1940 Ohio Bobcats football team

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1940 Ohio Bobcats football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–2–2
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wayne     4 1 3
Detroit     7 2 0
Notre Dame     7 2 0
Xavier     7 3 0
Ohio     5 2 2
Dayton     6 3 0
Cincinnati     5 3 1
Wichita     6 4 0
Central Michigan     4 3 1
Marquette     4 4 0
Michigan State     3 4 1
Ohio Wesleyan
    2 4 3
Akron     2 5 2
Western State Teachers (MI)     2 5 0
Michigan State Normal     1 5 1
Miami (OH)     0 7 1

The 1940 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 89 to 32.[1]

Ohio was ranked at No. 106 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28
Youngstown
W 13–09,000[3]
October 5Butler
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Athens, OH
T 7–7[4]
October 12Western State Teachers (MI)
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Athens, OH
W 20–7[5]
October 19Furmandagger
  • Ohio Stadium
  • Athens, OH
W 15–69,000[6]
October 26at
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware, OHT 0–07,000[7]
November 2at Miami (OH)
W 27–06,000[8][9]
November 9at Western ReserveL 0–69,000[10]
November 16at DaytonDayton, OHW 7–03,500[11][12]
November 21at Xavier
L 0–68,000[13]
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "2019 Ohio Bobcats football record book" (PDF).
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