1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team

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.

1940 Indiana Hoosiers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
1940 record3–5 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coachBo McMillin (7th season)
MVPDwight Gahm
Home stadiumMemorial 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

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 5Texas*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
L 6–13-
October 12at Nebraska*
L 7–13-
October 19No. 20 Iowa
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana
W 10–6-
October 26at No. 7 Northwestern
L 7–20-
November 2at Ohio State
L 6–2156,667
November 9Michigan State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, Indiana (Old Brass Spittoon)
W 20–0-
November 16at Wisconsin
L 10–27-
November 23at Purdue
W 3–0-
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[1]

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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