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1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

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1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record2–5–1 (0–3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 0 0 5 3 1
Carthage 2 0 0 5 2 1
Eastern Illinois 4 1 0 6 1 1
Northern Illinois State 2 2 0 6 3 0
Elmhurst 1 2 0 2 5 1
Western Illinois 0 3 1 1 6 1
Southern Illinois 0 3 1 2 5 1
Eureka 0 2 0 2 5 1

The 1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Under second-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record.[1]

Southern Illinois was ranked at No. 473 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Evansville*Evansville, INL 7–13
October 5Cape Girardeau*W 14–13
October 13Arkansas State*
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 7–0[3]
October 19at Western IllinoisMacomb, ILT 6–6
October 26Illinois State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 6–25[4]
November 2at Northern Illinois StateL 6–20
November 9at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILL 6–25
November 21at Cape Girardeau*L 0–6
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Carbobdale topples Arkansas State, 7–0". The Decatur Daily Review. October 13, 1940. Retrieved October 16, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "State Normal Vanquishes Southern Teachers, 25-6". The Pantagraph. October 27, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.