1940 Chattanooga Moccasins football team

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1940
Chattanooga Moccasins football
Dixie co-champion
ConferenceDixie Conference
Record7–1–1 (3–0–1 Dixie)
Head coach
CaptainRoy Scruggs
Home stadiumChamberlain Field
Seasons
1940 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1940 Chattanooga Moccasins football team was an American football team that represented the University of Chattanooga (now known as the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga) in the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its tenth year under head coach Scrappy Moore, the team compiled a 7–1–1 record.

Chattanooga was ranked at No. 78 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Tennessee Tech*W 28–04,906[2]
October 4Mississippi College
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
T 7–7[3]
October 12at Tennessee*L 0–5312,000[4]
October 18Maryville (TN)*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 28–0[5]
October 25Sewanee*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 20–64,424[6]
November 1Howard (AL)
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 28–05,000[7]
November 9Centre*
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 14–94,000[8]
November 15at Spring Hill
W 34–6[9]
November 28Mercer
  • Chamberlain Field
  • Chattanooga, TN
W 20–65,000[10]
  • *Non-conference game

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