1940 Utah Utes football team
| 1940 Utah Utes football | |
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MSC Champions | |
| Conference | Mountain States Conference |
| 1940 record | 7–2 (5–1 MSC) |
| Head coach | Ike Armstrong |
| Home stadium | Ute Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utah $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1940 college football season. Utah's season opener against Santa Clara was part of the first-ever major college football doubleheader. The event at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco also featured the future Rose Bowl champions, the Stanford "Wow Boys", defeat San Francisco, 27–0.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | Result | |||||
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| September 28 | at Santa Clara* | Kezar Stadium • San Francisco, California | L 13–34 | ||||||
| October 5 | BYU | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah (The Holy War) | W 12–6 | ||||||
| October 12 | Arizona* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 24–0 | ||||||
| October 19 | at Utah A.C. | Aggie Stadium • Logan, Utah (Battle of the Brothers) | L 0–7 | ||||||
| October 26 | Denver |
Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 25–14 | ||||||
| November 2 | at Colorado | Colorado Stadium • Boulder, Colorado (Utah–Colorado football rivalry) | W 21–13 | ||||||
| November 9 | at Wyoming | Corbett Field • Laramie, Wyoming | W 34–7 | ||||||
| November 16 | Colorado A&M | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 27–0 | ||||||
| November 21 | Idaho* | Ute Stadium • Salt Lake City, Utah | W 13–6 | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. | |||||||||
After the season
NFL draft
Utah did not have any players selected in the 1941 NFL Draft.[4]
References
- ↑ Ron Fimrite, A Melding Of Men All Suited To A T; Clark Shaughnessy was a dour theoretician, Frankie Albert an unrestrained quarterback and Stanford a team of losers, but combined they forever changed the game of football, Sports Illustrated, September 5, 1977.
- ↑ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
- ↑ "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
- ↑ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
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