The 1940 SMU Mustangs football team was an American football team that represented Southern Methodist University (SMU) in the Southwest Conference (SWC) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Matty Bell, the Mustangs compiled an 8–1–1 record (5–1 against conference opponents), tied for the SWC championship, outscored opponents by a total of 142 to 75, and was ranked No. 16 in the final AP Poll.[1]
| 1940 SMU Mustangs football | |
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SWC co-champion | |
| Conference | Southwest Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AP | No. 16 |
| Record | 8–1–1 (5–1 SWC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Will Mullinweg, Raymond Pope |
| Home stadium | Ownby Stadium |
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| Team | W | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fullback Preston Johnson was selected by both the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press as a first-team player on their 1940 All-Southwest Conference football teams. Tackle Joe Pasqua was named to the second team by the AP.[2][3] Will Mullinweg and Raymond Pope were the team captains.
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 29 | at UCLA* | W 9–6 | 70,000 | [4] | ||||
| October 5 | North Texas State Teachers* | W 20–7 | [5] | |||||
| October 12 | at Pittsburgh* | T 7–7 | 39,000 | [6] | ||||
| October 19 | Auburn* |
| W 20–13 | 10,000 | [7] | |||
| November 2 | at Texas | No. 15 | W 21–13 | 25,000 | [8] | |||
| November 9 | No. 4 Texas A&M | No. 14 |
| L 7–19 | ||||
| November 16 | Arkansas | No. 20 |
| W 28–0 | ||||
| November 23 | at Baylor | No. 18 | W 7–4 | |||||
| November 30 | TCU | No. 16 | W 16–0 | |||||
| December 7 | at Rice | No. 16 | W 7–6 | |||||
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References edit
- ^ "1940 SMU Mustangs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Power Is Keynote As A.P. Picks All-S.W. Conference Grid Team". The Brownsville Herald. December 6, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "On U.P. All-Conference". The Austin Statesman. December 5, 1940. p. 20 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wolf, Al (September 28, 1940). "S.M.U. Wins Over Bruins, 9-6". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "S.M.U. extended to clip North Texas gridmen, 20–7". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. October 6, 1940. Retrieved November 6, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Harry Keck (October 13, 1940). "Passes Provide Both Tallies Before 39,000". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 3-2. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Preston Johnson sparks Mustangs to 20–13 victory over Plainsmen". The El Paso Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S.M.U. shades Texas, 21–13, as touchdowns rain in second half". Sunday American-Statesman. November 3, 1940. Retrieved April 29, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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