1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Jim Aiken (2nd season)
Home stadium	Mackay Field

1940 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Santa Clara			–					6	–	1	–	1
Cal Poly			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	3	–	0
Gonzaga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Nevada			–					4	–	4	–	1
Humboldt State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					3	–	5	–	0
San Francisco State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					3	–	7	–	0
Portland			–					2	–	3	–	1
Hawaii			–					2	–	5	–	0
San Francisco			–					1	–	6	–	1
La Verne			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.^[1][2]

Nevada was ranked at No. 141 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	San Francisco State	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 47–0		[4]
September 28	at BYU	Provo, UT	T 6–6
October 12	Idaho Southern Branch	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 62–0		[5]
October 19	Arkansas State	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 78–0
October 26	Eastern New Mexico	Mackay Field Reno, NV	W 47–6
November 2	at Fresno State	Fresno State College Stadium Fresno, CA	L 6–7	5,732	[6]
November 16	at Idaho	Neale Stadium Moscow, ID	L 0–6	2,500	[7][8]
November 21	Pacific (CA)	Mackay Field Reno, NV	L 6–24
November 29	at San Jose State	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 7–30

References

1. "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 133. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
2. "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Nevada Trounces 'Gators 47 to 0". Nevada State Journal. Reno, Nevada. September 22, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved July 22, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Nevada Crushes Idaho Southern". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. UP. October 13, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved March 19, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
6. Ed Orman (November 3, 1940). "Fresno State Edges Nevada, 7 To 6". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1C. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Idaho in lead during second". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). November 16, 1940. p. 1.
8. Stark, C.R. (November 17, 1940). "Idaho breaks into victory column". Spokesman-Review. (Spokane, Washington). p. 1, sports.