1940 Iowa State Cyclones football team
The 1940 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State College of Agricultural and Mechanic Arts (later renamed Iowa State University) in the Big Six Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach James J. Yeager, the Cyclones compiled a 4–5 record (2–3 against conference opponents), finished in fourth place in the conference, and were outscored by opponents by a combined total of 132 to 118.[1][2] They played their home games at Clyde Williams Field in Ames, Iowa.
| 1940 Iowa State Cyclones football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| 1940 record | 4–5 (2–3 Big 6) |
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| Captain | Tom Smith |
| Home stadium | Clyde Williams Field |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Smith was the team captain.[2] No Iowa State player was selected as a first-team all-conference player.[3]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result |
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| September 21 | Luther* | W 27-0 | |
| September 27 | at Denver* | L 7-14 | |
| October 5 | Kansas |
| W 7-0 |
| October 11 | at Marquette* | L 25-41 | |
| October 19 | at Missouri | L 14-30 | |
| October 26 | Oklahoma |
| L 7-20 |
| November 9 | Drake* |
| W 7-6 |
| November 16 | at Kansas State | W 12-0 | |
| November 23 | at No. 8 Nebraska | L 12-21 | |
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References
- "1940 Iowa State Cyclones Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 21, 2017.
- "2017 Iowa State Football Fact Book" (PDF). Iowa State University. 2017. p. 136.
- 2017 Fact Book, p. 74.
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