1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football team

The 1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Paddy Driscoll, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 95.[1] The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record4–4
Head coachPaddy Driscoll (4th season)
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
Wayne   –    4 –1 –3
Detroit   –    7 –2 –0
Notre Dame   –    7 –2 –0
Xavier   –    7 –3 –0
Ohio   –    5 –2 –2
Dayton   –    6 –3 –0
Cincinnati   –    5 –3 –1
Central Michigan   –    4 –3 –1
Marquette   –    4 –4 –0
Michigan State   –    3 –4 –1
Ohio Wesleyan   –    2 –4 –3
Akron   –    2 –5 –2
Western State (MI)   –    2 –5 –0
Michigan State Normal   –    1 –5 –1
Miami (OH)   –    0 –7 –1

On November 23, 1940, with two games remaining on the schedule, Marquette announced that Paddy Driscoll's resignation as coach had been received and accepted. In announcing the resignation, the university stated: "This action was taken for personal reasons, independent of any winning or losing record."[2] Driscoll compiled a 10–23–1 in four years as Marquette's coach.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5at Wisconsin
L 19–33
October 11Iowa State
W 41–25
October 19at Creighton
T 27–27
October 26Texas Tech
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 13–20
November 2at Duquesne
L 0–14
November 9at Manhattan
L 41–45
November 16Michigan State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–6
November 23at Detroit
L 0–19
November 30at Arizona
L 14–17

References
  1. "1940 Marquette Golden Eagles Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 5, 2019.
  2. "Driscoll Resigns As Marquette Grid Coach". The Sheboygan Press. November 23, 1940. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
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