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1940 Alabama

7–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southeastern Conference), coached by Frank Thomas.

Schedule and results

Alabama in 1940, game by game: won at Spring Hill 26–0; won vs. Mercer 20–0; won vs. Samford 31–0; lost vs. No. 5 Tennessee 12–27; won at Kentucky 25–0; won vs. Tulane 13–6; won at Georgia Tech 14–13; won vs. Vanderbilt 25–21; lost vs. No. 11 Mississippi State 0–13+31−15Won 26–0 at Spring Hill+26Spring HillWon 20–0 vs. Mercer+20MercerWon 31–0 vs. Samford+31SamfordLost 12–27 vs. No. 5 Tennessee-15No. 5 TennesseeWon 25–0 at Kentucky+25KentuckyWon 13–6 vs. Tulane+7TulaneWon 14–13 at Georgia Tech+1Georgia TechWon 25–21 vs. Vanderbilt+4VanderbiltLost 0–13 vs. No. 11 Mississippi State-13No. 11 Mississippi Sta…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27atSpring HillW 26–⁠088%
Oct 5vsMercerW 20–⁠095%
Oct 12vsSamfordW 31–⁠096%
Oct 19vs5TennesseeL 12–⁠2742%
Nov 2atKentuckyW 25–⁠042%
Nov 9vsTulaneW 13–⁠657%
Nov 16atGeorgia TechW 14–⁠1356%
Nov 23vsVanderbiltW 25–⁠2179%
Nov 30vs11Mississippi StateL 0–⁠1352%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi State 13–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 4th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 86th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 5: 14
  2. Wk 6: 17
  3. Wk 7: 17
Record
7–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 4th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 14
Points
166–⁠80
Coach
Frank Thomas
Elo
1597 +29 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.9 No. 26 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
Harold Newman

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 3Fred Davis OTWashington Redskins
Rd 7Hal Newman EBrooklyn Dodgers

All-SEC

3 first team, 1 second team

First team

Second team

  • Edward HickersonOGAP-2

From Wikipedia’s 1940 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1940 Southeastern Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Tennessee5–⁠010–⁠14
Mississippi State4–⁠0–⁠110–⁠0–⁠19
Ole Miss3–⁠19–⁠2
Alabama4–⁠27–⁠2
Auburn3–⁠2–⁠16–⁠4–⁠1
LSU3–⁠36–⁠4
Georgia2–⁠3–⁠15–⁠4–⁠1
Florida2–⁠35–⁠5
Kentucky1–⁠2–⁠25–⁠3–⁠2
Tulane1–⁠35–⁠5
Georgia Tech1–⁠53–⁠7
Vanderbilt0–⁠5–⁠13–⁠6–⁠1

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.