1939 Nevada Wolf Pack football team
American college football season
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The 1939 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada in the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1939 college football season. In their first season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 5â4 record (3â1 against conference opponents) and won the conference championship.
ConferenceFar Western Conference
Record5â4 (3â1 FWC)
Headcoach
- Jim Aiken (1st season)
HomestadiumMackay Field
| 1939 Nevada Wolf Pack football | |
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FWC champion | |
| Conference | Far Western Conference |
| Record | 5â4 (3â1 FWC) |
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| Home stadium | Mackay Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fresno State | 2 | â | 0 | â | 0 | 10 | â | 1 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nevada $ | 3 | â | 1 | â | 0 | 5 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pacific (CA) | 2 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 6 | â | 6 | â | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chico State | 1 | â | 2 | â | 0 | 2 | â | 4 | â | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Aggies | 0 | â | 3 | â | 0 | 4 | â | 4 | â | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Nevada was ranked at No. 253 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[1]
This was the Wolf Pack's last year as a member of the FWC as they went independent for the 1940 season.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 22 | San Francisco State* | W 13â6 | [2] | ||||
| September 30 | at Arizona StateâFlagstaff* |
| L 7â9 | [3] | |||
| October 7 | at San Jose State* | L 0â28 | |||||
| October 14 | at Fresno State | L 0â45 | 9,533 | [4] | |||
| October 21 | BYU* |
| L 0â7 | 5,000 | [5] | ||
| October 28 | Cal Aggies |
| W 3â0 | ||||
| November 4 | at Chico State |
| W 3â0 | ||||
| November 11 | Colorado StateâGreeley* |
| W 15â6 | ||||
| December 2 | at Pacific (CA) |
| W 8â0 | ||||
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