1939 Texas
5–4 (3–3 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Rice 26–12Oct 28
By 14 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30 | vs Florida | W 12–0 | 56% |
| Oct 7 | at Wisconsin | W 17–7 | 29% |
| Oct 14 | vs Oklahoma | L 12–24 | 27% |
| Oct 21 | vs Arkansas | W 14–13 | 56% |
| Oct 28 | vs Rice | W 26–12 | 53% |
| Nov 4 | at 16SMU | L 0–10 | 34% |
| Nov 11 | at Baylor | L 0–20 | 26% |
| Nov 18 | vs TCU | W 25–19 | 38% |
| Nov 30 | at 1Texas A&M | L 0–20 | 15% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Texas A&M 20–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southwest Conference.
In program history: The 119th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).
Players on this team
Malcolm KutnerEnd- Ralph ParkBack
- Park MyersOffensive tackle
- Chal DanielGuard
- Stan MauldinOffensive tackle
Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1939.
- Record
- 5–4
- Conference
- 3–3 4th in Southwest Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 106–125
- Coach
- Dana Bible
- Elo
- 1477 +63 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- 6.3 No. 35 of 124 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captains
- Ned McDonald and Park Myers
Drafted in 1940
The 1940 draft| Rd 5 | Park Myers OT | Cleveland Rams |
All-Southwest Conference
1 first team, 1 second teamFirst team
Second team
Park MyersOTAP-2; UP-2
From Wikipedia’s 1939 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).
1939 Southwest Conference standings
| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas A&M | 6–0 | 11–0 | 1 |
| Baylor | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
| SMU | 4–2 | 6–3–1 | |
| Texas | 3–3 | 5–4 | |
| Arkansas | 2–3–1 | 4–5–1 | |
| TCU | 1–5 | 3–7 | |
| Rice | 0–5–1 | 1–9–1 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.