1940 Creighton Bluejays football team

1940 Creighton Bluejays football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record6–2–2 (2–2 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumCreighton Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 0 0 7 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 1 0 6 3 1
Creighton 2 2 0 6 2 2
Drake 2 2 0 4 5 0
Saint Louis 2 3 0 3 6 0
Washington University 1 3 0 3 6 0
Washburn 0 4 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Creighton Bluejays football team was an American football team that represented Creighton University as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Maurice H. Palrang, the team compiled a 6–2–2 record (2–2 against MVC opponents) and outscored opponents by a total of 178 to 79.[1]

Creighton back Johnny Knolla led all college football players in 1940 with 1,420 yards of total offense in 10 games. His tally was higher than that of 1940 Heisman Trophy winner Tom Harmon.[2]

Creighton was ranked at No. 91 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

The team played its home games at Creighton Stadium in Omaha, Nebraska.

  1. ^ "1940 Creighton Bluejays Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  2. ^ "Knolla Top U.S. Back With 1,420 Yards". Evening World-Herald. December 5, 1940. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.