The 1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1940 college football season. This was the 40th year of football at A&M and the second under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 6–3–1, 4–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.[1]
| 1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football | |
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| Conference | Missouri Valley Conference |
| Record | 6–3–1 (4–1 MVC) |
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| Home stadium | Lewis Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drake | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Louis | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washington University | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Washburn | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Oklahoma A&M was ranked at No. 80 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
edit| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 20 | Central State (OK)* | W 25–6 | ||||
| September 27 | vs. Texas Tech* | T 6–6 | 9,000 | |||
| October 5 | Oklahoma* |
| L 27–29 | |||
| October 12 | Wichita* |
| W 26–6 | 4,500 | [3] | |
| October 19 | 2:30 p.m. | Washington University |
| W 53–12 | 7,000 | [4][5][6] |
| October 26 | at Arizona* | L 0–24 | ||||
| November 2 | at Creighton | W 20–14 | [7] | |||
| November 9 | Washburn |
| W 33–14 | |||
| November 16 | Saint Louis |
| W 14–7 | |||
| November 23 | at Tulsa | L 6–19 | 8,500 | [8] | ||
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References
edit- ^ "1940 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Cowboys Defeat Shockers: Wheatshockers Are Threshed By Aggies". The Daily O'Collegian. October 13, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Varsity Ready for First Valley Game". Stillwater Daily Press. Stillwater, Oklahoma. October 18, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com
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- ^ Charvat, Jack (October 20, 1940). "Aggies Crush Bears". Tulsa Tribune. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. 1S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Charvat, Jack (October 20, 1940). "Washington Is No Match For Aggie Eleven (continued)". Tulsa Tribune. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. 2S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com .
- ^ Howard Wolff (November 3, 1940). "Jays Can't Catch Jim Reynolds". Sunday World-Herald. pp. 1B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tulsa Stalls Aggies, 19 to 6: Punchers Ride Once, Then Saddle Slips; Dobbs Thaws Out for Neat Job As Valley Crown Is Captured". The Daily Oklahoman. November 24, 1940. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
