1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

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1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–3
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Western college football independents records
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 11 Santa Clara     6 1 1
Cal Poly     6 3 0
Saint Mary's     5 3 0
Gonzaga     5 4 1
Nevada     4 4 1
Humboldt State     3 4 0
Idaho Southern Branch     3 5 0
San Francisco State     3 5 0
Loyola (CA)     3 7 0
Portland     2 3 1
Hawaii     2 5 0
San Francisco     1 6 1
La Verne
    0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1940 college football season. In their first season under head coach Red Strader, the Gaels compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 100 to 68.[1]

Saint Mary's was ranked at No. 49 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28GonzagaW 16–020,000[3]
October 5at CaliforniaL 6–950,000[4]
October 13vs. San Francisco
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
W 13–716,000[5]
October 20at Loyola (CA)W 18–710,000[6]
October 26at No. 11 FordhamW 9–634,500[7]
November 3at PortlandW 25–139,000[8]
November 10Duquesne
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 6–712,000[9][10]
November 17vs. No. 19 Santa Clara
  • Kezar Stadium
  • San Francisco, CA
L 7–1940,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 Saint Mary's (CA) Gaels Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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