1940 Furman
5–4 (4–3 Southern Conference). Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Erskine 40–0Sep 27
By 40 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 27 | vsErskine | W 40–0 | 73% |
| Oct 5 | at Wake Forest | L 0–19 | 13% |
| Oct 11 | vs The Citadel | W 36–7 | 43% |
| Oct 19 | at Ohio | L 6–15 | 67% |
| Oct 26 | vs Davidson | W 40–7 | 50% |
| Nov 2 | at NC State | W 20–6 | 30% |
| Nov 9 | at Virginia Tech | L 21–38 | 36% |
| Nov 16 | vs South Carolina | W 25–7 | 54% |
| Nov 23 | vs Clemson | L 7–13 | 26% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Lost to Clemson 13–7; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 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
- 5–4
- Conference
- 4–3 8th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 195–112
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1361 +92 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −0.6 No. 69 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
- Captain
- Pepper Martin
1940 Southern Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clemson | 4–0 | 6–2–1 | |
 Duke | 4–1 | 7–2 | 18 |
| Wake Forest | 4–2 | 7–3 | |
 William & Mary | 2–1–1 | 6–2–1 | |
 Richmond | 3–2 | 6–3 | |
 North Carolina | 3–2 | 6–4 | |
 VMI | 3–2–1 | 7–2–1 | |
 Furman | 4–3 | 5–4 | |
| Washington and Lee | 1–1–1 | 2–7–1 | |
| Virginia Tech | 2–3 | 5–5 | |
| NC State | 3–5 | 3–6 | |
| South Carolina | 1–3 | 3–6 | |
 Maryland | 0–1–1 | 2–6–1 | |
| Davidson | 1–5 | 5–5 | |
| The Citadel | 0–4 | 4–5 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.