1939 Texas Longhorns football team

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1939 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
1939 record5–4 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
  1938
1940  
1939 Southwest Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Texas A&M $ 6 0 011 0 0
Baylor 4 2 07 3 0
SMU 4 2 06 3 1
Texas 3 3 05 4 0
Arkansas 2 3 14 5 1
TCU 1 5 03 7 0
Rice 0 5 11 9 1
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1939 college football season. The Longhorns were coached by Dana X. Bible in his third season and played as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC). They finished the season with an overall record of five wins and four losses (5–4, 3–3 SWC).

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 30 Florida *W 12–0
October 7at Wisconsin *W 17–7
October 14vs. No. 3 Oklahoma *L 12–24
October 21 Arkansas
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 14–13
October 28 Rice
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 26–12
November 4at No. 16 SMU
  • Cotton Bowl
  • Dallas, TX
L 0–10
November 11at Baylor L 0–20
November 18 TCU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 25–19
November 30at No. 1 Texas A&M L 0–2040,000 [1]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Wilbur Evans (December 1, 1939). "Tradition Upheld as Aggies Crush Steers, 20-0: Steers Gallantly Hold Ground For First 2 Periods". The Austin American. pp. 1, 19 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)