1940 Ole Miss Rebels football team

1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
	$ – Conference champion; Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Ole Miss Rebels football team represented the University of Mississippi in the 1940 college football season.^[2] The Rebels were led by third-year head coach Harry Mehre and played their home games at Hemingway Stadium in Oxford, Mississippi. They finished with a record of 9–2 (3–1 SEC), to finish third in the Southeastern Conference.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 21	Union (TN)*		Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 37–0
September 28	at LSU		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	W 19–6
October 5	at Southwestern*		Memphis, TN	W 27–6
October 12	at Georgia		Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	W 28–14
October 19	Duquesne*	No. 13	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS	W 14–6
October 26	vs. Arkansas*	No. 14	Memphis, TN (rivalry)	L 20–21	12,000	^[3]
November 2	at Vanderbilt		Dudley Field Nashville, TN (rivalry)	W 13–7
November 9	at Holy Cross*		Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 34–7
November 16	West Tennessee State*	No. 17	Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (rivalry)	W 38–7		^[4]
November 23	at No. 16 Mississippi State	No. 11	Scott Field Starkville, MS (Egg Bowl)	L 0–19
November 29	at Miami (FL)*		Burdine Stadium Miami, FL	W 21–7
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ 2016 Ole Miss media guide. pg. 79.
^ "1940 Ole Miss Rebels Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 24, 2017.
^ Associated Press (October 27, 1940). "Arkansas Wins Over Ole Miss". The Washington Post. p. 23.
^ "Teachers of Memphis downed 38 to 7 by Ole Miss Rebels". The Clarion-Ledger. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 22, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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National championship seasons in bold

1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t	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