1940 Missouri Tigers football team
American college football season
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The 1940 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 213 to 135. Don Faurot was the head coach for the sixth of 19 seasons.[1][2]
- Don Faurot (6th season)
| 1940 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (3–2 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The team's leading scorer was Harry Ice with 42 points.[3]
Missouri was ranked at No. 37 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Saint Louis* | W 40–26 | |||||
| October 5 | at Pittsburgh* | L 13–19 | 26,000 | [5] | |||
| October 12 | at Kansas State | W 24–13 | |||||
| October 19 | Iowa State |
| W 30–14 | 12,457 | |||
| October 26 | at No. 18 Nebraska | L 7–20 | [6] | ||||
| November 2 | NYU* |
| W 33–0 | 22,000 | [7] | ||
| November 9 | at Colorado* | W 21–6 | [8] | ||||
| November 16 | at Oklahoma | L 0–7 | |||||
| November 21 | Kansas |
| W 45–20 | 17,000 | [9] | ||
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