1940 Northwestern Wildcats football team information
American college football season
1940Northwestern Wildcats football
Conference
Big Ten Conference
Ranking
AP
No. 8
Record
6–2 (4–2 Big Ten)
Head coach
Pappy Waldorf (6th season)
Offensive scheme
Single-wing
MVP
Paul Hiemenz
Captain
Dick Richards[1]
Home stadium
Dyche Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
v
t
e
Conf
Overall
Team
W
L
T
W
L
T
No. 1 Minnesota $
6
–
0
–
0
8
–
0
–
0
No. 3 Michigan
3
–
1
–
0
7
–
1
–
0
No. 8 Northwestern
4
–
2
–
0
6
–
2
–
0
Ohio State
3
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Wisconsin
3
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Iowa
2
–
3
–
0
4
–
4
–
0
Indiana
2
–
3
–
0
3
–
5
–
0
Purdue
1
–
4
–
0
2
–
6
–
0
Illinois
0
–
5
–
0
1
–
7
–
0
$ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll
The 1940 Northwestern Wildcats team was an American football team that represented Northwestern University during the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. In their sixth year under head coach Pappy Waldorf, the Wildcats compiled a 6–2 record (4–2 against Big Ten Conference opponents), finished in third place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked No. 8 in the final AP Poll. Their only losses came against No. 1 Minnesota and No. 3 Michigan.[2][3]
Northwestern was ranked at No. 4 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]
They played their home games at Dyche Stadium in Evanston, Illinois.
^"Year-by-Year Results" (PDF). 2007. p. 147. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 16, 2019. Retrieved March 14, 2019.
^"Northwestern Yearly Results (1935-1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
^"1940 Northwestern Wildcats Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
^Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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