1939 Denver Pioneers football team
| 1939 Denver Pioneers football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 5–3–1 (3–2–1 MSC) |
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| Home stadium | Denver University Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 their first season under head coach Cac Hubbard, the Pioneers compiled a 5–3–1 record (3–2–1 against conference opponents), finished in third place in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 129 to 75.[1]
Denver was ranked at No. 112 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | Iowa State* | W 6–0 | 18,000 | [3] | |||
| October 6 | New Mexico* |
| L 6–7 | 13,000 | [4] | ||
| October 13 | Wyoming |
| W 32–7 | 8,000 | [5] | ||
| October 21 | at Utah State |
| W 7–0 | [6] | |||
| October 28 | Utah |
| T 7–7 | [7] | |||
| November 4 | BYU |
| L 18–21 | [8] | |||
| November 11 | Colorado A&M |
| W 13–6 | 12,500 | [9] | ||
| November 23 | Idaho* |
| W 23–0 | 14,000 | [10] | ||
| November 30 | at Colorado | L 17–27 | 18,000 | [11] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "1939 Denver Pioneers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
- ^ E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "18,000 Watch Rugged Denver Team Down Iowa State, 6-0: Pioneer Line Too Powerful for Cyclones". The Des Moines Register. September 30, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cherry and Silver Upsets Denver Pioneers 7-6 in Late Rally". Albuquerque Journal. October 7, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denver Wins From Cowboys". The Greeley Daily Tribune. October 14, 1939. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bob Holden (October 22, 1939). "Utah Aggies Bow to Heavy Denver Team". The Salt Lake Tribune. p. C1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ute Team Shows 'Letdown' In Battle With Denver". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 29, 1939. pp. 1C, 3C.
- ^ Loudon Kelly (November 5, 1939). "Brigham Young Humbles Touted Denver". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. p. 9A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denver Takes Aggies 13 to 6". Fort Collins Express-Courier. November 12, 1939. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vandals slowed by rarified air". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. November 24, 1939. p. 8.
- ^ "Colorado U. Wallops Denver U. by 27 to 17 Score". The Greeley Daily Tribune. December 1, 1939. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.