1940 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–3–2 (1–2–2 SEC)
Head coach
CaptainJohn Eibner
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Florida 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Tulane 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Georgia Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Kentucky Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented the University of Kentucky as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Albert D. Kirwan, the Wildcats compiled an overall record of 5–3–2 with a mark of 1–2–2 against conference opponents, finished in ninth place in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 190 to 107.[1]

Kentucky was ranked at No. 44 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Baldwin–Wallace*
W 59–7[3]
September 27at Xavier*
W 13–012,000[4]
October 5Washington and Lee*
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 47–1210,000[5]
October 12at Vanderbilt
T 7–715,000[6]
October 19George Washington*
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 24–07,000[7]
October 25at Georgia
T 7–7[8]
November 2Alabama
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–2513,000[9]
November 9Georgia Tech
W 26–714,000[10]
November 16at West Virginia*
L 7–97,500[11]
November 23at No. 6 Tennessee
L 0–3325,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Powerhouse beats over Ohioans". The Cincinnati Enquirer. September 22, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Bob Bohne (September 28, 1940). "Wildcats Of Kentucky Win Over Xavier Musketeers, 13-0". The Cincinnati Enquirer. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wildcats turn close tilt into rout by thumping Washington & Lee 47–12". The Courier-Journal. October 6, 1940. Retrieved August 20, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Kentucky earns 7–7 tie with Vandy". The Salt Lake Tribune. October 13, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Wildcats whip Colonial team". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia ties U.K. 7–7 on 'last-chance' tally". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Crimson Tide rolls over Kentucky cats, 25 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 3, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "Big Dutch Ishmael impersonates battering ram as Cats smash Tech 26 to 7". The Lexington Herald. November 10, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Favored Kentucky Wildcats upset by West Virginia team, 9 to 7". The Park City Daily News. November 17, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Volunteer passes beat Wildcats 33–0". The Lexington Herald-Leader. November 24, 1940. Retrieved August 8, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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