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The 1940 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1940 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fifth year under head coach Gene McEver, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished in 14th place in the SoCon.[1]

Record5–5 (1–5 SoCon)
Headcoach
HomestadiumRichardson Field
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1940 Davidson Wildcats football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–5 (1–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumRichardson Field
Seasons
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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
Rankings from AP Poll
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Davidson was ranked at No. 125 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Rollins*W 19–7[3]
September 28at NC StateL 0–34[4]
October 5vs. North CarolinaL 7–275,000[5]
October 12vs. VMIL 7–137,000[6]
October 19Sewanee*
  • Richardson Field
  • Davidson, NC
W 27–206,000[7]
October 26at FurmanL 7–406,000[8]
November 2Centre*dagger
  • Richardson Field
  • Davidson, NC
W 27–125,000[9]
November 9at No. 12 DukeL 13–465,000[10]
November 16Hampden–Sydney*
  • Richardson Field
  • Davidson, NC
W 26–01,500[11]
November 30vs. The CitadelW 20–65,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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