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1940 Auburn

6–⁠4–⁠1 (3–⁠2–⁠1 Southeastern Conference), coached by Jack Meagher.

Schedule and results

Auburn in 1940, game by game: won vs. Samford 27–13; won at Tulane 20–14; tied at Mississippi State 7–7; lost at SMU 13–20; won at Georgia Tech 16–7; lost vs. Georgia 13–14; won vs. Clemson 21–7; lost vs. LSU 13–21; lost at No. 4 Boston College 7–33; won vs. Florida 20–7; won vs. Villanova 13–10+14−26Won 27–13 vs. Samford+14SamfordWon 20–14 at Tulane+6TulaneTied 7–7 at Mississippi State0Mississippi Sta…Lost 13–20 at SMU-7SMUWon 16–7 at Georgia Tech+9Georgia TechLost 13–14 vs. Georgia-1GeorgiaWon 21–7 vs. Clemson+14ClemsonLost 13–21 vs. LSU-8LSULost 7–33 at No. 4 Boston College-26No. 4 Boston CollegeWon 20–7 vs. Florida+13FloridaWon 13–10 vs. Villanova+3Villanova
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 27vsSamfordW 27–⁠1395%
Oct 5atTulaneW 20–⁠1435%
Oct 12atMississippi StateT 7–⁠741%
Oct 19atSMUL 13–⁠2040%
Oct 26atGeorgia TechW 16–⁠737%
Nov 2vsGeorgiaL 13–⁠1465%
Nov 9vsClemsonW 21–⁠749%
Nov 16vsLSUL 13–⁠2174%
Nov 23at4Boston CollegeL 7–⁠3330%
Nov 30vsFloridaW 20–⁠756%
Dec 7vsVillanovaW 13–⁠1063%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Villanova 13–⁠10; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 67th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 124 on file).

Players on this team

Before 2004 our records hold honors and the draft; these are the players whose college years here, from their Wikipedia articles or their honors, include 1940.

Record
6–⁠4–⁠1
Conference
3–⁠2–⁠1 5th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠153
Coach
Jack Meagher
Elo
1582 +42 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
8.4 No. 29 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-SEC

1 first team

First team

  • Neal McGowenBackfieldAP-1

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.