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The 1940 Bowling Green Falcons football team was an American football team that represented Bowling Green State College (later renamed Bowling Green State University) in the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Harry Ockerman, the Falcons compiled a 3–4–1 record, finished in 11th place out of 19 teams in the OAC, and were outscored by a total of 122 to 62. Steve Brudzinski was the team captain.[1]

Record3–4–1 (2–2–1 OAC)
Headcoach
CaptainSteve Brudzinski
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1940 Bowling Green Falcons football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record3–4–1 (2–2–1 OAC)
Head coach
CaptainSteve Brudzinski
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
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1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Wittenberg $7–0–08–0–0
Kent State4–0–08–1–0
Case3–0–06–2–0
Ohio Northern5–3–05–3–0
Heidelberg5–3–05–4–0
Capital3–2–13–3–1
Denison3–2–14–3–1
Wooster3–2–14–3–1
Muskingum3–2–05–2–1
Toledo1–1–06–3–0
Baldwin–Wallace2–2–04–4–0
Bowling Green2–2–13–4–1
Kenyon1–2–12–4–1
Findlay1–2–04–4–0
Marietta1–3–11–5–1
Otterbein1–4–03–5–0
Oberlin0–3–04–3–0
Ashland0–3–01–4–1
John Carroll0–3–02–6–0
Mount Union0–6–00–8–1
  • $ – Conference champion
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Bowling Green was ranked at No. 429 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at University Stadium in Bowling Green, Ohio.

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Wittenberg
L 0–145,000[3]
October 11at FindlayFindlay, OHW 14–7[4]
October 19Michigan State Normal
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH
W 15–03,500[5]
October 26at CapitalColumbus, OHT 7–73,000[6]
November 2Kent State
  • University Stadium
  • Bowling Green, OH (rivalry)
L 0–13[7]
November 9at WoosterWooster, OHW 26–14[8]
November 162:00 p.m.at Eastern Kentucky
L 0–48[9][10]
November 21at Wayne
L 0–196,000[11]
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