1939 Chico State Wildcats football team

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1939
Chico State Wildcats football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record2–3–2 (1–2 FWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCollege Field
Seasons
1939 Far Western Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Fresno State 2 0 0 10 1 1
Nevada $ 3 1 0 5 4 0
Pacific (CA) 2 2 0 6 6 1
Chico State 1 2 0 2 4 2
Cal Aggies 0 3 0 4 4 0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Fresno State was ineligible for the conference championship because they only played two league games.

The 1939 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by Hubert J. McCormick in his first and only season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 2–3–2 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 47 to 28 for the season.

Chico State was ranked at No. 332 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

The Wildcats played home games at College Field in Chico, California.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7
Sacramento Junior College*
T 0–0[2]
October 14at San Francisco State*
T 0–0[3][4]
October 28at Humboldt State*
L 0–6[5]
November 4Nevada
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
L 0–3[6]
November 18at Cal Aggies
W 9–7[7]
November 23Pacific (CA)
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
L 6–31[8]
November 30Cal Poly*
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
W 13–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game

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Notes

  1. ^ cfbdatawarehouse.com lists an additional game, a loss vs. Sacramento Athletic Club (2–3) with no date. No other evidence of this game has been found and summaries of the 1939 season posted in the San Francisco Chronicle do not include that game. It is not listed here.

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