1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

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1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
1940 record3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach
Home stadiumGrant Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 0 10 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 1 10 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 0 9 2 0
Alabama 4 2 0 7 2 0
Auburn 3 2 1 6 4 1
LSU 3 3 0 6 4 0
Georgia 2 3 1 5 4 1
Florida 2 3 0 5 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 2 5 3 2
Tulane 1 3 0 5 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 1 3 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 0 3 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 0 3 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Howard (AL)*W 27–015,000[1]
October 12at Notre Dame*L 20–2632,492
October 19Vanderbilt
W 19–0
October 26Auburn
L 7–16
November 2at No. 18 Duke*L 7–4134,000
November 9at KentuckyLouisville, KYL 7–26
November 16No. 14 Alabama
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 13–1425,000
November 23Florida
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
L 7–16
November 30at GeorgiaL 19–21
December 28California*
  • Grant Field
  • Atlanta, GA
W 13–0
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ "Jackets wallop Howard, 27–0". The Atlanta Constitution. October 6, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets Schedule and Results".


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