1940 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

1940 Furman Purple Hurricane football
Conference	Southern Conference
Record	5–4 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach	Dizzy McLeod (9th season)
Captain	Pepper Martin
Home stadium	Sirrine Stadium
Seasons ←  1939 1941  →

1940 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Clemson $	4	–	0	–	0			6	–	2	–	1
No. 18 Duke	4	–	1	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Wake Forest	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
William & Mary	2	–	1	–	1			6	–	2	–	1
North Carolina	3	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Richmond	3	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
VMI	3	–	2	–	1			7	–	2	–	1
Furman	4	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	0
Washington and Lee	1	–	1	–	1			2	–	7	–	1
VPI	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
NC State	3	–	5	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Maryland	0	–	1	–	1			2	–	6	–	1
South Carolina	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	6	–	0
Davidson	1	–	5	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
The Citadel	0	–	4	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a conference mark of 4–3, and finished eighth in the SoCon. ^[1]

Furman was ranked at No. 81 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. ^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Erskine *	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 40–0		[3]
October 5	at Wake Forest	Groves Stadium Wake Forest, NC	L 0–19	4,000	[4]
October 11	The Citadel	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC (rivalry)	W 36–7	3,500	[5]
October 19	at Ohio *	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	L 6–15	9,000	[6]
October 26	Davidson	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 40–7	6,000	[7]
November 2	at NC State	Riddick Stadium Raleigh, NC	W 20–6	12,000	[8]
November 9	at VPI	Miles Stadium Blacksburg, VA	L 21–38	4,000	[9] [10]
November 16	South Carolina	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	W 25–7	8,500	[11]
November 23	Clemson	Sirrine Stadium Greenville, SC	L 7–13	19,000	[12]
*Non-conference game

References

1. "1940 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Furman blasts game Erskine eleven, 40–0". The State. September 28, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
4. "It was right day for Deacs to win". The News and Observer. October 6, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
5. "Purple Hurricane trounces The Citadel". The State. October 12, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
6. "Bobcats score 100th triumph for Don Peden". The Springfield News-Sun. October 20, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
7. "Furman overpowers fighting Davidson eleven in last half". The State. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
8. "Purple Hurricane blows State off of gridiron". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
9. "Crippled Purples Fall Victim To High-Scoring Tech Crew". The Furman Hornet. Furman University. November 15, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
10. "Furman Defeated By VPI, 38 to 21". The Sunday Star-News . Library of Congress. November 10, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
11. "Furman tramples Gamecocks, 25–7". The Charlotte Observer. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
12. "Tigers cop thriller from Furman, 13–7". Asheville Citizen-Times. November 24, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.