1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank Potts, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the MSC.
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–1–1 MSC)
Headcoach
- Frank Potts (1st season)
CaptainGame captains
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 5–3–1 (4–1–1 MSC) |
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| Captain | Game captains |
| Home stadium | Colorado Stadium |
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| Utah $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Colorado was ranked at No. 68 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 28 | at Texas* | L 7–39 | [2] | ||
| October 5 | Kansas State* | W 7–6 | [3] | ||
| October 12 | at Utah State |
| W 26–0 | [4] | |
| October 19 | at Colorado A&M | W 33–14 | 7,000 | [5] | |
| October 26 | Wyoming |
| W 62–0 | 4,000 | [6] |
| November 2 | Utah |
| L 13–21 | 17,000 | [7] |
| November 9 | Missouri* |
| L 6–21 | [8] | |
| November 16 | BYU |
| W 25–2 | [9] | |
| November 21 | at Denver | T 3–3 | [10] | ||
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After the season
NFL draft
The following Buffaloes were selected in the 1941 NFL draft following the season.[14]
| Round | Pick | Player | Position | NFL club |
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| 3 | 24 | Leo Stasica | Back | Brooklyn Dodgers |
| 12 | 104 | Harold Punches | Guard | Cleveland Rams |
