1940 Saint Louis Billikens football team

1940 Saint Louis Billikens football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record3–6–1 (2–3 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWalsh Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Creighton 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 2 – 2
Drake 2 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Saint Louis 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washington University 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Washburn 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Saint Louis Billikens football team was an American football team that represented Saint Louis University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Dukes Duford, the team compiled an overall record of 3–6–1 record with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, placing fifth in the MVC, and was outscored by a total of 113 to 88.[1]

Saint Louis was ranked at No. 117 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played home games at Walsh Stadium in St. Louis.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Missouri*
L 26–40
October 4Missouri Mines*
T 0–05,604[3]
October 127:30 p.m.at Centenary*
L 6–195,000[4][5]
October 18Tulsa
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
L 6–195,545[6]
October 26at Drake
W 21–0
November 1Wichita*
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
W 13–06,358[7]
November 8Creighton
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
L 0–147,373[8]
November 16at Oklahoma A&M
L 7–14
November 21 No. 20 Texas Tech*
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
L 6–7
November 302:00 p.m.Washington University
  • Walsh Stadium
  • St. Louis, MO
W 3–011,050[9][10][11]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ^ "1940 Saint Louis Billikens Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 10, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Gould, James M. (October 4, 1940). "Punchless Billikens Held to Scoreless Tie by Rolla Miners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2B. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ Toomey, James (October 11, 1940). "Bears Begin Defense Of Valley Title Tomorrow". St. Louis Star-Times. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 31. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "St. Louis U. loses, 19–6, at Centenary". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. October 13, 1941. Retrieved July 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ James Toomey (October 19, 1940). "Pass Interference Helps Tulsa Beat Billikens". St. Louis Star-Times. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Aussieker Stands Out As Billikens Win From Wichita, 13 to 0". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. November 2, 1940. p. 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ James Toomey (November 9, 1940). "Billikens' Pass Defense Fails and Creighton Wins". St. Louis Star-Times. p. 7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Burnes, Robert L. (November 29, 1940). "Billikens And Bears End Heavy Workouts". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 3B. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Stockton, J. Roy (December 1, 1940). "Billikens Defeat Bears, 3 To 0, On Weber's Field Goal". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 1C. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ Stockton, J. Roy (December 1, 1940). "Billikens Beat Bears, 3-0 (continued)". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. St. Louis, Missouri. p. 2C. Retrieved July 6, 2023 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.