1940 Ohio Bobcats football team

1940 Ohio Bobcats football
1940 Ohio Bobcats football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–2–2
Head coach	Don Peden (17th season);
Home stadium	Ohio Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Midwestern college football independents records
v t e	Conf.			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
Michigan Tech		–		5	–	1	–	0
Detroit		–		7	–	2	–	0
Notre Dame		–		7	–	2	–	0
Xavier		–		7	–	3	–	0
Ohio		–		5	–	2	–	2
Wayne		–		4	–	1	–	3
Dayton		–		6	–	3	–	0
Cincinnati		–		5	–	3	–	1
Wichita		–		6	–	4	–	0
Central Michigan		–		4	–	3	–	1
Marquette		–		4	–	4	–	0
Michigan State		–		3	–	4	–	1
Ohio Wesleyan		–		2	–	4	–	3
Akron		–		2	–	5	–	2
Western State Teachers		–		2	–	5	–	0
Michigan State Normal		–		1	–	5	–	1
Miami (OH)		–		0	–	7	–	1

The 1940 Ohio Bobcats football team was an American football team that represented Ohio University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 17th season under head coach Don Peden, the Bobcats compiled a 5–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 89 to 32.^[1]

Ohio was ranked at No. 106 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Youngstown	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	W 13–0	9,000	^[3]
October 5	Butler	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	T 7–7		^[4]
October 12	Western State Teachers (MI)	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	W 20–7		^[5]
October 19	Furman	Ohio Stadium Athens, OH	W 15–6	9,000	^[6]
October 26	at Ohio Wesleyan	Delaware, OH	T 0–0	7,000	^[7]
November 2	at Miami (OH)	Miami Field Oxford, OH (rivalry)	W 27–0	6,000	^[8]^[9]
November 9	at Western Reserve	League Park Cleveland, OH	L 0–6	9,000	^[10]
November 16	at Dayton	Dayton, OH	W 7–0	3,500	^[11]^[12]
November 21	at Xavier	Xavier Stadium Cincinnati, OH	L 0–6	8,000	^[13]
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