1939 Chico State Wildcats football team

The 1939 Chico State Wildcats football team represented Chico State College—now known as California State University, Chico—as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1939 college football season. Led by Hubert J. McCormick in his first and only season as head coach, Chico State compiled an overall record of 2–3–2 with a mark of 1–2 in conference play, placing fourth in the FWC. The team was outscored by its opponents 47 to 28 for the season.

1939 Chico State Wildcats football
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record2–3–2 (1–2 FWC)
Head coach
  • Hubert J. McCormick (1st season)
Home stadiumCollege Field
1939 Far Western Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Fresno State 2 –0 –010 –1 –1
Nevada $ 3 –1 –05 –4 –0
Pacific (CA) 2 –2 –06 –6 –1
Chico State 1 –2 –02 –4 –2
Cal Aggies 0 –3 –04 –4 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Fresno State was ineligible for the conference championship because they only played two league games.

Chico State was ranked at No. 332 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]

The Wildcats played home games at College Field in Chico, California.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultSource
October 7Sacramento Junior College*
T 0–0[2]
October 14at San Francisco State*
T 0–0[3][4]
October 28at Humboldt State*
L 0–6[5]
November 4Nevada
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
L 0–3[6]
November 18at Cal Aggies
W 9–7[7]
November 23Pacific (CA)
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
L 6–31[8]
November 30Cal Poly*
  • College Field
  • Chico, CA
W 13–0[9]
  • *Non-conference game

[10][note 1][11]

Notes
  1. cfbdatawarehouse.com lists an additional game, a loss vs. Sacramento Athletic Club (2–3) with no date. No other evidence of this game has been found and summaries of the 1939 season posted in the San Francisco Chronicle do not include that game. It is not listed here.

References
  1. E. E. Litkenhous (December 31, 1939). "Vols Second In Final Litkenhous Grid Rankings; Southern California Tenth". Johnson City Sunday Press. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "National Football Results". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). October 8, 1939. p. 84 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  3. "Football Scores". Riverside Daily Press (Riverside, California). October 16, 1939. p. 12 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  4. "Chico 0, S.F. State 0". Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada). October 15, 1939. p. 12. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.open access
  5. "Humboldt Scores Late For Victory". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). October 28, 1939. p. 17 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  6. "Who Won on U.S. Grid Front". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). November 6, 1939. p. 20 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  7. "National Grid Scores". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). November 19, 1939. p. 80 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  8. "Football Results". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune (San Luis Obispo, California). November 24, 1939. p. 5 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  9. "Football Scores". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). December 1, 1939. p. 25 – via GenealogyBank.com.
  10. "1939 - Cal St.-Chico". Archived from the original on September 11, 2015. Retrieved March 4, 2017.
  11. "Who Won on U.S. Grid Front". San Francisco Chronicle (San Francisco, California). November 20, 1939. p. 18 – via GenealogyBank.com.
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