1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team

The 1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his seventh year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Record3–5 (2–3 Big-10)

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1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf.					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Michigan	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 8 Northwestern	4	–	2	–	0	6	–	2	–	0
Ohio State	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Wisconsin	3	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Iowa	2	–	3	–	0	4	–	4	–	0
Indiana	2	–	3	–	0	3	–	5	–	0
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0	2	–	6	–	0
Illinois	0	–	5	–	0	1	–	7	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

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Indiana was ranked at No. 26 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	Texas*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	L 6–13	17,000	^[2]
October 12	at Nebraska*	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	L 7–13	41,000	^[3]
October 19	No. 20 Iowa	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	W 10–6
October 26	at No. 7 Northwestern	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL	L 7–20	40,000	^[4]
November 2	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 6–21	56,667	^[5]
November 9	Michigan State*	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN (rivalry)	W 20–0
November 16	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, WI	L 10–27
November 23	at Purdue	Ross–Ade Stadium West Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket)	W 3–0	30,000	^[6]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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