1939 Texas Longhorns football team

1939 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record5–4 (3–3 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Texas A&M $ 6 0 0 11 0 0
Baylor 4 2 0 7 3 0
SMU 4 2 0 6 3 1
Texas 3 3 0 5 4 0
Arkansas 2 3 1 4 5 1
TCU 1 5 0 3 7 0
Rice 0 5 1 1 9 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Texas Longhorns football team was an American football team that represented the University of Texas (now known as the University of Texas at Austin) as a member of the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1939 college football season. In their third year under head coach Dana X. Bible, the Longhorns compiled an overall record of 5–4, with a mark of 3–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the SWC.[1]

Texas was not ranked in the final AP Poll, but was ranked at No. 48 in the 1939 Williamson System ratings,[2] and at No. 43 in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[3]

  1. ^ "1939 Texas Longhorns Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 27, 2023.
  2. ^ Paul Williamson (December 8, 1941). "Texas Aggies Ranked Nation's Top". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ 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.