1940 West Virginia Mountaineers football team

1940 Southern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1940 West Virginia Mountaineers football
1940 West Virginia Mountaineers football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	4–4–1
Head coach	Bill Kern (1st season);
Captain	John Shonk
Home stadium	Mountaineer Field
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 West Virginia Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Bill Kern, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 127 to 94.^[1]^[2] The team played its home games at Mountaineer Field in Morgantown, West Virginia. John Shonk was the team captain.^[3]

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Westminster (PA)	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 47–0
October 5	at Fordham	Randalls Island Stadium New York, NY	L 7–20	17,780	^[4]
October 12	at Penn State	New Beaver Field State College, PA (rivalry)	L 13–17	10,574
October 19	West Virginia Wesleyan	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 32–0
October 25	at George Washington	Griffith Stadium Washington, D.C.	L 0–19		^[5]
November 2	vs. Washington and Lee	Laidley Field Charleston, WV	W 12–7
November 9	Cincinnati	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	T 7–7
November 17	Kentucky	Mountaineer Field Morgantown, WV	W 9–7
November 23	at Michigan State	Macklin Field East Lansing, MI	L 0–17

^ "1940 West Virginia Mountaineers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved October 11, 2017.
^ "2017 West Virginia Football Media Guide". West Virginia University. 2017. p. 176.
^ 2017 WVU Football Guide, p. 169.
^ Childs, Kingsley (October 6, 1940). "Fordham Defeats West Virginia". New York Times. p. 81.
^ "W. Virginia fumbles, G. Washington wins". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 26, 1940. Retrieved February 15, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t West Virginia Mountaineers football
Venues	Mountaineer Field (1924–1979) Mountaineer Field at Milan Puskar Stadium (1980–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Marshall Maryland Penn State Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Tech
Culture & lore	The Mountaineer Marching band "Take Me Home, Country Roads" 1921 Backyard Brawl (first college football game to be radio broadcasted) 2007 Backyard Brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022

1940 Southern college football independents records
v t	Conf			Overall
Team	W	L	T	W		L		T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons		–		9	–	0	–	0
No. 13 Georgetown		–		8	–	2	–	0
Marshall		–		8	–	2	–	0
Navy		–		6	–	2	–	1
Delaware		–		5	–	3	–	0
East Carolina		–		5	–	3	–	0
Western Maryland		–		5	–	3	–	0
George Washington		–		5	–	3	–	1
Catholic University		–		4	–	3	–	1
West Virginia		–		4	–	4	–	1
Virginia		–		4	–	5	–	0
Georgia Teachers		–		3	–	5	–	0
Oklahoma City		–		1	–	7	–	3
William & Mary Norfolk Division		–		0	–	6	–	0

Rankings from AP Poll