1940 Colorado Buffaloes football team

1940 Colorado Buffaloes football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–1–1 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumColorado Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Mountain States Conference football standings
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

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.

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]

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.