The 1939 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an

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team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as

Louisiana Tech University Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activ ...

) as a member of the

Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference The Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1939 to 1947, and featured institutions located in the state of Louisiana. The conference sponsored the following sports during its existenc ...

during the 1939 college football season. In their first year under head coach Ray E. Davis, the team compiled a 5–6 record. Louisiana Tech was ranked at No. 246 (out of 609 teams) in the final

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for 1939.

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Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech University (Louisiana Tech, La. Tech, or simply Tech) is a public research university in Ruston, Louisiana. It is part of the University of Louisiana System and classified among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activi ...

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football seasons

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football The Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represent Louisiana Tech University in college football at the National Collegiate Athletic Association, NCAA NCAA Division I, Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (formerly Division I-A) level. After 12 ...

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