1939 Saint Louis Billikens football team

The 1939 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1939 college football season. In its sixth and final season under head coach Cecil Muellerleile, the team compiled a 5–3–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 103 to 95.^[1]

1939 Saint Louis Billikens football
Conference	Missouri Valley Conference
Record	5–3–2 (1–1–1 MVC)
Head coach	Cecil Muellerleile (6th season)
Home stadium	Walsh Stadium
Seasons ← 1938 1940 →

1939 Missouri Valley Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Washington University $	4	–	1	–	0			6	–	3	–	1
Oklahoma A&M	3	–	1	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Tulsa	2	–	1	–	1			4	–	5	–	1
Drake	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Saint Louis	1	–	2	–	1			5	–	3	–	2
Creighton	2	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Washburn	1	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Saint Louis was ranked at No. 147 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.^[2]

The team played its home games at Edward J. Walsh Memorial Stadium in St. Louis.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 29	Missouri Mines*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 13–0		[3]
October 6	Bradley*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	T 0–0	4,639	[4]
October 13	Wichita*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 7–0	4,956	[5]
October 21	at No. 17 Ole Miss*	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	L 0–42		[6]
October 28	Drake	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	L 0–12		[7]
November 4	at Creighton	Creighton Stadium Omaha, NE	W 21–14		[8]
November 10	Wyoming*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 39–6	3,598	[9]
November 18	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	T 0–0	6,500	[10]
November 25	South Dakota*	Walsh Memorial Stadium St. Louis, MO	W 6–0		[11]
December 2	at Washington University	Francis Field St. Louis, MO	L 17–21	12,000	[12]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game