1940 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1940 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1940 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).

1940 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 110 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 09 2 0
Alabama 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 3 2 16 4 1
LSU 3 3 06 4 0
Georgia 2 3 15 4 1
Florida 2 3 05 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 25 3 2
Tulane 1 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 13 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 03 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Auburn was ranked at No. 31 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Howard (AL)*W 27–1310,000[2]
October 5at TulaneW 20–1432,000[3]
October 12Mississippi StateT 7–7
October 19at SMU*L 13–20
October 26at Georgia TechW 16–7
November 2vs. GeorgiaL 13–14
November 9Clemson*W 21–7
November 16LSU
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 13–21
November 23at No. 4 Boston College*L 7–3330,000[4]
November 30Florida
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbus, GA (rivalry)
W 20–7
December 7Villanova*
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 13–10
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Auburn repulses scrappy Howard team, 27–13". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 28, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tigers plunge in Green Wave for 20–14 splash". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Boston College Smashes Way To Win Over Auburn". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 24, 1940. p. 10 via Newspapers.com.
  5. DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  6. "1940 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
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