1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team

The 1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team was an American football team that represented the University of Colorado as a member of the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Frank Potts, the Buffaloes compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–1–1 in conference play, tying for second place in the MSC.

1940 Colorado Buffaloes football
Conference	Mountain States Conference
Record	5–3–1 (4–1–1 MSC)
Head coach	Frank Potts (1st season)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Colorado Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Mountain States Conference football standings

v t e	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

Colorado was ranked at No. 68 (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	Attendance	Source
September 28	at Texas*	War Memorial Stadium Austin, TX	L 7–39		[2]
October 5	Kansas State*	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO (rivalry)	W 7–6		[3]
October 12	at Utah State	Aggie Stadium Logan, UT	W 26–0		[4]
October 19	at Colorado A&M	Colorado Field Fort Collins, CO (rivalry)	W 33–14	7,000	[5]
October 26	Wyoming	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO	W 62–0	4,000	[6]
November 2	Utah	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO (rivalry)	L 13–21	17,000	[7]
November 9	Missouri*	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO	L 6–21		[8]
November 16	BYU	Colorado Stadium Boulder, CO	W 25–2		[9]
November 21	at Denver	DU Stadium Denver, CO	T 3–3		[10]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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After the season

NFL Draft

The following Buffaloes were selected in the 1941 NFL draft following the season.^[14]

Round	Pick	Player	Position	NFL club
3	24	Leo Stasica	Back	Brooklyn Dodgers
12	104	Harold Punches	Guard	Cleveland Rams