1940 Calgary Bronks season

1940 Calgary Bronks season
Head coach	Larry Haynes
Home field	Mewata Stadium
Results
Record	4–7
Division place	2nd, W.I.F.U.
Playoff finish	Lost W.I.F.U. Finals

The 1940 Calgary Bronks season was the sixth season in franchise history where the team finished in 2nd place in the Western Interprovincial Football Union with a 4–4 record. The Bronks played in the WIFU Finals for the fifth consecutive year, but once again lost to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers in a two-game series by a total points score of 30-2.

Regular season

Standings

**Western Interprovincial Football Union**
Team	GP	W	L	PF	PA	Pts
Winnipeg Blue Bombers	8	6	2	108	58	12
Calgary Bronks	8	4	4	79	76	8
Regina Roughriders	8	2	6	39	92	4

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Schedule

Date	Opponent	Score	Result	Record
Aug 30	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	12–1	Win	1–0
Bye
Sept 14	Regina Roughriders	12–3	Win	2–0
Sept 16	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	22–3	Loss	2–1
Sept 21	Regina Roughriders	17–3	Win	3–1
Bye
Oct 5	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	3–1	Loss	3–2
Oct 12	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	26–19	Loss	3–3
Oct 14	Regina Roughriders	17–0	Loss	3–4
Oct 19	Regina Roughriders	7–1	Win	4–4
Bye

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Playoffs

Game	Date	Opponent	Score	Result
WIFU Finals	Nov 2	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	7–0	Loss
WIFU Finals	Nov 9	Winnipeg Blue Bombers	23–2	Loss

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Winnipeg won the total-point series by 30–2.

References

Calgary Stampeders

Founded in 1935 Based in Calgary, Alberta

Franchise	Records Seasons Head coaches Mascot

Stadiums	Mewata Stadium McMahon Stadium

Lore	Labour Day Classic Battle of Alberta Norman Kwong Perfect season

Important figures	Willie Burden Tom Forzani Doug Flutie Dean Griffing Wayne Harris Herman Harrison John Helton John Hufnagel Jerry Keeling Earl "The Earthquake" Lunsford Don Luzzi Tony Pajaczkowski Allen Pitts Rocco Romano Paul Rowe Harvey Wylie

Retired numbers	5 10 13 18 22 55 67 75

Key personnel	Owners: Calgary Flames Limited Partnership, John Forzani, Ted Hellard and Doug Mitchell. Coach and General Manager: John Hufnagel

Grey Cup championships (7)	1948 1971 1992 1998 2001 2008 2014

Western Division championships (14)	1948 1949 1968 1970 1971 1991 1992 1995 1998 1999 2001 2008 2012 2014

Current league affiliations	League: Canadian Football League Division: West

Calgary Stampeders seasons

1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Bold indicates Grey Cup victory.

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