1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team

The 1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football team represented Oklahoma A&M College in the 1940 college football season. This was the 40th year of football at A&M and the second under Jim Lookabaugh. The Cowboys played their home games at Lewis Field in Stillwater, Oklahoma. They finished the season 6–3–1, 4–1 in the Missouri Valley Conference.[1]

1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLewis Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 0 0 7 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 1 0 6 3 1
Creighton 2 2 0 6 2 2
Drake 2 2 0 4 5 0
Saint Louis 2 3 0 3 6 0
Washington University 1 3 0 3 6 0
Washburn 0 4 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

Oklahoma A&M was ranked at No. 80 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Central State (OK)*W 25–6
September 27vs. Texas Tech*T 6–69,000
October 5Oklahoma*
L 27–29
October 12Wichita*
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 26–64,500[3]
October 192:30 p.m.Washington University 
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 53–127,000[4][5][6]
October 26at Arizona*L 0–24
November 2at CreightonW 20–14[7]
November 9Washburn
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 33–14
November 16Saint Louis
  • Lewis Field
  • Stillwater, OK
W 14–7
November 23at TulsaL 6–198,500[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • All times are in Central time

References

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  1. ^ "1940 Oklahoma State Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Cowboys Defeat Shockers: Wheatshockers Are Threshed By Aggies". The Daily O'Collegian. October 13, 1940. p. 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Varsity Ready for First Valley Game". Stillwater Daily Press. Stillwater, Oklahoma. October 18, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  5. ^ Charvat, Jack (October 20, 1940). "Aggies Crush Bears". Tulsa Tribune. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. 1S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  6. ^ Charvat, Jack (October 20, 1940). "Washington Is No Match For Aggie Eleven (continued)". Tulsa Tribune. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. 2S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com  .
  7. ^ Howard Wolff (November 3, 1940). "Jays Can't Catch Jim Reynolds". Sunday World-Herald. pp. 1B, 5B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tulsa Stalls Aggies, 19 to 6: Punchers Ride Once, Then Saddle Slips; Dobbs Thaws Out for Neat Job As Valley Crown Is Captured". The Daily Oklahoman. November 24, 1940. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.