1940 Georgia Bulldogs football team

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1940 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
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

The 1940 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Wally Butts, the Bulldogs complied an overall record of 5–4–1, with a conference record of 2–3–1, and finished 7th in the SEC.[1]

Georgia was ranked at No. 53 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Oglethorpe*
W 53–025,000[3]
October 5at South Carolina*
W 33–215,000[4]
October 12Ole Miss
L 14–2825,000[5]
October 19at Columbia*
L 13–1425,000[6]
October 25Kentucky
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
T 7–7[7]
November 2vs. Auburn
W 14–1320,000[8]
November 9vs.
Fairfield Stadium
  • Jacksonville, FL (rivalry)
    		• L 13–1819,000[9]
    November 16at Tulane
    		L 13–2130,000[10]
    November 30Georgia Techdagger
    • Sanford Stadium
    • Athens, GA (rivalry)
    		W 21–1930,000[11]
    December 6at Miami (FL)*
    		W 28–711,860–15,000[12][13]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming

    References

    1. ^ "1940 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
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    13. ^ "Miami bows to Georgia". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. December 7, 1940. p. 13.
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