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1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

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1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
LIC champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–0 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana $ 4 0 0 6 3 1
Louisiana Normal 3 1 1 6 3 1
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 6 4 0
Louisiana College 0 2 1 2 5 2
Centenary 0 2 0 3 7 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 3 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record.[1][2]

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 293 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Southeastern LouisianaW 7–0
September 27at Stephen F. Austin*Nacogdoches, TXW 6–0
October 5at Mississippi State*L 0–20
October 11Millsaps*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
T 0–06,000[4]
October 18at Spring Hill*
L 7–13[5]
October 26at Louisiana CollegePineville, LAW 6–0
November 1Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
W 7–6[6]
November 8Delta State*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 18–7
November 15at Mississippi Southern*L 14–21[7]
November 28Louisiana Normal
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 12–7
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  2. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1941. pp. 212–221. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Bulldogs and Millsaps Majors battle to a scoreless tie". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1940. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Tech bows to Southwestern". The Shreveport Journal. November 2, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Miss. Southern defeats Bulldogs by 21–14 score". The Daily Advertiser. November 16, 1940. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.