1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team

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The 1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team represented the Georgia Teachers College—now known as Georgia Southern University—during the 1940 college football season. The team was led by Crook Smith in his 12th year as head coach.

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1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Seasons
 1939
1941 
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1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons  900
No. 13 Georgetown  820
Navy  621
Delaware  530
East Carolina  530
Western Maryland  530
George Washington  531
Catholic University  431
West Virginia  441
Virginia  450
Georgia Teachers  350
Roanoke  260
Oklahoma City  173
William & Mary Norfolk  060
Rankings from AP Poll
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South Georgia was ranked at No. 638 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 203:00 p.m.at ErskineDue West, SCL 0–22[2][3]
October 53:00 p.m.South GeorgiaStatesboro, GAL 7–19[4][5]
October 122:00 p.m.at Fort Benning
W 17–13[6][7]
October 19Troy StateStatesboro, GAL 0–14[8][9]
October 268:00 p.m.at TampaL 14–642,500[10][11]
November 9Middle GeorgiaStatesboro, GAW 14–6[12]
November 163:00 p.m.at Pensacola NAS
L 6–38[13][14]
November 213:00 p.m.ArmstrongdaggerStatesboro, GAW 43–0[15]
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