1938 BYU Cougars football team

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 1938

| team = BYU Cougars

| sport = football

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| conference = Mountain States Conference

| short_conf = MSC

| record = 4–3–1

| conf_record = 3–2–1

| head_coach = Eddie Kimball

| hc_year = 2nd

| captain =

| stadium = BYU Stadium

}}

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.{{cite web|title=1938 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|accessdate=December 31, 2018|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/brigham-young/1938-schedule.html}}{{cite web|title=BYU Football 2015 Almanac|publisher=Brigham Young University|year=2015|page=167|accessdate=December 31, 2018|url=https://byucougars.com/dl/sites/default/files/files/webalmanac.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190903141005/https://byucougars.com/dl/sites/default/files/files/webalmanac.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 3, 2019}}

Schedule

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|September 24||Arizona State–Flagstaff||Provo, UT|W 19-0|3,500|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-salt-lake-tribune/103889618/|work=The Salt Lake Tribune|title=Cougars whip Arizona Teachers, 19–0|date=September 25, 1938|accessdate=March 29, 2024|via=Newspapers.com}}

|September 30|at|Denver|DU Stadium|Denver, CO|W 20-0|14,000|{{cite news|title=Cougars Unleash Gridiron Might to Blast Denver, 20 to 0|newspaper=The Salt Lake Tribune|author=Loudon Kelly|date=October 1, 1938|pages=32, 34|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/115925035/cougars-unleash-gridiron-might-to-blast/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|October 8||Wyoming||Provo, UT|W 24-13||

|October 15|at|Utah|Ute Stadium|Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)|T 7-7||

|October 22||Portland||Provo, UT|L 3-6||{{cite news|title=Alert Portland Team Ekes Out 6-3 Victory Over B.Y.U. Cougars|newspaper=The Sunday Herald|date=October 23, 1938|pages=1, 6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/35152234/alert_portland_team_ekes_out_63/|via=Newspapers.com}}

|November 5||Utah State||Provo, UT (rivalry)|L 0-3||

|November 12|at|Colorado|Colorado Stadium|Boulder, CO|L 0-9||

|November 19|at|Colorado A&M|Colorado Field|Fort Collins, CO|W 20-12||

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References

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