1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team

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1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
1940 record2–5–1 (0–3–1 IIAC)
Head coach
  • Glenn Martin (2nd season)
Home stadiumMcAndrew Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 – 0 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Carthage 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Eastern Illinois 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 1 – 1
Northern Illinois State 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Elmhurst 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1
Western Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 1 – 6 – 1
Southern Illinois 0 – 3 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Eureka 0 – 2 – 0 2 – 5 – 1

The 1940 Southern Illinois Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Southern Illinois Normal University (now known as Southern Illinois University Carbondale) in the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Under second-year head coach Glenn Martin, the team compiled a 2–5–1 record.[1] The team played its home games at McAndrew Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at Evansville*Evansville, INL 7–13
October 5Southeast Missouri State*
W 14–13
October 13Arkansas State*
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
W 7–0
October 19at Western IllinoisMacomb, ILT 6–6
October 26Illinois State Normal
  • McAndrew Stadium
  • Carbondale, IL
L 6–25[2]
November 2at Northern Illinois State
L 6–20
November 9at Eastern IllinoisCharleston, ILL 6–25
November 21at Southeast Missouri State*
L 0–6
  • *Non-conference game

References[]

  1. ^ "Southern Illinois Saluki Football 2019 Media Guide" (PDF). Southern Illinois University. 2019. p. 115. Retrieved July 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "State Normal Vanquishes Southern Teachers, 25-6". The Pantagraph. October 27, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved October 13, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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