1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

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1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football
Conference Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record2–5–1 (0–3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadium McAndrew Stadium
Seasons
  1939
1941  
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 0 05 3 1
Carthage 2 0 05 2 1
Eastern Illinois 4 1 06 1 1
Northern Illinois State 2 2 06 3 0
Elmhurst 1 2 02 5 1
Western Illinois 0 3 11 6 1
Southern Illinois 0 3 12 5 1
Eureka 0 2 02 5 1

The 1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Under second-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record. [1]

Southern Illinois was ranked at No. 473 (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 McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Evansville * Evansville, IN L 7–13
October 5 Cape Girardeau *W 14–13
October 13 Arkansas State *
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 7–0 [3]
October 19at Western Illinois Macomb, IL T 6–6
October 26 Illinois State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 6–25 [4]
November 2at Northern Illinois State L 6–20
November 9at Eastern Illinois Charleston, IL L 6–25
November 21at Cape Girardeau*L 0–6
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Carbobdale topples Arkansas State, 7–0". The Decatur Daily Review. October 13, 1940. Retrieved October 16, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "State Normal Vanquishes Southern Teachers, 25-6". The Pantagraph . October 27, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 via Newspapers.com.