensburg Normal (Central Mo. Teachers) W 25-20   Dec. 3 at Lawrence
Oklahoma A&M L 15-21   Dec. 9 at Stillwater, Okla.
Oklahoma A&M L 19-25   Dec. 10 at Stillwater, Okla.
Texas L 34-36   Dec. 16 at Austin, Texas
Texas W 49-35   Dec. 17 at Austin, Texas
SMU W 46-40   Dec. 19 at Dallas, Texas
SMU W 52-45   Dec. 20 at Dallas, Texas
Carleton College (Minn.) W 39-33   Jan. 2 at Lawrence
Oklahoma L 31-43   Jan. 7 at Norman, Okla.
Kansas State W 33-29   Jan. 10 at Lawrence
Nebraska L 37-48   Jan. 14 at Lincoln, Neb.
Missouri W 37-32   Jan. 18 at Lawrence
Kansas State W 40-38   Jan. 28 at Manhattan, Kan.
Iowa State L 37-40   Jan. 23 at Ames, Iowa
Oklahoma A&M W 34-27   Feb. 8 at Lawrence
Washburn W 37-34   Feb. 10 at Topeka, Kan.
Nebraska W 49-46   Feb. 14 at Lawrence
Iowa State W 46-37   Feb. 20 at Lawrence
Oklahoma W 59-45   Feb. 25 at Lawrence
Missouri L 30-55   Mar. 2 at Columbia, Mo.
 

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