1940 BYU Cougars football team

1940 BYU Cougars football
Conference	Mountain States Conference
Record	2–4–2 (2–3–1 MSC)
Head coach	Eddie Kimball (4th season)
Home stadium	BYU Stadium
Seasons ←  1939 1941  →

1940 Mountain States Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Utah $	5	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Denver	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
Colorado	4	–	1	–	1			5	–	3	–	1
BYU	2	–	3	–	1			2	–	4	–	2
Colorado A&M	1	–	3	–	2			3	–	4	–	2
Utah State	2	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Wyoming	0	–	5	–	1			1	–	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

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Nevada *	Provo, UT	T 6–6
October 5	at Utah	Ute Stadium Salt Lake City, UT (rivalry)	L 6–12
October 11	Wyoming	Provo, UT	W 20–0
October 18	at Texas Tech *	Tech Field Lubbock, TX	L 12–21	7,000
November 2	Utah State	Provo, UT (rivalry)	W 12–7
November 9	Denver	Provo, UT	L 0–9	7,500	[4]
November 16	at Colorado	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO	L 2–25
November 23	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO	T 13–13
*Non-conference game

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.