1940 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

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1940 Iowa Hawkeyes football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record4–4 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPMike Enich
CaptainMike Enich
Home stadiumIowa Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
No. 3 Michigan 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Ohio State 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Wisconsin 3 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Iowa 2 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Indiana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Purdue 1 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Illinois 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from
AP Poll

The 1940 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season.

Iowa was ranked at No. 25 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5South Dakota*
W 46–0
October 12Wisconsin
  • Iowa Stadium
  • Iowa City, IA (rivalry)
W 30–12
October 19at
Memorial Stadium
  • Bloomington, IA
    		• L 6–10
    October 26at No. 6 Minnesota
    		L 6–3462,992[2]
    November 2Purduedagger
    • Iowa Stadium
    • Iowa City, IA
    		L 6–2140,000[3]
    November 9at No. 12
    Nebraska*
    		L 6–14[4]
    November 16at No. 7 Notre Dame*
    		W 7–045,960
    November 23Illinois
    • Iowa Stadium
    • Iowa City, IA
    		W 18–719,759[5]
    • *Non-conference game
    • daggerHomecoming
    • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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