1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Hancock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title.[1]
| 1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football | |
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IIAC champion | |
| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 5–3–1 (4–0 IIAC) |
| Head coach |
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| MVP | Harold Gaffney |
| Captain | Jack Secord |
| Home stadium | McCormick Field |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Illinois State Normal $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Carthage | 2 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Illinois State | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elmhurst | 1 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Illinois | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Illinois | 0 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eureka | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Illinois State Normal was ranked at No. 266 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 21 | Eastern Kentucky* |
| L 0–20 | [3] |
| September 28 | Platteville State* |
| W 27–0 | [4] |
| October 4 | at Michigan State Normal* |
| T 0–0 | [5][6] |
| October 12 | at Indiana State* | Terre Haute, IN | L 0–6 | [7] |
| October 19 | Eastern Illinois |
| W 30–12 | [8] |
| October 26 | at Southern Illinois | W 25–6 | [9] | |
| November 1 | at Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | W 36–0 | [10] |
| November 9 | Northern Illinois State |
| W 26–14 | [11] |
| November 20 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| L 6–32 | [12] |
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