1940 Furman Purple Hurricane football team

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1940
Furman Purple Hurricane football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record5–4 (4–3 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainPepper Martin
Home stadiumSirrine Stadium
Seasons
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 0 0 6 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 0 7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0 7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0 6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0 7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1 7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1 2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0 5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0 3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1 2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0 5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1940 Furman Purple Hurricane football team was an American football team that represented Furman University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In their ninth year under head coach Dizzy McLeod, the Purple Hurricane compiled an overall record of 5–4 with a conference mark of 4–3, and finished eighth in the SoCon.[1]

Furman was ranked at No. 81 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Erskine*W 40–0[3]
October 5at Wake ForestL 0–194,000[4]
October 11The Citadel
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC (rivalry)
W 36–73,500[5]
October 19at Ohio*L 6–159,000[6]
October 26Davidson
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
W 40–76,000[7]
November 2at NC StateW 20–612,000[8]
November 92:30 p.m.at VPIL 21–384,000[9][10]
November 16South Carolina
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
W 25–78,500[11]
November 23Clemson
  • Sirrine Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
L 7–1319,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Furman Paladins Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 11, 2022.
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  9. ^ "Crippled Purples Fall Victim To High-Scoring Tech Crew". The Furman Hornet. Furman University. November 15, 1940. p. 5. Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  10. ^ "Furman Defeated By VPI, 38 to 21". The Sunday Star-News. Library of Congress. November 10, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved August 23, 2022.
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