The 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team represented Iowa State Teachers College in the North Central Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Clyde Starbeck, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against NCC opponents) and won the conference championship. After losing its season opener against Creighton, the team won its final eight games.[1]
| 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football | |
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NCC champion | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (5–0 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | O. R. Latham Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iowa State Teachers was ranked at No. 182 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Creighton* | L 0–20 | [3] | ||||
| October 4 | at North Dakota | Grand Forks, ND | W 15–0 | ||||
| October 11 | at North Dakota Agricultural | Fargo, ND | W 13–7 | ||||
| October 19 | at Western State Teachers (MI)* | W 20–19 | |||||
| October 26 | Pittsburg State* |
| W 13–6 | 5,000 | [4] | ||
| November 2 | Morningside |
| W 13–0 | [5] | |||
| November 9 | South Dakota State |
| W 12–2 | [6] | |||
| November 16 | at Omaha | Omaha, NE | W 27–7 | [7] | |||
| November 23 | Simpson (IA)* |
| W 52–7 | [8] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "2019 Northern Iowas Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Northern Iowa. 2019. p. 107.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Howard Wolff (September 29, 1940). "Creighton Hustles for 20-to-0 Victory; Bradford Makes Iowa Tutors Tough". Sunday World-Herald. pp. 1B, 7B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa Teachers Give Pittsburg Tutors 13-6 Grid Lesson". The Des Moines Register. October 27, 1940. p. 9 Sports – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tutors Click in Fourth Quarter to Quell Monringside, 13-0". The Des Moines Register. November 3, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Teachers Rap South Dakota State, 12-2, to Clinch Title". The Des Moines Register. November 10, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa Teachers Wallop Omaha". The Des Moines Register. November 17, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Iowa Teachers Smash Simpson, 52-7". The Des Moines Register. November 24, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.