1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team

The 1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football team represented Humboldt State College—now known as California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt—as an independent during the 1939 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Herbert L. Hart, the Lumberjacks compiled a record of 5–2 and outscored their opponents 90 to 34 for the season. They shut outs three opponents and allowed more than ten points only once. The team played home games at Albee Stadium in Eureka, California.

1939 Humboldt State Lumberjacks football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2
Head coach	Herbert L. Hart (2nd season)
Home stadium	Albee Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
San Diego Marines			–					11	–	0	–	0
No. T–14 Santa Clara			–					5	–	1	–	3
Gonzaga			–					6	–	2	–	0
Humboldt State			–					5	–	2	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					5	–	2	–	0
Cal Poly			–					4	–	4	–	1
San Francisco			–					4	–	3	–	3
La Verne			–					3	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					3	–	4	–	1
Hawaii			–					3	–	6	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					2	–	6	–	1
San Francisco State			–					2	–	4	–	2
Portland			–					1	–	5	–	1
Rankings from AP Poll

Humboldt was ranked at No. 322 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	Linfield	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 13–7		[2]
September 30	Cal Poly	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 13–9
October 14	at Cal Aggies	A Street Field Davis, CA	L 2–14		[3]
October 21	San Francisco State	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 19–0		[4]
October 27	Chico State	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 6–0	4,000	[5]
November 4	Alhambra Athletic Club	Albee Stadium? Eureka, CA?	L 0–6
November 10	Oregon College	Albee Stadium Eureka, CA	W 38–0		[6]

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