1940 Fresno State Bulldogs football team

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1940 Fresno State Bulldogs football
Pineapple Bowl, W 20–0 vs. Hawaii
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record9–2–1 (1–1–1 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumFresno State College Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
San Jose State $ 3 – 0 – 0 11 – 1 – 0
Fresno State 1 – 1 – 1 9 – 2 – 1
San Diego State 1 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Santa Barbara State 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Fresno State Bulldogs football team represented Fresno State Normal School—now known as California State University, Fresno—during the 1940 college football season.

Fresno State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA). The team was led by fifth-year head coach James Bradshaw and played home games at Fresno State College Stadium[note 1] on the campus of Fresno City College in Fresno, California. They finished the season with a record of nine wins, two losses and one tie (9–2–1, 1–1–1 CCAA). The Bulldogs outscored their opponents 132–52 for the season, including six shutouts and holding the other team to less than 10 points in 10 of 12 games.

At the end of the season, the Bulldogs made a two-game trip to Hawaii, including the January 1, 1941 Pineapple Bowl game against Hawaii. Fresno State did not give up a point in either of the two games in Hawaii.

Fresno State was ranked at No. 126 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28
Whittier*
W 13–77,946[2]
October 5Santa Barbara State
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 20–07,596[3]
October 12
West Texas State*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 15–69,625[4]
October 18at Pacific (CA)*
W 3–010,000[5]
October 25at San Diego State
T 0–04,000[6]
November 2Nevada*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 7–65,732[7]
November 11Texas Mines*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 16–610,024[8]
November 16
rivalry)
L 7–1412,276[9]
November 21
Colorado Mines*
  • Fresno State College Stadium
  • Fresno, CA
W 28–07,256[10]
December 7at
Arkansas State Teachers*
L 0–132,500[11]
December 25at Healani Athletic Club*
W 20–013,000[12]
January 1at Hawaii*
W 3–022,000[13]
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

The following Fresno State Bulldog players were selected in the 1941 NFL draft.[15][16]

Player Position Round Overall NFL team
Jack Mulkey End 15 139 Chicago Bears

Notes

  1. ^ Ratcliffe Stadium was known as Fresno State College Stadium from 1926 to 1940.

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  14. ^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  15. ^ "1941 NFL Draft". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  16. ^ "Fresno St. Players/Alumni". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved December 12, 2016.
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