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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 5–2–2 (2–2–2 MSC) |
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| Home stadium | BYU Stadium |
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| Colorado $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1939 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1939 college football season. their third season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled am overall record of 5–2–2 with a mark of 2–2–2 against conference opponents, finished fourth in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 90.[1][2]
Sophomore left halfback George Wing led the team on offense.
BYU was ranked at No. 161 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 23 | atArizona State–Flagstaff* | Flagstaff, AZ | W 25–0 | [4][5] | |||
| October 7 | Colorado A&M |
| W 13–12 | 3,000 | [6] | ||
| October 14 | Utah |
| L 13–35 | 9,000–10,000 | [7][8] | ||
| October 21 | atNevada* |
| W 7–0 | 5,000 | [9] | ||
| October 27 | atColorado State–Greeley* | Greeley, CO | W 18–6 | [10] | |||
| November 4 | atDenver |
| W 21–18 | [11] | |||
| November 11 | atUtah State |
| T 0–0 | 9,000 | [12] | ||
| November 18 | Colorado |
| L 6–12 | 7,500 | [13] | ||
| November 25 | atWyoming |
| T 7–7 | 1,500 | [14] | ||
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