1939 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1939 Colorado Buffaloes football
MSC champion
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record5–3 (5–1 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumColorado 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 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by Bunny Oakes in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the MSC title.

Colorado was ranked at No. 136 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

  1. ^ 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.