The 1940 Colorado A&M Aggies football team represented Colorado State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. In their 30th season under head coach Harry W. Hughes, the Aggies compiled a 3–4–2 record (1–3–2 against MSC opponents), finished fifth in the MSC, and were outscored by a total of 131 to 85.[1][2]
| 1940 Colorado A&M Aggies football | |
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| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| Record | 3–4–2 (1–3–2 MSC) |
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| Home stadium | Colorado Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Denver | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
edit| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | vs. Colorado Mines* | W 25–0 | [3] | ||||
| October 5 | at Wyoming | T 0–0 | |||||
| October 12 | at Denver |
| L 13–14 | 15,000 | [4] | ||
| October 19 | Colorado | L 14–33 | |||||
| October 26 | vs. New Mexico* |
| W 7–6 | [5] | |||
| November 9 | Utah State |
| W 13–12 | ||||
| November 16 | at Utah | L 0–27 | [6] | ||||
| November 23 | BYU |
| T 13–13 | ||||
| November 28 | at Kansas* | L 0–26 | 3,000 | [7] | |||
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References
edit- ^ "1940 Colorado State Rams Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "2018 Colorado State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colorado State University. 2018. pp. 162, 169. Retrieved December 23, 2018.
- ^ "Colorado Aggies Deal Out Harsh Licking to Miners". The Daily Sentinel. September 29, 1940. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Denver Shades Aggie Eleven". The Casper Tribune-Herald. October 13, 1940. p. 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Colorado Aggies Quell Late Lobo Rally for Scant 7-6 Victory in Denver". Albuquerque Journal. October 27, 1940. p. 8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Utah Wallops Colorado Farmers, 27 to 0: Utes Sure To Share Honors in Big Seven". The Ogden Standard-Examiner. November 17, 1940. p. 7A – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "KU Swamps Foe In 26-0 Upset Win". The Morning Chronicle. Associated Press. November 29, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.