1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

The 1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1940 college football season.

1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1940 record3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrant Field
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0  10 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 1  10 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 0  9 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0  7 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1  6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0  6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1  5 4 1
Florida 2 3 0  5 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 2  5 3 2
Tulane 1 3 0  5 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 1  3 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 0  3 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 0  3 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
October 5Howard (AL)*W 19–0
October 12at Notre Dame*L 20–2632,492
October 19Vanderbilt
W 19–0
October 26Auburn
L 7–16
November 2at No. 18 Duke*L 7–41
November 9at KentuckyLouisville, KYL 7–26
November 16No. 14 Alabama
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 13–1425,000
November 23Florida
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 7–16
November 30at GeorgiaL 19–21
December 28California*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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