1940 Missouri Tigers football team
| 1940 Missouri Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Big Six Conference |
| 1940 record | 6–3 (3–2 Big 6) |
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| Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Nebraska $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 4 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 3 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 1 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kansas | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 213 to 135. Don Faurot was the head coach for the sixth of 19 seasons.[1][2] The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
The team's leading scorer was Harry Ice with 42 points.[3]
Schedule[]
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 28 | Saint Louis* |
| W 40–26 | ||||
| October 5 | at Pittsburgh* | L 13–19 | |||||
| October 12 | at Kansas State |
| W 24–13 | ||||
| October 19 | Iowa State |
| W 30–14 | ||||
| October 26 | at No. 18 Nebraska |
| L 7–20 | ||||
| November 2 | NYU* |
| W 33–0 | ||||
| November 9 | at Colorado* |
| W 21–6 | ||||
| November 16 | at Oklahoma |
| L 0–7 | ||||
| November 21 | Kansas |
| W 45–20 | 17,000 | [4] | ||
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References[]
- ^ "1940 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2016.
- ^ "2014 Mizzou Football Records Book" (PDF). University of Missouri. p. 40. Retrieved March 23, 2019.
- ^ 2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
- ^ "Christman Flips Missouri To 45-20 Win Over Kansas". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. November 22, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
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