1939 Utah Utes football team

1939 MSC 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

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1939 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result	Attendance
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.

Source:^[3]^[4]

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]

↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2010-02-17. Retrieved 2010-08-04.

Utah Utes football
Venues	Rice Stadium (1927–97) Rice-Eccles Stadium (1998–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games BYU: Holy War (Beehive Boot) Colorado: Rumble in the Rockies New Mexico Utah State: Battle of the Brothers (Beehive Boot)
Culture & lore	Swoop "Utah Man" Pride of Utah Utah pass
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