| 1940 Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Captain | Tom Smith |
| Home stadium | Clyde Williams Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 132 to 118. [1] [2]
Tom Smith was the team captain. [2] No Iowa State player was selected as a first-team all-conference player. [3]
Iowa State was ranked at No. 103 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [4]
They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Luther * | W 27–0 | 7,249 | ||
| September 27 | 9:15 p.m. | at Denver * | L 7–14 | 13,651 | [5] | |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Kansas |
| W 7–0 | 7,491 | [6] |
| October 11 | 8:00 p.m. | at Marquette * | L 25–41 | 15,000 | [7] | |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | at Missouri | L 14–30 | 12,457 | ||
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Oklahoma  |
| L 7–20 | 11,424 | |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Drake * |
| W 7–6 | 5,444 | |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | at Kansas State | W 12–0 | 7,936 | ||
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Nebraska | L 12–21 | 17,541 | [8] | |
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