1940 Oklahoma A&M Cowboys football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–3–1 (4–1 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumLewis Field
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Tulsa $ 4 0 07 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 1 06 3 1
Creighton 2 2 06 2 2
Drake 2 2 04 5 0
Saint Louis 2 3 03 6 0
Washington University 1 3 03 6 0
Washburn 0 4 04 6 0
  • $ Conference champion

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]

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

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 Universitydagger
  • 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]

References

  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 Open access icon.
  5. Charvat, Jack (October 20, 1940). "Aggies Crush Bears". Tulsa Tribune. Tulsa, Oklahoma. p. 1S. Retrieved July 6, 2023 via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  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 Open access icon.
  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.
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