1940 VMI Keydets football team

1940 VMI Keydets football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record7–2–1 (3–2–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 0 0 6 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 0 7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0 7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0 6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0 7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1 7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1 2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0 5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0 3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1 2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0 5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 VMI Keydets football team was an American football team that represented the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) during the 1940 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fourth year under head coach Pooley Hubert, the team compiled an overall record of 7–2–1.[1]

VMI was ranked at No. 85 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ "1940 VMI Keydets football schedule". VMI Athletics. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.