1940 Kentucky Wildcats football team

The 1940 Kentucky Wildcats football team represented the University of Kentucky in the 1940 college football season.[1]

1940 Kentucky Wildcats football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1940 record5–3–2 (1–2–2 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcLean Stadium
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 110 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 09 2 0
Alabama 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 3 2 16 4 1
LSU 3 3 06 4 0
Georgia 2 3 15 4 1
Florida 2 3 05 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 25 3 2
Tulane 1 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 13 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 03 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21Baldwin–Wallace*W 59–7
September 27at Xavier*
W 13–0
October 5Washington and Lee*
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 47–12
October 12at VanderbiltT 7–7
October 19George Washington*
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
W 24–07,000[2]
October 25at GeorgiaT 7–7
November 2Alabama
  • Stoll Field/McLean Stadium
  • Lexington, KY
L 0–2513,000[3]
November 9Georgia Tech
W 26–714,000[4]
November 17at West Virginia*L 7–9
November 23at No. 6 TennesseeL 0–3325,000[5]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "1940 Kentucky Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  2. "Wildcats whip Colonial team". Chattanooga Daily Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Crimson Tide rolls over Kentucky cats, 25 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. November 3, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved February 15, 2021.
  4. "Big Dutch Ishmael impersonates battering ram as Cats smash Tech 26 to 7". The Lexington Herald. November 10, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Volunteer passes beat Wildcats 33–0". The Lexington Herald-Leader. November 24, 1940. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
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