Junior college national champion Eastern Conference champion
Conference
Eastern Conference
Record
11–0 (5–0 Eastern)
Head coach
Bill Cook (14th season)
Home stadium
Santa Ana Municipal Bowl
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern Conference (California) football standings
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5
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11
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Fullerton
3
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7
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Chaffey
2
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3
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Riverside
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San Bernardino
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4
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6
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Pomona Junior College
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The 1940 Santa Ana Dons football team was an American football team that represented Santa Ana College as a member of the Eastern Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Bill Cook, the Dons compiled a perfect 11–0 record (5–0 in conference games), won the Eastern Conference championship, held 10 of their opponents to seven or fewer points, and outscored all opponents by a total of 317 to 41.[1][2]The Los Angeles Times referred to the team as "one of the greatest junior college teams ever developed in the Southland."[3]
Santa Ana was rated as the No. 1 junior college football team in the country in the final rankings issued in December 1940 by the All-American Gridiron Index. Santa Ana received 509 points, edging Louisiana State University's Northeast Center Junior College and Kilgore College which received 499 and 492 points, respectively.[4] The Louisiana school challenged Santa Ana to a post-season game; Santa Ana officials favored the game, but the Southern California Conference refused to lift its rule banning post-season games.[5]
Ten Santa Ana players received first-team honors on one or more of the 1940 Eastern Conference all-conference teams selected by The San Bernardino Sun (SBS), the Helms Athletic Foundation (HAF), and the sports editors of the six school newspapers (SE). Santa Ana's first-team honorees were: fullback Bob Bryant (SBS/HAF/SE); back Earl Parsons (SBS); quarterback/halfback Hal Lilley (HAF/SE); blocker Frank Minisi (HAF); ends Dick Gunther (SBS) and Bob Shildmeyer (HAF/SE); tackles Paul Sedar (SBS/HAF/SE) and Jim Crowther (SBS/SE); guard Bill Noble (SBS/HAF); and center Lester McKnight (SBS/HAF).[3][6][7]
The team played its home games at the Santa Ana Municipal Bowl in Santa Ana, California.
^"1940 Santa Ana College (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved May 24, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Santa Ana Jaysee Tops Eastern Loop". Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles, California. November 23, 1940. p. 8, part 1. Retrieved May 5, 2024 – via Newspapers.com .
^ ab"Santa Ana Places Seven on Eastern Jaysee Team". The Los Angeles Times. December 23, 1940. p. II-11 – via Newspapers.com.
^"National Poll Ranks Bear cub Gridders 18th: Mighty Santa Ana Dons Picked as Top J.C. Team in America". The Press Democrat. Associated Press. December 4, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Rule Prevents J. C. Playoffs: No National Title Tilt For Santa Ana Dons". The Pasadena Post. December 10, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Taylor All-Conference Choice; Santa Ana Dominates Team: Dons Place Seven Players on J.C. Eleven". The San Bernardino Sun. December 21, 1940. p. 18 – via Newspapers.com.
^"Five Dons on All-Star Grid Team". The Los Angeles Times. December 9, 1940. p. II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
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