1940 Oregon Ducks football team

1940 Oregon Ducks football
1940 Oregon Ducks football
Conference	Pacific Coast Conference
Record	4–4–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coach	Tex Oliver (3rd season);
Captain	None
Home stadium	Hayward Field, Multnomah Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon ass a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tex Oliver, the Ducks compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–4–1 in PCC, fifth), and outscored their opponents, 100 to 58.

1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 2 Stanford $	7	–	0	–	0	10	–	0	–	0
No. 10 Washington	7	–	1	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Oregon State	4	–	3	–	1	5	–	3	–	1
Washington State	3	–	4	–	2	4	–	4	–	2
Oregon	3	–	4	–	1	4	–	4	–	1
California	3	–	4	–	0	4	–	6	–	0
USC	2	–	3	–	2	3	–	4	–	2
Montana	1	–	2	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
UCLA	1	–	6	–	0	1	–	9	–	0
Idaho	0	–	4	–	0	1	–	7	–	1

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Oregon was ranked at No. 32 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Three home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	San Diego Marines*	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 12–2	4,500	^[2]
October 5	at Stanford	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	L 0–13	20,000	^[3]
October 12	Washington	Multnomah Stadium Portland, OR (rivalry)	L 0–10	31,000	^[4]
October 19	at No. 17 USC	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	L 0–13	35,000
October 26	at Washington State	Rogers Field Pullman, WA	T 6–6	6,500
November 2	Montana	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 38–0	4,500	^[5]
November 9	UCLA	Hayward Field Eugene, OR	W 18–0	7,500	^[6]
November 16	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–14
November 30	at Oregon State	Bell Field Corvallis, OR (rivalry)	W 20–0	18,000	^[7]
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Oliver's Oregon Ducks Down San Diego Devildogs: Oregon's Win First Game, 12-2". The Register-Guard. September 28, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Associated Press, "Tricky Stanford Beats Oregon U: Razzle-Dazzle Football Wins 13–0 Victory," Santa Barbara News-Press, Oct. 6, 1940, p. 6.
^ "Huskies Trim Oregon 10 to 0; Pass Interception Turning Point". Medford Mail Tribune. October 13, 1940. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Associated Press, "Oregon Gets First Win, 38–0," San Bernardino County Sun, Nov. 3, 1940, p. 17.
^ Wolf, Al (November 10, 1940). "Webfoots take bruin team, 18–0". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 12, 2021 – via Proquest.
^ Associated Press, "Underdog Ducks Trims OSC 20–0 at Homecoming: Beaver Winning String is Snapped," Medford Mail-Tribune, Dec. 1, 1940, p. 2.
^ "1940 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ "1940 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 51. Retrieved September 3, 2023.