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Conference | North State Conference |
Record | 6–4 (2–2 NSC) |
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Home stadium | College Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Catawba $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Elon | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lenoir Rhyne | 4 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High Point | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Carolina | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Guilford | 0 | – | 6 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 9 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as Appalachian State University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach R. W. "Red" Watkins, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, and finished 4th in the NSC.
Appalachian was ranked at No. 279 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [1]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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September 14 | Tampa * | W 13–6 | [2] | |
September 21 | at North Carolina * | L 6–56 | [3] | |
September 28 | at Carson–Newman * | Jefferson City, TN | W 23–6 | [4] |
October 5 | Elon |
| L 0–7 | [5] |
October 11 | at Western Carolina | Cullowhee, NC (rivalry) | W 40–8 | [6] |
October 19 | Newberry * |
| W 9–7 | [7] |
October 25 | King * |
| W 28–3 | [8] |
November 2 | at Rollins * | L 0–30 | [9] | |
November 8 | at Lenoir Rhyne | L 9–13 | [10] | |
November 15 | vs. Guilford | Morganton, NC | W 28–0 | [11] |
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