1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1940 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1940 record 3–5 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Bo McMillin (7th season)
MVP Dwight Gahm
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1940 Big Ten football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 –0 –0  8 –0 –0
No. 3 Michigan 3 –1 –0  7 –1 –0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 –2 –0  6 –2 –0
Ohio State 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Wisconsin 3 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Iowa 2 –3 –0  4 –4 –0
Indiana 2 –3 –0  3 –5 –0
Purdue 1 –4 –0  2 –6 –0
Illinois 0 –5 –0  1 –7 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his seventh year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
October 5 Texas* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana L 6–13   -
October 12 at Nebraska* Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska L 7–13   -
October 19 No. 20 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana W 10–6   -
October 26 at No. 7 Northwestern Dyche Stadium • Evanston, Illinois L 7–20   -
November 2 at Ohio State Ohio Stadium • Columbus, Ohio L 6–21   56,667
November 9 Michigan State* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon) W 20–0   -
November 16 at Wisconsin Camp Randall Stadium • Madison, Wisconsin L 10–27   -
November 23 at Purdue Ross–Ade Stadium • West Lafayette, Indiana (Old Oaken Bucket) W 3–0   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1941 NFL draftees

PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL club
Eddie RucinskiEnd649Brooklyn Dodgers
Emil UremovichTackle1193Pittsburgh Steelers
Harold HurshBack19174Cleveland Rams

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References

  1. ↑ "1940 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. ↑ "1941 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 10, 2015.


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