Coaching Staff | Team Captains | Record
Head Coach: Tatum Gressette
Assistant Coaches: Deke Brackett – Rock Norman
Captains: Carlos Townsend ’37
Record: Overall 4-6-0 | SoCon 0-4-0 | First Year in the Southern Conference
Team Roster
| Name | No. | Gr. Yr. | Pos. | Wgt. | Class | Home Town |
| Bill Aston | 18 | 1938 | Guard | 187 | Junior | Unionville, CT |
| Leroy Bessinger | 20 | 1938 | End | 172 | Junior | Georgetown, SC |
| Jack Burnett | 7 | 1939 | Back | 150 | Soph | Greenville, SC |
| Bob David | 24 | 1939 | End | 165 | Soph | Jacksonville, FL |
| Henry Deas | 23 | 1938 | Tackle | 180 | Junior | Charleston, SC |
| Jerome Eichholz | 36 | 1939 | Tackle | 190 | Soph | St. Augustine, FL |
| “Mutt” Gee | 15 | 1939 | Back | 170 | Soph | Washington, DC |
| Billy Gibson | 6 | 1938 | Back | 155 | Junior | Sumter, SC |
| Bobby Gill | 4 | 1938 | Back | 152 | Junior | Charlotte, NC |
| Ed Hall | 26 | 1937 | Back | 173 | Senior | St. Paul, NC |
| Roger Harshbarger | 28 | 1939 | Guard | 190 | Soph | St. Alban’s, WV |
| Billy Hornsby | 22 | 1938 | Guard | 185 | Junior | Columbia, SC |
| Ed Horton | 37 | 1938 | Center | 190 | Junior | Belton, SC |
| Charles Howard | 21 | 1938 | Center | 170 | Junior | Greenville, SC |
| Frank Howie | 25 | 1939 | Guard | 166 | Soph | Abbeville, SC |
| Jack Hughes | 1 | 1938 | Back | 125 | Junior | Hendersonville, NC |
| Archie Jenkins | 27 | 1937 | Tackle | 175 | Senior | Pageland, SC |
| Allen Jones | 9 | 1938 | Back | 155 | Junior | Columbus, GA |
| John Keith | 29 | 1937 | Back | 180 | Senior | Greenville, SC |
| Francis King | 17 | 1938 | End | 170 | Junior | Georgetown, SC |
| Pete Lempesis | 5 | 1938 | Guard | 168 | Junior | Charleston, SC |
| Walter Manley | 16 | 1938 | End | 175 | Junior | Leesburg, FL |
| Frank McNeill | 34 | 1938 | Back | 178 | Junior | Charleston, SC |
| Bill Meng | 14 | 1938 | Back | 150 | Junior | Decatur, GA |
| John Miller | 32 | 1938 | Center | 170 | Junior | Aurora, IL |
| Emory “Bush” Peebles | 8 | 1939 | End | 160 | Soph | Mobile, AL |
| J. Purcell | 13 | End | 168 | Newberry, SC | ||
| Kooksie Robinson | 2 | 1938 | Back | 134 | Junior | Charleston, SC |
| Hugh Rogers | 33 | 1939 | Tackle | 185 | Soph | Coral Gables, FL |
| Orville Rogers | 40 | 1938 | Tackle | 190 | Junior | Coral Gables, FL |
| Andy Sabados | 38 | 1939 | Back | 200 | Soph | Aurora, IL |
| Chester Smith | 39 | 1937 | Guard | 204 | Senior | Chesterfield, SC |
| Chet Smith | 31 | 1939 | Back | 180 | Soph | East Lansing, MI |
| Nat Smith | 10 | 1938 | Back | 148 | Junior | Mullins, SC |
| Francis Spears | 35 | 1938 | Tackle | 188 | Junior | Jonesville, SC |
| Marion Speigner | 12 | 1937 | Back | 160 | Senior | St. Matthews, SC |
| Lawrence Southard | 19 | 1939 | End | 175 | Soph | Pageland, SC |
| Tell Therrell | 30 | 1937 | Tackle | 188 | Senior | Bennettsville, SC |
| Carlos Townsend | 11 | 1937 | End | 167 | Senior | Aiken, SC |
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Score | Site | ||
| 19-Sep | Newberry | W | 33 | 0 | Charleston, SC |
| 29-Sep | Erskine | W | 13 | 6 | Due West, SC |
| 3-Oct | Florida | L | 14 | 20 | Gainesville, FL |
| 10-Oct | Furman * | L | 7 | 13 | Greenville, SC |
| 17-Oct | Presbyterian | W | 25 | 0 | Clinton, SC |
| 24-Oct | Davidson * | L | 0 | 21 | Davidson, NC |
| 30-Nov | South Carolina * | L | 0 | 9 | Orangeburg, SC |
| 7-Nov | Clemson * | L | 0 | 20 | Charleston, SC |
| 14-Nov | Chattanooga | L | 0 | 13 | Charleston, SC |
| 21-Nov | Wofford | W | 41 | 0 | Augusta, GA |
| *Denotes conference game | |||||