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1940 Utah Redskins football team

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1940 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 1 0 7 2 0
Denver 4 1 1 6 2 1
Colorado 4 1 1 5 3 1
BYU 2 3 1 2 4 2
Colorado A&M 1 3 2 3 4 2
Utah State 2 4 0 2 5 1
Wyoming 0 5 1 1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Utah Utes football team represented the University of Utah during the 1940 college football season. Utah's season opener against Santa Clara was part of the first-ever major college football doubleheader. The event at Kezar Stadium in San Francisco also featured the future Rose Bowl champions, the Stanford "Wow Boys", defeat San Francisco, 27–0.[1]

Schedule

September 28at Santa Clara*

L 13–34 October 5BYU

W 12–6 October 12Arizona*

  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah

W 24–0 October 19at Utah A.C.

L 0–7 October 26Denverdagger

  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah

W 25–14 November 2at Colorado

W 21–13 November 9at Wyoming

W 34–7 November 16Colorado A&M

  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah

W 27–0 November 21Idaho*

  • Ute Stadium
  • Salt Lake City, Utah

W 13–6

Template:CFB Schedule End [2][3]

After the season

NFL draft

Utah did not have any players selected in the 1941 NFL Draft.[4]

References

  1. ^ Ron Fimrite, A Melding Of Men All Suited To A T; Clark Shaughnessy was a dour theoretician, Frankie Albert an unrestrained quarterback and Stanford a team of losers, but combined they forever changed the game of football, Sports Illustrated, September 5, 1977.
  2. ^ "Ute Record Book" (PDF). University of Utah. p. 6. Retrieved 2010-07-16.
  3. ^ "Coaching Records Game by Game Ike J. Armstrong 1940". College Football Data Warehouse. Retrieved 2010-08-04.
  4. ^ "1941 NFL Draft Listing". Pro-Football-Reference.com. Retrieved 2010-08-04.