The 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record.[1][2]
| 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football | |
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LIC champion | |
| Conference | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (4–0 LIC) |
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| Home stadium | McNaspy Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern Louisiana $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Normal | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 293 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]
Schedule edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 7–0 | |||
| September 27 | at Stephen F. Austin* | Nacogdoches, TX | W 6–0 | ||
| October 5 | at Mississippi State* | L 0–20 | |||
| October 11 | Millsaps* |
| T 0–0 | 6,000 | [4] |
| October 18 | at Spring Hill* |
| L 7–13 | [5] | |
| October 26 | at Louisiana College | Pineville, LA | W 6–0 | ||
| November 1 | Louisiana Tech |
| W 7–6 | [6] | |
| November 8 | Delta State* |
| W 18–7 | ||
| November 15 | at Mississippi Southern* | L 14–21 | [7] | ||
| November 28 | Louisiana Normal |
| W 12–7 | ||
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References edit
- ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1941. pp. 212–221. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Bulldogs and Millsaps Majors battle to a scoreless tie". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1940. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech bows to Southwestern". The Shreveport Journal. November 2, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Miss. Southern defeats Bulldogs by 21–14 score". The Daily Advertiser. November 16, 1940. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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