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1939 Northern Arizona

1–⁠6–⁠1 (0–⁠4 Border Conference).

Schedule and results

Northern Arizona in 1939, game by game: tied at Western New Mexico 12–12; lost vs. BYU 0–25; won vs. Nevada 9–7; lost vs. New Mexico State 13–25; lost at Texas Tech 0–54; lost vs. Whittier 13–27; lost at New Mexico 0–33; lost at Arizona State 6–41+7−54Tied 12–12 at Western New Mexico0Western New Mex…Lost 0–25 vs. BYU-25BYUWon 9–7 vs. Nevada+2NevadaLost 13–25 vs. New Mexico State-12New Mexico StateLost 0–54 at Texas Tech-54Texas TechLost 13–27 vs. Whittier-14WhittierLost 0–33 at New Mexico-33New MexicoLost 6–41 at Arizona State-35Arizona State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 16atWestern New MexicoT 12–⁠1237%
Sep 23vsBYUL 0–⁠2514%
Sep 30vsNevadaW 9–⁠762%
Oct 7vsNew Mexico StateL 13–⁠2515%
Oct 14atTexas TechL 0–⁠547%
Oct 21vsWhittierL 13–⁠2755%
Oct 27atNew MexicoL 0–⁠336%
Nov 11atArizona StateL 6–⁠4111%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Arizona State 41–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Border Conference.

In program history: The 66th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 72 on file).

Record
1–⁠6–⁠1
Conference
0–⁠4 7th in Border Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
53–⁠224
Coach
—
Elo
1096 −49 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−37.6 No. 124 of 124 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

1939 Border Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arizona State4–⁠08–⁠2–⁠1
New Mexico4–⁠28–⁠2
Texas Tech2–⁠15–⁠5–⁠1
UTEP3–⁠25–⁠4
Arizona1–⁠26–⁠4
New Mexico State1–⁠43–⁠6
Northern Arizona0–⁠41–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.