1940 Auburn Tigers football team

The 1940 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1940 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).^[1]

1940 Auburn Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–4–1 (3–2–1 SEC)
Head coach	Jack Meagher (7th season)
Home stadium	Auburn Stadium Legion Field Cramton Bowl
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Southeastern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Tennessee $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 9 Mississippi State	4	–	0	–	1			10	–	0	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0			9	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1			6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1			5	–	4	–	1
Florida	2	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	2			5	–	3	–	2
Tulane	1	–	3	–	0			5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	1			3	–	6	–	1
Georgia Tech	1	–	5	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

Auburn Tigers logo before 1971

Auburn was ranked at No. 31 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Howard (AL)*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	W 27–13	10,000	[3]
October 5	at Tulane	Tulane Stadium New Orleans, LA (rivalry)	W 20–14	32,000	[4]
October 12	Mississippi State	Legion Field Birmingham, AL	T 7–7	18,000	[5]
October 19	at SMU*	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX	L 13–20	10,000	[6]
October 26	at Georgia Tech	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 16–7	25,000	[7]
November 2	vs. Georgia	Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (rivalry)	L 13–14	20,000	[8]
November 9	Clemson*	Auburn Stadium Auburn, AL (rivalry)	W 21–7	12,000	[9]
November 16	LSU	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	L 13–21	11,000	[10]
November 23	at No. 4 Boston College*	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 7–33	30,000	[11]
November 30	vs. Florida	Memorial Stadium Columbus, GA (rivalry)	W 20–7	7,500	[12]
December 7	Villanova*	Cramton Bowl Montgomery, AL	W 13–10	6,500	[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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