1939 New Mexico Lobos football team

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The 1939 New Mexico Lobos football team represented the University of New Mexico as a member of the Border Conference during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ted Shipkey, the Lobos compiled an overall record of 8–2 record with a mark of 4–2 against conference opponents, placing second in the Border Conference, and outscored all opponents by a total of 167 to 98.[1][2]

Record8–2 (4–2 Border)
Headcoach
HomestadiumHilltop Stadium
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1939 New Mexico Lobos football
ConferenceBorder Conference
Record8–2 (4–2 Border)
Head coach
Home stadiumHilltop Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 â†’
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1939 Border Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Arizona State $4–0–08–2–1
New Mexico4–2–08–2–0
Texas Tech2–1–05–5–1
Texas Mines3–2–05–4–0
Arizona1–2–06–4–0
New Mexico A&M1–4–03–6–0
Arizona State–Flagstaff0–4–01–6–1
  • $ – Conference champion
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New Mexico was ranked at No. 126 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Silver City Teachers*W 29–75,000[4]
September 29Wyoming*
  • Hilltop Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
W 34–7[5]
October 6at Denver*W 7–613,000[6]
October 13Texas Mines
  • Hilltop Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
W 14–0[7]
October 21at Texas TechL 7–199,000[8]
October 27Arizona State–Flagstaff
  • Hilltop Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
W 33–0[9]
November 10at New Mexico A&M
W 9–66,000[10]
November 18at Arizona StateL 6–2810,000[11]
November 25Arizonadagger
  • Hilltop Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM (rivalry)
W 7–66,000[12][13]
November 30Colorado A&M*
  • Hilltop Stadium
  • Albuquerque, NM
W 21–195,500[14]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
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