1940 VMI
7–2–1 (3–2–1 Southern Conference), coached by Pooley Hubert. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Roanoke 33–0Sep 14
By 33 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14 | vsRoanoke | W 33–0 | 86% |
| Sep 28 | at Duke | L 0–23 | 19% |
| Oct 5 | vsNewberry | W 13–0 | 88% |
| Oct 12 | at Davidson | W 13–7 | 59% |
| Oct 19 | at Virginia | W 7–0 | 36% |
| Oct 26 | at Richmond | L 7–9 | 68% |
| Nov 2 | vs William & Mary | T 0–0 | 59% |
| Nov 9 | vsWashington St. Louis | W 20–13 | 61% |
| Nov 16 | vs Maryland | W 20–0 | 80% |
| Nov 21 | vs Virginia Tech | W 14–0 | 59% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Virginia Tech 14–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 7th in the Southern Conference.
In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 118 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
- 7–2–1
- Conference
- 3–2–1 7th in Southern Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 127–52
- Coach
- Pooley Hubert
- Elo
- 1525 +77 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −3.3 No. 76 of 121 major-college teams
- Recruiting class
- —
All-Southern Conference
1 second teamSecond team
Billy WalkerOGAP-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 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.