1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team

The 1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team represented the Georgia Teachers College—now known as Georgia Southern University—during the 1940 college football season. The team was led by Crook Smith in his 12th year as head coach.

1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–5
Head coach	Crook Smith (12th season)

1940 Southern college football independents records

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons			–					9	–	0	–	0
No. 13 Georgetown			–					8	–	2	–	0
Navy			–					6	–	2	–	1
Delaware			–					5	–	3	–	0
East Carolina			–					5	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland			–					5	–	3	–	0
George Washington			–					5	–	3	–	1
Catholic University			–					4	–	3	–	1
West Virginia			–					4	–	4	–	1
Virginia			–					4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Teachers			–					3	–	5	–	0
Roanoke			–					2	–	6	–	0
Oklahoma City			–					1	–	7	–	3
William & Mary Norfolk			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

South Georgia was ranked at No. 638 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 20	at Erskine	Due West, SC	L 0–22
October 5	South Georgia College	Statesboro, GA	L 7–19
October 12	at Fort Benning	Columbus, GA	W 16–13
October 19	Troy State	Statesboro, GA	L 0–14
October 26	at Tampa	Phillips Field Tampa, FL	L 14–64
November 8	Middle Georgia College	Statesboro, GA	W 14–6
November 16	at Pensacola NAS	Pensacola, FL	L 6–46
November 21	Armstrong JC	Statesboro, GA	W 34–0