Year: | 1939 |
Team: | Butler Bulldogs |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Indiana Intercollegiate Conference |
Short Conf: | IIC |
Record: | 7–0–1 |
Conf Record: | 4–0 |
Head Coach: | Tony Hinkle |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Champion: | IIC champion |
Stadium: | Butler Bowl |
The 1939 Butler Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented Butler University as a member of the Indiana Intercollegiate Conference (IIC) during the 1939 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Tony Hinkle, the Bulldogs compiled a 7–0–1 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and won the IIC championship.[1]
Butler was ranked at No. 60 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[2]
The team played its home games at the Butler Bowl in Indianapolis.