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1940 Tulane

5–⁠5 (1–⁠3 Southeastern Conference), coached by Red Dawson.

Schedule and results

Tulane in 1940, game by game: lost vs. Boston College 7–27; lost vs. Auburn 14–20; lost at Fordham 7–20; won vs. Rice 15–6; won at North Carolina 14–13; won vs. No. 10 Clemson 13–0; lost at Alabama 6–13; won vs. Georgia 21–13; won vs. Northwestern State 47–0; lost at LSU 0–14+47−20Lost 7–27 vs. Boston College-20Boston CollegeLost 14–20 vs. Auburn-6AuburnLost 7–20 at Fordham-13FordhamWon 15–6 vs. Rice+9RiceWon 14–13 at North Carolina+1North CarolinaWon 13–0 vs. No. 10 Clemson+13No. 10 ClemsonLost 6–13 at Alabama-7AlabamaWon 21–13 vs. Georgia+8GeorgiaWon 47–0 vs. Northwestern State+47Northwestern St…Lost 0–14 at LSU-14LSU
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 28vsBoston CollegeL 7–⁠2766%
Oct 5vsAuburnL 14–⁠2065%
Oct 12atFordhamL 7–⁠2035%
Oct 19vsRiceW 15–⁠664%
Oct 26atNorth CarolinaW 14–⁠1334%
Nov 2vs10ClemsonW 13–⁠044%
Nov 9atAlabamaL 6–⁠1343%
Nov 16vsGeorgiaW 21–⁠1373%
Nov 23vsNorthwestern StateW 47–⁠094%
Nov 30atLSUL 0–⁠1455%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to LSU 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 10th in the Southeastern Conference.

In program history: The 23rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 123 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
5–⁠5
Conference
1–⁠3 10th in Southeastern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
144–⁠126
Coach
Red Dawson
Elo
1570 −64 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
5.0 No. 41 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captains
Claude Groves and Tommy O’Boyle

Drafted in 1941

The 1941 draft
Rd 6Tommy O’Boyle OGChicago Bears

All-SEC

2 first team

First team

  • Charles DufourOTAP-2; INS
  • James ThibautBackfieldAP-2; UP

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

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.