1940 Georgia Bulldogs football team

1940 Georgia Bulldogs football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–4–1 (2–3–1 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSanford Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 – 0 – 0 10 – 1 – 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 – 0 – 1 10 – 0 – 1
Ole Miss 3 – 1 – 0 9 – 2 – 0
Alabama 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Auburn 3 – 2 – 1 6 – 4 – 1
LSU 3 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Georgia 2 – 3 – 1 5 – 4 – 1
Florida 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Kentucky 1 – 2 – 2 5 – 3 – 2
Tulane 1 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Vanderbilt 1 – 5 – 1 3 – 6 – 1
Georgia Tech 1 – 5 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Sewanee 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Georgia Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the University of Georgia as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Wally Butts, the Bulldogs complied an overall record of 5–4–1, with a conference record of 2–3–1, and finished 7th in the SEC.[1]

Georgia was ranked at No. 53 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27at Oglethorpe*
W 53–025,000[3]
October 5at South Carolina*
W 33–215,000[4]
October 12Ole Miss
L 14–2825,000[5]
October 19at Columbia*
L 13–1425,000[6]
October 25Kentucky
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA
T 7–7[7]
November 2vs. Auburn
W 14–1320,000[8]
November 9vs. Florida
L 13–1819,000[9]
November 16at Tulane
L 13–2130,000[10]
November 30Georgia Techdagger
  • Sanford Stadium
  • Athens, GA (rivalry)
W 21–1930,000[11]
December 6at Miami (FL)*
W 28–711,860–15,000[12][13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "1940 Georgia Bulldogs Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved September 30, 2023.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Georgia's Bulldogs roll over Oglethorpe, 53–0". The Knoxville Journal. September 28, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Georgia wallops S. Carolina, 33–2". Tulsa World. October 6, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Ole Miss defeats Georgia, 28–14". The Chattanooga Times. October 13, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Jack Mahon (October 20, 1940). "Lions Win". New York Daily News. p. 92 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Georgia ties U.K. 7–7 on 'last-chance' tally". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Georgia gridders upset heavily-favored Auburn, 14–13". The Dothan Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 30, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Gators sprout wings to win 18–13 game". The Miami Herald. November 10, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Tulane turns on power to defeat Georgia 21 to 13". The Huntsville Times. November 17, 1940. Retrieved April 10, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Bulldogs nip Tech, 21 to 19, in bitter duel". The Birmingham News. December 1, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Sinkwich stars in Georgia rally to defeat Miami, 28–7". The Palm Beach Post-Times. December 7, 1940. Retrieved February 19, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Miami bows to Georgia". St. Petersburg Times. United Press. December 7, 1940. p. 13.


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