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The 1940 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Guy Wicks, the team compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 185 to 96.[1]

ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Headcoach
CaptainJim Erley[1][a]
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1940 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainJim Erley[1][a]
Home stadiumSpud Bowl
Seasons
 1939
1941 
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1940 Western college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 11 Santa Clara  611
Cal Poly  630
Saint Mary's  530
Gonzaga  541
Nevada  441
Humboldt State  340
Idaho Southern Branch  350
San Francisco State  350
Loyola (CA)  370
Portland  231
Hawaii  250
San Francisco  161
La Verne  060
Rankings from AP Poll
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Idaho Southern was ranked at No. 498 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 Western State (CO)
W 7–01,000+ [5]
October 4 at Colorado State–Greeley[c] Greeley, CO L 7–21  [6]
October 12 at Nevada L 0–62  [7]
October 18 at College of Idaho Caldwell, ID W 19–13  [8]
October 25 Albion Normal[d]
W 30–26[e]  [9]
November 2 at Weber Ogden, UT L 19–27800 [10]
November 11 Montana Statedagger
  • Spud Bowl
  • Pocatello, ID
L 7–15  [11]
November 22 at Compton
L 7–214,000 [12]
  • daggerHomecoming
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Notes

  1. Erley became a pharmacist in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.[2]
  2. The September 28 contest was a night game played at "the Pocatello baseball park".[4]
  3. Colorado State–Greeley is listed in some sources as Northern Colorado, a name adopted in 1970.
  4. Albion Normal is listed in some sources as Southern Idaho, a name adopted in 1947.
  5. The 1941 Wickiup college yearbook listed the Albion score as 31–26.

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