1940 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team
American college football season
| 1940 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football | |
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| Conference | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
| Record | 6–4 (3–2 LIC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Pickle Vise |
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| Southwestern Louisiana $ | 4 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Normal | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 0 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Centenary | 0 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 0 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 3 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 6–4 record.
Louisiana Tech was ranked at No. 148 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 21 | at LSU* |
| L 7–39 | [2] | |
| September 26 | vs. Ouachita Baptist* |
| L 0–17 | 3,000 | [3] |
| October 4 | Texas Mines* |
| W 19–7 | [4] | |
| October 11 | Western Kentucky* |
| W 7–6 | [5] | |
| October 19 | vs. Louisiana Normal |
| L 0–13 | 7,500 | [6] |
| October 25 | Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 20–14 | [7] | |
| November 1 | at Southwestern Louisiana | L 6–7 | 5,000 | [8] | |
| November 9 | Louisiana College |
| W 15–0 | [9] | |
| November 15 | Southeastern Louisiana |
| W 26–6 | [10] | |
| November 28 | at Centenary |
| W 6–0 | 5,000 | [11] |
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References
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sophomores shine as L.S.U. rolls over Louisiana Tech, 39–7". The Birmingham News. September 22, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ouachita defeats Louisiana Tech". The Tampa Times. September 27, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "La. Tech gives Miners first loss, 19–7". The El Paso Times. October 5, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech rallies to beat Hilltoppers". The Shreveport Journal. October 12, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Normal rolls over Tech, 13 to 0". Monroe Morning World. October 20, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech rallies in last quarter to win". The Times. October 26, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech bows to Southwestern". The Shreveport Journal. November 2, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tech beats Louisiana College in homecoming contest". Monroe Morning World. November 10, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Southeastern easy for Tech". The Shreveport Journal. November 16, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Louisiana Tech beats Centenary". The Times. November 29, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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