1940 Missouri Tigers football
ConferenceBig Six Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 Big 6)
Head coach
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Big Six Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 7 Nebraska $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Oklahoma 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Missouri 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Iowa State 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Kansas State 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
Kansas 0 – 5 – 0 2 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 213 to 135. Don Faurot was the head coach for the sixth of 19 seasons.[1][2]

The team's leading scorer was Harry Ice with 42 points.[3]

Missouri was ranked at No. 37 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]

The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Saint Louis*
W 40–26
October 5at Pittsburgh*
L 13–1926,000[5]
October 12at Kansas State
W 24–13
October 19Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 30–1412,457
October 26at No. 18 Nebraska
L 7–20[6]
November 2NYU*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO
W 33–022,000[7]
November 9at Colorado*
W 21–6
November 16at Oklahoma
L 0–7
November 21Kansas
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbia, MO (rivalry)
W 45–2017,000[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
  2. ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
  3. ^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Pitt Flashes Old Power to Top Missouri". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 6, 1940. p. Sports 8. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Barney Oldfield (October 27, 1940). "20 and 7, just figures, but not to the stadium thousands" – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Tigers are alert". The Kansas City Star. November 3, 1940. p. B1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Christman Flips Missouri To 45-20 Win Over Kansas". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 22, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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