1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team

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1940
Iowa State Teachers Panthers football
NCC champion
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record8–1 (5–0 NCC)
Head coach
Home stadiumO. R. Latham Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
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1940 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa State Teachers $ 5 0 0 8 1 0
North Dakota 3 1 0 5 4 0
South Dakota 2 1 1 4 5 0
Morningside
2 2 1 3 2 2
South Dakota State 2 3 1 4 3 1
Omaha
1 3 1 2 3 2
North Dakota Agricultural 0 5 0 1 8 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team represented Iowa State Teachers College in the North Central Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Clyde Starbeck, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against NCC opponents) and won the conference championship. After losing its season opener against Creighton, the team won its final eight games.[1]

Iowa State Teachers was ranked at No. 182 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Creighton*L 0–20[3]
October 4at North DakotaGrand Forks, NDW 15–0
October 11at North Dakota AgriculturalFargo, NDW 13–7
October 19at Western State Teachers (MI)*W 20–19
October 26Pittsburg State*
  • O. R. Latham Stadium
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 13–65,000[4]
November 2
Morningside
  • O. R. Latham Stadium
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 13–0[5]
November 9South Dakota State
  • O. R. Latham Stadium
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 12–2[6]
November 16at
Omaha
Omaha, NEW 27–7[7]
November 23
Simpson (IA)*
  • O. R. Latham Stadium
  • Cedar Falls, IA
W 52–7[8]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 Northern Iowas Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Northern Iowa. 2019. p. 107.
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