1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

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1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
Conference North Central Conference
Record5–4 (4–1 NCC)
Head coach
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 Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 110 to 102. [1]

North Dakota was ranked at No. 196 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 20 St. Thomas (MN) *W 20–6
September 28at Texas Mines *L 6–20
October 4 Iowa State Teachers
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 0–15
October 12 St. Mary's (TX) *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 15–7
October 18 South Dakota State *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 6–0
October 26at North Dakota Agricultural W 24–0
November 9 South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 13–0
November 16 Bradley *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 6–32
November 23at Arizona State *L 12–30
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.