1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

American college football season

1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
LIC champion
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record	6–3–1 (4–0 LIC)
Head coach	Johnny Cain (4th season)
Home stadium	McNaspy Stadium
Seasons← 1939 1941 →

1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Southwestern Louisiana $	4	–	0	–	0	6	–	3	–	1
Louisiana Normal	3	–	1	–	1	6	–	3	–	1
Louisiana Tech	3	–	2	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Louisiana College	0	–	2	–	1	2	–	5	–	2
Centenary	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Southeastern Louisiana	0	–	3	–	0	3	–	6	–	1

$ – Conference champion

The 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) in the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the team compiled a 6–3–1 record.

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 293 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	Southeastern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (Cypress Mug)	W 7–0
September 27	at Stephen F. Austin*	Nacogdoches, TX	W 6–0
October 5	at Mississippi State*	Scott Field Starkville, MS	L 0–20
October 11	Millsaps*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	T 0–0	6,000
October 18	at Spring Hill*	Dorn Stadium Mobile, AL	L 7–13
October 26	at Louisiana College	Pineville, LA	W 6–0
November 1	Louisiana Tech	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA (rivalry)	W 7–6
November 8	Delta State*	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 18–7
November 15	at Mississippi Southern*	Faulkner Field Hattiesburg, MS	L 14–21
November 28	Louisiana Normal	McNaspy Stadium Lafayette, LA	W 12–7
*Non-conference game

References

"2019 Louisiana Football Media Guide" (PDF). Louisiana Athletics Communications Office. 2019. p. 96. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
"Athletics". L'Acadien. University of Southwestern Louisiana. 1941. pp. 212–221. Retrieved January 4, 2021.
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
"Bulldogs and Millsaps Majors battle to a scoreless tie". The Daily Advertiser. October 12, 1940. Retrieved March 25, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
"Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Tech bows to Southwestern". The Shreveport Journal. November 2, 1940. Retrieved June 23, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
"Miss. Southern defeats Bulldogs by 21–14 score". The Daily Advertiser. November 16, 1940. Retrieved April 1, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Campus Athletic Field (1902–1939) McNaspy Stadium (1940–1970) Cajun Field (1971–present)
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