1940 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team

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1940 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1940 record2–6 (2–4 SIAA)
Head coach
  • (7th season)
CaptainErnie Sheffield
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Newberry 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Eastern Kentucky State Teachers 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Murray State 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Wofford 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tampa 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0 2 �� 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Erskine 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Delta State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Oglethorpe Stormy Petrels football team represented Oglethorpe University in the sport of American football as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. This was the last large team from Oglethorpe before the war drafted so many students. Despite doing poorly, they had a strong schedule for an independent team. Practices were conducted at the North Fulton High School's field.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Georgia*
L 0–5325,000
October 5Wofford
  • Hermance Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
L 26–14
October 12at Troy State
W 20–71,400[1]
October 25at The Citadel*
L 0–25
November 2Newberrydagger
  • Hermance Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
L 7–28
November 8Tampa
  • Hermance Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–52
November 22Erskine
  • Hermance Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
W 7–285,000
November 29Presbyterian
  • Hermance Stadium
  • Atlanta, GA
L 0–20
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

[2]

References[]

  1. ^ "Oglethorpe Defeats Troy Teachers". The Birmingham News. The Birmingham News. Associated Press. October 13, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved May 6, 2020 – via Newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "Yamacraw, 1941". Oglethorpe University. 1941.
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