1938–39 NCAA football bowl games

The 1938–39 NCAA football bowl games were the final games of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) 1938 college football season and featured five bowl games, each of which had been held the previous season. All five games were played on January 2, 1939, as New Year's Day fell on a Sunday. Contemporary polls selected different national champions, as the AP Poll named TCU, the Dunkel System chose Tennessee, and the Dickinson System designated Notre Dame.

1938–39 NCAA football bowl games
Number of bowl games per state
Season1938
Number of bowls5
All-star gamesBlue–Gray Football Classic
East–West Shrine Game
Bowl gamesJanuary 2, 1939
ChampionsTCU Horned Frogs (AP)
Tennessee Volunteers (Dunkel)
Notre Dame Fighting Irish (Dickinson)
Bowl record by conference
Conference Bowls Record Final AP Poll
Independents 2 1–1 (0.500) 8
Border 2 0–2 (0.000) 1
Mountain States 1 1–0 (1.000) 0
Pacific Coast 1 1–0 (1.000) 2
SEC 1 1–0 (1.000) 3
SWC 1 1–0 (1.000) 1
Big Six 1 0–1 (0.000) 1
Southern 1 0–1 (0.000) 1
Big Ten 0 0–0 (–) 3
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