1940 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 1940 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team was an American football team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as Appalachian State University) as a member of the North State Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach R. W. "Red" Watkins, the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, and finished 4th in the NSC.

1940 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
Conference	North State Conference
Record	6–4 (2–2 NSC)
Head coach	R. W. "Red" Watkins (1st season)
Home stadium	College Field
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 North State Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Catawba $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	1	–	0
Elon	5	–	1	–	0			5	–	2	–	1
Lenoir Rhyne	4	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Appalachian State	2	–	2	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
High Point	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	4	–	1
Western Carolina	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	5	–	1
Guilford	0	–	6	–	0			0	–	9	–	0
$ – Conference champion

Appalachian was ranked at No. 279 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 14	Tampa*	College Field Boone, NC	W 13–6	[2]
September 21	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 6–56	[3]
September 28	at Carson–Newman*	Jefferson City, TN	W 23–6	[4]
October 5	Elon	College Field Boone, NC	L 0–7	[5]
October 11	at Western Carolina	Cullowhee, NC (rivalry)	W 40–8	[6]
October 19	Newberry*	College Field Boone, NC	W 9–7	[7]
October 25	King*	College Field Boone, NC	W 28–3	[8]
November 2	at Rollins*	Orlando Stadium Orlando, FL	L 0–30	[9]
November 8	at Lenoir Rhyne	Moretz Stadium Hickory, NC	L 9–13	[10]
November 15	vs. Guilford	Morganton, NC	W 28–0	[11]
*Non-conference game