1940 Iowa State Cyclones football team
| 1940Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 4–5 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Captain | Tom Smith |
| Home stadium | Clyde Williams Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No.7Nebraska$ | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The1940 Iowa State Cyclones football teamrepresented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamedIowa State University) in theBig Six Conferenceduring the1940 college football season.In their fourth and final season under head coachJames J. Yeager,the Cyclones compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 132 to 118.[1][2]
Tom Smith was the team captain.[2]No Iowa State player was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]
Iowa State was ranked at No. 103 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under theLitkenhous Difference by Scoresystem for 1940.[4]
They played their home games atClyde Williams FieldinAmes, Iowa.
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Luther* | W27–0 | 7,249 | ||
| September 27 | 9:15 p.m. | atDenver* | L7–14 | 13,651 | [5] | |
| October 5 | 2:00 p.m. | Kansas |
| W7–0 | 7,491 | [6] |
| October 11 | 8:00 p.m. | atMarquette* | L25–41 | 15,000 | [7] | |
| October 19 | 2:00 p.m. | atMissouri | L14–30 | 12,457 | ||
| October 26 | 2:00 p.m. | Oklahoma |
| L7–20 | 11,424 | |
| November 9 | 2:00 p.m. | Drake* |
| W7–6 | 5,444 | |
| November 16 | 2:00 p.m. | atKansas State | W12–0 | 7,936 | ||
| November 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 8Nebraska | L12–21 | 17,541 | [8] | |
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References
[edit]- ^"1940 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results".SR/College Football.Sports Reference LLC.RetrievedSeptember 21,2017.
- ^ab"2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book"(PDF).Iowa State University. 2017. p. 136.
- ^2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
- ^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940)."Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings".The Boston Globe.p. 22 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Late Denver Score Spills I.S.C., 14 to 7".The Des Moines Register.September 28, 1940. p. 7 – viaNewspapers.
- ^Brad Wilson (October 6, 1940)."Stewart Saves 7-0 Victory for Cyclones: Backfield Ace Foils Kansas; Lohry Scores".The Des Moines Register.pp. Sports 1, 3 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Marquette Tramples Over Iowa State, 41-25".Wisconsin State Journal.October 12, 1940. p. Sports 1 – viaNewspapers.
- ^"Raging Huskers stop Cyclones, 21-12".Sunday Journal and Star.November 24, 1940. p. 11 – viaNewspapers=.