1938 BYU Cougars football team
| 1938 BYU Cougars football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 4–3–1 (3–2–1 MSC) |
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| Home stadium | BYU Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 3 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 3 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 0 | – | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1938 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1938 college football season. In their second season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 4–3–1 with a mark of 3–2–1 against conference opponents, finished second in the MSC, and outscored opponents by a total of 93 to 49.[1][2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 24 | Arizona State–Flagstaff* | Provo, UT | W 19–0 | 3,500 | [3] | ||
| September 30 | at Denver | W 20–0 | 14,000 | [4] | |||
| October 8 | Wyoming | Provo, UT | W 24–13 | [5] | |||
| October 15 | at Utah | T 7–7 | [6] | ||||
| October 22 | Portland* | Provo, UT | L 3–6 | [7] | |||
| November 5 | Utah State | Provo, UT (rivalry) | L 0–3 | [8] | |||
| November 12 | at Colorado | L 0–8 | [9] | ||||
| November 19 | at Colorado A&M | W 20–12 | [10] | ||||
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References
- ^ "1938 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 167. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 31, 2018.
- ^ "Cougars whip Arizona Teachers, 19–0". The Salt Lake Tribune. September 25, 1938. Retrieved March 29, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Loudon Kelly (October 1, 1938). "Cougars Unleash Gridiron Might to Blast Denver, 20 to 0". The Salt Lake Tribune. pp. 32, 34 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brigham Young trips Wyoming, 24 to 13". The Arizona Republic. October 9, 1938. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Brigham Young, Utah tie, 7–7". The Los Angeles Times. October 16, 1938. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Alert Portland Team Ekes Out 6–3 Victory Over B.Y.U. Cougars". The Sunday Herald. October 23, 1938. pp. 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Utah State nips B.Y.U. 3–0 in week's Big Seven upset". Fort Collins Express-Courier. November 6, 1938. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colorado tops BYU". The Arizona Republic. November 13, 1938. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "B.Y.U. gains first win over Farmers". The Sunday Herald. November 20, 1938. Retrieved January 24, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.