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1940 Texas

8–⁠2 (4–⁠2 Southwest Conference), coached by Dana Bible.

Schedule and results

Texas in 1940, game by game: won vs. Colorado 39–7; won at Indiana 13–6; won vs. Oklahoma 19–16; won at Arkansas 21–0; lost at Rice 0–13; lost vs. No. 15 SMU 13–21; won vs. Baylor 13–0; won at TCU 21–14; won vs. No. 2 Texas A&M 7–0; won at Florida 26–0+32−13Won 39–7 vs. Colorado+32ColoradoWon 13–6 at Indiana+7IndianaWon 19–16 vs. Oklahoma+3OklahomaWon 21–0 at Arkansas+21ArkansasLost 0–13 at Rice-13RiceLost 13–21 vs. No. 15 SMU-8No. 15 SMUWon 13–0 vs. Baylor+13BaylorWon 21–14 at TCU+7TCUWon 7–0 vs. No. 2 Texas A&M+7No. 2 Texas A&MWon 26–0 at Florida+26Florida
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsColoradoW 39–⁠749%
Oct 5atIndianaW 13–⁠649%
Oct 12vsOklahomaW 19–⁠1640%
Oct 19atArkansasW 21–⁠048%
Oct 26atRiceL 0–⁠1358%
Nov 2vs15SMUL 13–⁠2152%
Nov 9vsBaylorW 13–⁠054%
Nov 16atTCUW 21–⁠1446%
Nov 28vs2Texas A&MW 7–⁠033%
Dec 7atFloridaW 26–⁠061%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Florida 26–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 3rd in the Southwest Conference.

In program history: The 64th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 126 on file).

AP poll, week by week

  1. Wk 1: 14
  2. Wk 2: 12

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
8–⁠2
Conference
4–⁠2 tied for 3rd in Southwest Conference
AP final
Unranked peak No. 12
Points
172–⁠77
Coach
Dana Bible
Elo
1639 +154 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
16.5 No. 11 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Ted Dawson and Jimmy Grubbs

All-Southwest Conference

2 first team, 2 second team

First team

Second team

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

1940 Southwest Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Texas A&M5–⁠19–⁠16
SMU5–⁠18–⁠1–⁠116
Texas4–⁠28–⁠2
Rice4–⁠27–⁠3
TCU2–⁠43–⁠7
Arkansas1–⁠54–⁠6
Baylor0–⁠64–⁠6

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