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The 1940 Clemson Tigers football team was an American football team that represented Clemson College in the Southern Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their first season under head coach Frank Howard, the Tigers compiled a 6–2–1 record (4–0 against conference opponents), won the Southern Conference championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 182 to 73.[1][2]

Record6–2–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Headcoach
CaptainRed Sharpe
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1940 Clemson Tigers football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–2–1 (4–0 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainRed Sharpe
Home stadiumRiggs Field
Seasons
← 1939
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1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson $4–0–06–2–1
No. 18 Duke4–1–07–2–0
Wake Forest4–2–07–3–0
William & Mary2–1–16–2–1
North Carolina3–2–06–4–0
Richmond3–2–07–3–0
VMI3–2–17–2–1
Furman4–3–05–4–0
Washington and Lee1–1–12–7–1
VPI2–3–05–5–0
NC State3–5–03–6–0
Maryland0–1–12–6–1
South Carolina1–3–03–6–0
Davidson1–5–05–5–0
The Citadel0–4–04–5–0
  • $ – Conference champion
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Red Sharpe was the team captain. The team's statistical leaders included tailback Chippy Maness with 388 passing yards and 472 rushing yards and wingback Aubrey Rion with 28 points scored (4 touchdowns, 4 extra points).[3]

Three Clemson players were selected as first-team players on the 1940 All-Southern Conference football team: end Joe Blalock; tackle George Fritts; and back Charlie Timmons.[4]

Clemson was ranked at No. 54 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[5]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 213:00 p.m.at Presbyterian*W 38–08,000[6][7]
September 28Wofford*W 26–04,000[8]
October 5vs. NC StateW 26–714,500[9]
October 12Wake Forest
  • Riggs Field
  • Clemson, SC
W 39–018,000[10]
October 24at South CarolinaNo. 13W 21–1322,000[11]
November 2at Tulane*No. 10L 0–1331,000[12]
November 9at Auburn*L 7–2112,000[13]
November 16at Southwestern (TN)*T 12–126,000[14]
November 23at FurmanW 13–719,000[15]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time
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— = Not ranked т = Tied with team above or below ( ) = First-place votes
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