1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football team

The 1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football team was an American football team that represented Saint Mary's College of California during the 1940 college football season. In their first season under head coach Red Strader, the Gaels compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 100 to 68.^[1]

1940 Saint Mary's Gaels football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Red Strader (1st season)
Home stadium	Kezar Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Western college football independents records

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 11 Santa Clara			–					6	–	1	–	1
Cal Poly			–					6	–	3	–	0
Saint Mary's			–					5	–	3	–	0
Gonzaga			–					5	–	4	–	1
Nevada			–					4	–	4	–	1
Humboldt State			–					3	–	4	–	0
Idaho Southern Branch			–					3	–	5	–	0
San Francisco State			–					3	–	5	–	0
Loyola (CA)			–					3	–	7	–	0
Portland			–					2	–	3	–	1
Hawaii			–					2	–	5	–	0
San Francisco			–					1	–	6	–	1
La Verne			–					0	–	6	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Saint Mary's was ranked at No. 49 (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 28	Gonzaga	Kezar Stadium San Francisco CA	W 16–0	20,000	[3]
October 5	at California	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	L 6–9	50,000	[4]
October 13	vs. San Francisco	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	W 13–7	16,000	[5]
October 20	at Loyola (CA)	Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 18–7	10,000	[6]
October 26	at No. 11 Fordham	Polo Grounds New York, NY	W 9–6	34,500	[7]
November 3	at Portland	Multnomah Field Portland, OR	W 25–13	9,000	[8]
November 10	Duquesne	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 6–7	12,000	[9][10]
November 17	vs. No. 19 Santa Clara	Kezar Stadium San Francisco, CA	L 7–19	40,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game