1940 San Diego Marines Devil Dogs football team

The 1940 San Diego Marine Devil Dogs football team was an American football team that represented the United States Marines Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Playing against college football teams from California, Oregon, and Montana, the Devil Dogs compiled an 8–1 record, shut out four of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 185 to 47. The team's only loss was to Oregon. Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Hall, who had previously played college football for Oregon, returned for a second year as the Devil Dogs' head football coach.

1940 San Diego Marines Devil Dogs football
ConferenceIndependent
Record8–1
Head coach
  • Elmer Hall (2nd season)
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Western college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Santa Clara     6 1 1
Cal Poly     6 3 0
Saint Mary's     5 3 0
Gonzaga     5 4 1
Nevada     4 4 1
Humboldt State     3 4 0
Idaho Southern Branch     3 5 0
San Francisco State     3 5 0
Loyola (CA)     3 7 0
Portland     2 3 1
Hawaii     2 5 0
San Francisco     1 6 1
La Verne     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

At the end of the season, the San Diego Marines were ranked at No. 84 (out of 697 teams) in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score rankings for 1940.[1]

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at OregonL 2–124,500[2]
October 5RedlandsSan Diego, CAW 13–0[3]
October 12PomonaSan Diego, CAW 47–06,000[4]
October 18at Willamette
W 7–63,500[5]
November 2Santa Barbara State
  • Balboa Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W 19–0[6]
November 8San Diego State
  • Balboa Stadium
  • San Diego, CA
W 20–612,000[7]
November 15MontanaSan Diego, CAW 38–20[8]
November 22WhittierSan Diego, CAW 33–0[9]
December 5Pacific (CA)San Diego, CAW 6–312,000[10]

References edit

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Oliver's Oregon Ducks Down San Diego Devildogs: Oregon's Win First Game, 12-2". The Register-Guard. September 28, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Redlands Bows To Marines in 13-0 Contest". The San Bernardino Daily Sun. October 6, 1940. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Bob Moore (October 14, 1940). "Marines Trounce Pomona College By 47-0 Score". The Progress-Bulletin. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Willamette Plays Well but Loses to Marines 7 to 6". The Capital Journal. October 19, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Walt Bradbury (November 3, 1940). "Gauchos Fall Before San Diego Marines, 19-0". The Santa Barbara News-Press. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ Ken Bojens (November 9, 1940). "Devil Dogs Turn in 20-6 Victory Over San Diego State". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 3-B.
  8. ^ "Marines Defeat Montana Eleven In Night Clash: Pile Up Big Margin in Opening Periods, Win by 38 to 20". The Daily Missoulian. November 16, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "San Diego Marines Smother Whittier". The Fresno Bee. November 22, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Pacific Loses Hot One to Marines". Stockton Record. December 6, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.