1940 Auburn Tigers football team

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1940 Auburn Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAuburn Stadium
Legion Field
Cramton Bowl
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 1 10 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0 7 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 4 1
Florida 2 3 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 2 5 3 2
Tulane 1 3 0 5 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 1 3 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll
Capital blue A
Auburn Tigers logo before 1971

The 1940 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1940 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).[1]

Auburn was ranked at No. 31 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Howard (AL)*W 27–1310,000[3]
October 5at TulaneW 20–1432,000[4]
October 12Mississippi StateT 7–718,000[5]
October 19at SMU*L 13–2010,000[6]
October 26at Georgia TechW 16–725,000[7]
November 2vs. GeorgiaL 13–1420,000[8]
November 9
Auburn Stadium
  • Auburn, AL (rivalry)
  • W 21–712,000[9]
    November 16LSU
    • Legion Field
    • Birmingham, AL (rivalry)
    L 13–2111,000[10]
    November 23at No. 4 Boston College*L 7–3330,000[11]
    November 30vs. Florida
    • Memorial Stadium
    • Columbus, GA (rivalry)
    W 20–77,500[12]
    December 7Villanova*
    • Cramton Bowl
    • Montgomery, AL
    W 13–106,500[13]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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    References

    1. ^ "1940 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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    14. ^ DeLassus, David. "Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved December 15, 2015.
    15. ^ "1940 Auburn University Football Schedule". Auburn University Athletics. Archived from the original on September 1, 2012. Retrieved December 15, 2015.