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1940 Auburn Tigers football team

1940 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
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
Capital blue A
Auburn Tigers logo before 1971

The 1940 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1940 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).[1]

Auburn was ranked at No. 31 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Howard (AL)*W 27–1310,000[3]
October 5at TulaneW 20–1432,000[4]
October 12Mississippi StateT 7–718,000[5]
October 19at SMU*L 13–2010,000[6]
October 26at Georgia TechW 16–725,000[7]
November 2vs. GeorgiaL 13–1420,000[8]
November 9Clemson*daggerW 21–712,000[9]
November 16LSU
  • Legion Field
  • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
L 13–2111,000[10]
November 23at No. 4 Boston College*L 7–3330,000[11]
November 30vs. Florida
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Columbus, GA (rivalry)
W 20–77,500[12]
December 7Villanova*
  • Cramton Bowl
  • Montgomery, AL
W 13–106,500[13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[14][15]

References

  1. ^ "1940 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Auburn repulses scrappy Howard team, 27–13". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 28, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Tigers plunge in Green Wave for 20–14 splash". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 6, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Tigers and Maroons fight to 7–7 draw". The Birmingham News. October 13, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Preston Johnson sparks Mustangs to 20–13 victory over Plainsmen". The El Paso Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Auburn tops Tech, 16 to 7". The Chattanooga Times. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia gridders upset heavily-favored Auburn, 14–13". The Dothan Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Listless Clemson falls before Auburn, 21 to 7". The Charlotte News. November 10, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Too much bird brings Auburn defeat by LSU". The Huntsville Times. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Boston College Smashes Way To Win Over Auburn". The Montgomery Advertiser. November 24, 1940. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Auburn upsets Dope Bucket with 20–7 easy win over Florida Gators". The Selma Times-Journal. December 1, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Auburn thwarts Villanova with late spurt, 13–10". The Montgomery Advertiser. December 8, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
  15. ^ "1940 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.


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