1940 Texas Longhorns football team

1940 Texas Longhorns football
Conference Southwest Conference
1940 record 8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach Dana X. Bible (4th season)
Home stadium War Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
1940 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 6 Texas A&M 5 –1 –0  9 –1 –0
No. 16 SMU 5 –1 –0  8 –1 –1
Texas 4 –2 –0  8 –2 –0
Rice 4 –2 –0  7 –3 –0
TCU 2 –4 –0  3 –7 –0
Arkansas 1 –5 –0  4 –6 –0
Baylor 0 –6 –0  4 –6 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1940 college football season.[1]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result
September 28 Colorado* War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 39–7  
October 5 at Indiana* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 13–6  
October 12 vs. Oklahoma* Cotton Bowl • Dallas, TX (Red River Shootout) W 19–16  
October 19 at Arkansas No. 14 Little Rock, AR (rivalry) W 21–0  
October 26 at Rice No. 12 Rice Field • Houston, TX (rivalry) L 0–13  
November 2 SMU War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX L 13–21  
November 9 Baylor War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX W 13–0  
November 16 at TCU Amon G. Carter Stadium • Fort Worth, TX (rivalry) W 21–14  
November 28 Texas A&M War Memorial Stadium • Austin, TX (rivalry) W 7–0  
December 7 at Florida* Florida Field • Gainesville, FL W 26–0  
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll.

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas/1940-schedule.html
  2. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.
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