1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team

The 1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football team represented the Georgia Teachers College—now known as Georgia Southern University—during the 1940 college football season. The team was led by Crook Smith in his 12th year as head coach.

1940 Georgia Teachers Blue Tide football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons     9 0 0
No. 13 Georgetown     8 2 0
Navy     6 2 1
Delaware     5 3 0
East Carolina     5 3 0
Western Maryland     5 3 0
George Washington     5 3 1
Catholic University     4 3 1
West Virginia     4 4 1
Virginia     4 5 0
Georgia Teachers     3 5 0
Roanoke     2 6 0
Oklahoma City     1 7 3
William & Mary Norfolk     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

South Georgia was ranked at No. 638 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 20at ErskineDue West, SCL 0–22
October 5South Georgia CollegeStatesboro, GAL 7–19
October 12at Fort BenningColumbus, GAW 16–13
October 19Troy StateStatesboro, GAL 0–14[2]
October 26at TampaL 14–64[3]
November 8Middle Georgia CollegeStatesboro, GAW 14–6
November 16at Pensacola NASPensacola, FLL 6–46
November 21Armstrong JCStatesboro, GAW 34–0

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References

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  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Troy Teachers win with 14 to nothing score against foe". The Selma Times-Journal. October 20, 1940. Retrieved November 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tampa rolls up 64–14 score on Teachers". Tampa Sunday Tribune. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1940 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Archived from the original on April 21, 2015. Retrieved February 2, 2017.