The 1939 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Guy Wicks, the team compiled a 5–2 record[b] and outscored opponents by a total of 67 to 48.[3][1]
^Lundberg later transferred to Western State College, served in World War II, and became a teacher in Baltimore; he died in 1971 at age 56.[2]
^Contemporary newspaper reports for individual games yield a 4–3 record; see the Chaffey College game.
^Colorado State–Greeley is listed in some sources as Northern Colorado, a name adopted in 1970.
^The 1940 Wickiup college yearbook listed the Albion score as 13–6.
^Albion Normal is listed in some sources as Southern Idaho, a name adopted in 1947.
^Idaho State's football media guide lists the Chaffey College game as a 14–13 win for Idaho Southern Branch, as did the 1940 Wickiup college yearbook (although describing the game as "an anti-climax"). Conversely, contemporary newspapers reported a 14–13 win for Chaffey College, as did the 1940 Argus college yearbook.[10][11][12]
^Argus. Ontario, California: Associated Students Chaffey Junior College. 1940. p. 109. Playing host to the University of Idaho, Southern branch in their final game of the year, the Panthers gained revenge for last season's drubbing by handing the Bengals a 14 to 13 setback in their second intersectional meeting
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