1940 Tulane Green Wave football team

1940 Tulane Green Wave football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
1940 record	5–5 (1–3 SEC)
Head coach	Red Dawson
Home stadium	Tulane Stadium (Capacity: 69,000)^[1]

1940 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Tennessee $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#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 Tulane Green Wave football team represented Tulane University during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent^#	Site	Result
September 28	Boston College*	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 7–27
October 5	Auburn	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	L 14–20
October 12	at Fordham*	Coffey Field • New York, NY	L 7–20
October 19	Rice*	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 15–6
October 26	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	W 14–13
November 2	Clemson*	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 13–0
November 9	vs. Alabama	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL	L 6–13
November 16	Georgia	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 21–13
November 23	Northwestern State*	Tulane Stadium • New Orleans, LA	W 47–0
November 30	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Flag)	L 0–14
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP.

References

↑ Ryan Whirty (2012-06-26). "The History of Tulane Stadium(s)". Gambit Magazine. Retrieved 2012-09-19.

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