1940 Texas Longhorns football team

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1940 Texas Longhorns football
ConferenceSouthwest Conference
Record8–2 (4–2 SWC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWar Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 40,500)
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southwest Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 6 Texas A&M $ 5 1 0 9 1 0
No. 16 SMU 5 1 0 8 1 1
Texas 4 2 0 8 2 0
Rice 4 2 0 7 3 0
TCU 2 4 0 3 7 0
Arkansas 1 5 0 4 6 0
Baylor 0 6 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Texas Longhorns football team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 1940 college football season.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
September 28Colorado*W 39–7
October 5at Indiana*W 13–6
October 12vs. Oklahoma*W 19–16
October 19at ArkansasNo. 14Little Rock, AR (rivalry)W 21–0
October 26at RiceNo. 12L 0–13
November 2SMU
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
L 13–21
November 9Baylor
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX
W 13–0
November 16at TCUW 21–14
November 28Texas A&M
  • War Memorial Stadium
  • Austin, TX (rivalry)
W 7–0
December 7at Florida*W 26–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[2]

References

  1. ^ https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/texas/1940-schedule.html
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2009-12-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)