1939 Utah Utes football team
| 1939 Utah Utes football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| 1939 record | 6–1–2 (4–1–1 MSC) |
| Head coach | Ike Armstrong |
| Home stadium | Ute 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1939 college football season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | Attendance | ||||
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| September 30 | Santa Clara* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | T 7–7 | ||||||
| October 7 | Wyoming | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City | W 60–0 | ||||||
| October 14 | at BYU | BYU Stadium • Provo, Utah (The Holy War) | W 35–13 | ||||||
| October 21 | vs. Idaho* | Public School Field • Boise, Idaho [1][2] | W 35–0 | 6,500 | |||||
| October 28 | at Denver | DU Stadium • Denver, Colorado | T 7–7 | ||||||
| November 4 | Colorado |
Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Utah–Colorado football rivalry) | L 14–21 | ||||||
| November 11 | Hawaii* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 34–19 | ||||||
| November 18 | at Colorado A&M | Colorado Field • Fort Collins, Colorado | W 42–7 | ||||||
| November 23 | Utah A.C. | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (Battle of the Brothers) | W 27–0 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
After the season
NFL draft
Utah had three players selected in the 1940 NFL Draft.[5]
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Luke Pappas | Offensive and Defensive Tackle | 9 | 71 | Chicago Cardinals |
| Tom Pace | Back | 10 | 87 | Chicago Bears |
| Pete Bogden | End | 14 | 125 | Cleveland Rams |
In addition, Halfback Fred Gehrke was not drafted but played eight seasons in the NFL.[6]
References
- ↑ "Boise 'sold out' for Vandal-Ute game". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 21, 1939. p. 9.
- ↑ "Utah trounces Vandals, 35-0". Lewiston Morning Tribune. (Idaho). Associated Press. October 22, 1939. p. 13.
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1939". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "1940 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "Fred Gehrke Past Statistics". DatabaseFootball.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
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