1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumMackay Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Western college football independents records
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

The 1940 Nevada Wolf Pack football team was an American football team that represented the University of Nevada as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Jim Aiken, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record.[1][2]

Nevada was ranked at No. 141 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

  1. ^ "Nevada Football 2018 Bowl Guide" (PDF). University of Nevada, Reno. 2018. p. 133. Retrieved February 11, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nevada Yearly Results". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 5, 2015. Retrieved May 25, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.