1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team
The 1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Under second-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record.[1]
| 1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football | |
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| Conference | Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 2–5–1 (0–3–1 IIAC) |
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| Home stadium | McAndrew Stadium |
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois was ranked at No. 473 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source | ||
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| September 28 | at Evansville* | Evansville, IN | L 7–13 | |||
| October 5 | Cape Girardeau* | W 14–13 | ||||
| October 13 | Arkansas State* |
| W 7–0 | [3] | ||
| October 19 | at Western Illinois | Macomb, IL | T 6–6 | |||
| October 26 | Illinois State Normal |
| L 6–25 | [4] | ||
| November 2 | at Northern Illinois State | L 6–20 | ||||
| November 9 | at Eastern Illinois | Charleston, IL | L 6–25 | |||
| November 21 | at Cape Girardeau* | L 0–6 | ||||
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References
- "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
- Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Carbobdale topples Arkansas State, 7–0". The Decatur Daily Review. October 13, 1940. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "State Normal Vanquishes Southern Teachers, 25-6". The Pantagraph. October 27, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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