The 1939 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an

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team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the

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) in the

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during the 1939 college football season. In their third year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 3–5–1 record. Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 171 (out of 609 teams) in the final

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for 1939.

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Southwestern Louisiana Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns football seasons

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