1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team represented Iowa State Teachers College in the North Central Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Clyde Starbeck, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against NCC opponents) and won the conference championship. After losing its season opener against Creighton, the team won its final eight games.[1]
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record8–1 (5–0 NCC)
Headcoach
- Clyde Starbeck (5th season)
HomestadiumO. R. Latham Stadium
| 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football | |
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NCC champion | |
| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 8–1 (5–0 NCC) |
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| Home stadium | O. R. Latham Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Iowa State Teachers was ranked at No. 182 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Creighton* | L 0–20 | [3] | ||||
| October 4 | at North Dakota | W 15–0 | |||||
| October 11 | at North Dakota Agricultural | W 13–7 | [4] | ||||
| October 19 | at Western State Teachers* | W 20–19 | |||||
| October 26 | Pittsburg State* |
| W 13–6 | 5,000 | [5] | ||
| November 2 | Morningside |
| W 13–0 | [6] | |||
| November 9 | South Dakota State |
| W 12–2 | [7] | |||
| November 16 | at Omaha | Omaha, NE | W 27–7 | [8] | |||
| November 23 | Simpson (IA)* |
| W 52–7 | [9] | |||
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