1940 BYU Cougars football team

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1940 BYU Cougars football
Conference Mountain States Conference
Record2–4–2 (2–3–1 MSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumBYU Stadium
Seasons
←  1939
1941  →
1940 Mountain States Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Utah $ 5 –1 –07 –2 –0
Denver 4 –1 –16 –2 –1
Colorado 4 –1 –15 –3 –1
BYU 2 –3 –12 –4 –2
Colorado A&M 1 –3 –23 –4 –2
Utah State 2 –4 –02 –5 –1
Wyoming 0 –5 –11 –7 –1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 BYU Cougars football team was an American football team that represented Brigham Young University (BYU) as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Eddie Kimball, the Cougars compiled an overall record of 2–4–2 with a mark of 2–3–1 against conference opponents, finished fourth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 93 to 79. [1] [2]

BYU was ranked at No. 120 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Nevada * Provo, UT T 6–6
October 5at Utah
L 6–12
October 11 Wyoming Provo, UTW 20–0
October 18at Texas Tech *
L 12–217,000
November 2 Utah State Provo, UT (rivalry)W 12–7
November 9 Denver Provo, UTL 0–97,500 [4]
November 16at Colorado
L 2–25
November 23at Colorado A&M
T 13–13
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "1940 BYU Cougars Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  2. ↑ "BYU Football 2015 Almanac" (PDF). Brigham Young University. 2015. p. 166. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 3, 2019. Retrieved December 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Denver Spoils B.Y.U. Homecoming; Wins 9-0". The Daily Herald. November 10, 1940. pp. 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
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