1940 Spring Hill Badgers football team
The 1940 Spring Hill Badgers football team was an American football team that represented Spring Hill College as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Andrew Edington, the team compiled a 3–5 record.
| 1940 Spring Hill Badgers football | |
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| Conference | Dixie Conference |
| Record | 3–5 (1–3 Dixie) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College + | 3 | – | 0 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 1 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard (AL) | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spring Hill | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwestern (TN) | 0 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Millsaps | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mercer | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 27 | Alabama* | L 0–26 | 7,500 | [1][2] | |
| October 4 | Troy State* |
| W 20–0 | [3] | |
| October 12 | at Mississippi College |
| L 7–41 | [4] | |
| October 18 | Southwestern Louisiana* |
| W 13–7 | [5] | |
| October 26 | at Mississippi Southern* | L 6–38 | [6] | ||
| November 8 | Millsaps |
| W 16–0 | [7] | |
| November 15 | Chattanooga |
| L 6–34 | [8] | |
| November 21 | at Howard (AL) | L 7–52 | 6,000 | [9] | |
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References
- "Tide battles Spring Hill in arc debut". The Birmingham News. September 27, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Alabama unleashes power to whip Spring Hill, 26–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 28, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Spring Hill aerials to victory over Troy, 20–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 5, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Fast Mississippi College Choctaws run roughshod over Spring Hill, 41–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 13, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Spring Hill is swamped by Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Majors bow before Hill squad, 16–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Moccasins swamp Spring Hill Badgers for Dixie Conference victory". The Chattanooga Times. November 16, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Howard smothers Spring Hill, 52–7, as Tarrant and Taylor run wild". The Birmingham News. November 22, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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