1939 Denver Pioneers football team

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1939 Denver Pioneers football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record5–3–1 (3–2–1 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDU Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Colorado $ 5 1 0 5 3 0
Utah 4 1 1 6 1 2
Denver 3 2 1 5 3 1
BYU 2 2 2 5 2 2
Utah State 2 3 1 3 4 1
Colorado A&M 2 4 0 2 7 0
Wyoming 0 5 1 0 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1939 Denver Pioneers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Denver as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. In its first season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the team compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 record with a mark of 3–2–1 against conference opponents, finished in third place in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 75.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 29Iowa State*W 6–014,487
October 6New Mexico*
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
L 6–7
October 13Wyoming
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 32–7
October 21at Utah State
W 7–0
October 28Utah
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
T 7–7[2]
November 4BYU
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
L 18–21[3]
November 11Colorado A&M
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 13–6
November 23Idaho*
  • DU Stadium
  • Denver, CO
W 23–014,000[4]
November 30at ColoradoL 17–27
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1939 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
  2. ^ "Ute Team Shows 'Letdown' In Battle With Denver". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 29, 1939. pp. 1C, 3C.
  3. ^ Loudon Kelly (November 5, 1939). "Brigham Young Humbles Touted Denver". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. p. 9A – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Vandals slowed by rarified air". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1939. p. 8.