1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team

1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
1939 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Central Michigan    8 1 0
No. 13 Notre Dame    7 2 0
Michigan Tech    3 1 1
Ohio    6 3 0
Detroit    5 3 1
Akron    5 4 0
Cincinnati    4 3 2
Ohio Wesleyan    5 4 1
Marquette    4 4 0
Michigan State    4 4 1
Dayton    4 4 1
Michigan State Normal    3 3 1
Wayne    4 5 0
Xavier    3 5 1
Western State Teachers    2 6 1
Miami (OH)    1 7 1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their third season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled an 8–1 record, shut out six opponents, and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 167 to 40. The team's sole loss was by a 20–7 score to Gus Dorais' 1939 Detroit Titans football team.

Central Michigan was ranked at No. 159 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.