Led by 10th-year head coach Dutch Bergman, the Cardinals compiled an 8–1–1 record, shut out five opponents (including four in their first five contests), and outscored all opponents by a total of 229 to 73.
Its only loss was to Saint Anselm in a game played at Fenway Park.
[1] The Cardinals were invited to play in the 1940 Sun Bowl in El Paso, Texas, on New Year's Day 1940.
In the first and only meeting between the two programs, Catholic University played Arizona State to a scoreless tie.
This college football 1939 season article is a stub.