Year: | 1939 |
Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Mountain States Conference |
Short Conf: | MSC |
Record: | 5–3 |
Conf Record: | 5–1 |
Head Coach: | Bunny Oakes |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Captain: | Game captains |
Stadium: | Colorado Stadium |
Champion: | MSC champion |
The 1939 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by Bunny Oakes in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–3 with a mark of 5–1 in conference play, winning the MSC title.
Colorado was ranked at No. 136 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]