1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
LIC champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3–1 (4–0 LIC, 4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
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
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 0 0 8 1 0
Newberry 4 0 0 7 2 1
Mississippi College 2 0 0 5 1 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 0 0 8 0 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 1 7 1 1
Louisiana Normal 4 1 1 6 3 1
SW Louisiana 4 1 0 6 3 1
Union (TN) 3 1 0 6 3 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 0 5 3 2
Murray State 4 2 1 4 3 2
Centre 2 1 0 3 6 0
Miami (FL) 2 1 0 3 7 0
Presbyterian 5 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi Southern 3 2 0 7 4 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 6 4 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 3 0 5 5 0
Morehead State 1 1 2 3 3 2
Wofford 2 2 1 3 4 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 4 0 4 4 0
Tampa 2 4 0 3 6 0
Oglethorpe 2 4 0 2 6 0
Tennessee Tech 1 2 0 2 6 0
Transylvania 1 2 1 5 3 1
Stetson 2 5 1 2 5 1
Troy State 1 3 0 3 6 0
Louisiana College 1 4 2 2 5 2
Union (KY) 0 1 1 5 1 1
Centenary 0 2 0 3 7 0
Louisville 0 2 0 3 5 1
Jacksonville State 0 2 0 3 5 0
Erskine 0 5 0 1 8 0
Delta State 0 5 1 0 8 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 6–3–1.

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 293 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Southeastern LouisianaW 7–0[2]
September 27at Stephen F. Austin*
W 6–0[3]
October 5at Mississippi State*L 0–207,000[4]
October 11Millsaps*
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
T 0–06,000[5]
October 18at Spring Hill*
L 7–13[6]
October 26vs. Louisiana CollegeW 6–03,000[7]
November 1Louisiana Tech
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA (rivalry)
W 7–6[8]
November 8Delta State
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 18–7[9]
November 15at Mississippi SouthernL 14–21[10]
November 28Louisiana Normal
  • McNaspy Stadium
  • Lafayette, LA
W 12–76,000[11]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Southwestern defeats Southeastern, 7 to 0". Monroe Morning World. September 21, 1940. Retrieved December 8, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Quick touchdown in first quarter wins for SLI 6–0". Daily World. September 28, 1940. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "South Louisiana team defeated in Mississippi". The Shreveport Times. October 6, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Bulldogs and Millsaps Majors battle to a scoreless tie". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1940. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Early score wins for Bulldogs". The Shreveport Times. October 27, 1940. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tech bows to Southwestern". The Shreveport Journal. November 2, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Delta State loses to Southwestern Teachers, 18 to 7". The Delta Democrat-Times. December 10, 1940. Retrieved December 15, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Miss. Southern defeats Bulldogs by 21–14 score". The Daily Advertiser. November 16, 1940. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Southwestern Defeats Normal, 12-7". The Shreveport Times. Shreveport, Louisiana. November 29, 1940. p. 17. Retrieved July 23, 2025 – via Newspapers.com .
  12. ^ "2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
  13. ^ "Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1941. pp. 212–221. Retrieved January 4, 2021.