1940 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team

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1940 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football
Conference North Central Conference
Record1–8 (0–5 NCC)
Head coach
CaptainDon Johnston
Home stadium Dacotah Field
Seasons
←  1939
1941  →
1940 North Central Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Iowa State Teachers $ 5 –0 –08 –1 –0
North Dakota 3 –1 –05 –4 –0
South Dakota 2 –1 –14 –5 –0
Morningside 2 –2 –13 –2 –2
South Dakota State 2 –3 –14 –3 –1
Omaha 1 –3 –12 –3 –2
North Dakota Agricultural 0 –5 –01 –8 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 1–8 record (0–5 against NCC opponents) and finished in seventh place out of seven teams in the NCC. [1]

North Dakota Agricultural was ranked at No. 396 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [2]

The team played its home games at Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20 Moorhead State *
W 13–6 [3]
September 28 Carleton *
  • Dacotah Field
  • Fargo, ND
L 7–13 [4]
October 5at Montana State *
L 0–72,500 [5]
October 11 Iowa State Teachers
  • Dacotah Field
  • Fargo, ND
L 7–13 [6]
October 19at Omaha
L 7–143,000 [7]
October 26 North Dakota
L 0–24 [8]
November 1at South Dakota State
L 0–7 [9]
November 9at Morningside Sioux City, IA L 13–21 [10]
November 22at Wichita *
L 0–19 [11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ "2013 Bison Football Media Guide" (PDF). North Dakota State University. p. 157. Retrieved July 31, 2020.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Bison defeat Moorhead Peds in 13 to 6 battle". Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. September 21, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Raiter leads Carleton victory". The Minneapolis Star. September 29, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Bobcats Trim N.D. State, 7–0". The Billings Gazette. October 6, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Bison bow to Teachers, 13–7". Sioux City Journal. October 12, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Omaha U. rallies to beat Nodak State, 14–7". The Nebraska State Journal. October 20, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Sioux crush Bison, 24–0". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Long gain on pass wins for State over Bison 7–0". Argus-Leader. November 2, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Bison beaten by Maroons". The Des Moines Register. November 10, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Shockers good mudders". The Wichita Eagle. November 23, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
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