1940 LSU Tigers football team

The 1940 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1940 college football season.

1940 LSU Tigers football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1940 record6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumTiger 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 21Louisiana Tech*W 39–7[1]
September 28Ole Miss
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 6–19
October 5Holy Cross*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 25–0
October 12at Rice*L 0–23
October 19Mercer*
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 20–010,000[2]
October 26Vanderbilt
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA
W 7–0
November 2at No. 7 TennesseeL 0–2818,000[3]
November 9No. 19 Mississippi State
  • Tiger Stadium
  • Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)
L 7–22
November 16at AuburnW 21–13
November 30Tulane
W 14–030,799[4]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Sophomores shine as L.S.U. rolls over Louisiana Tech, 39–7". The Birmingham News. September 22, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Louisiana State overpowers Mercer College, 20 to 0". Monroe Morning World. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  3. "State Tigers' claws crippled by great Tennessee grid eleven". The Shreveport Times. November 3, 1940. Retrieved August 8, 2021 via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Louisiana State beats Tulane". The Shreveport Times. December 1, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 via Newspapers.com.
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