1940 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team

1940 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainJim Erley[1][a]
Home stadiumSpud Bowl
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 Idaho Southern Branch Bengals football team was an American football team that represented the University of Idaho, Southern Branch (later renamed Idaho State University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth and final season under head coach Guy Wicks, the team compiled a 3–5 record and were outscored by their opponents by a total of 185 to 96.[3][1]

Idaho Southern was ranked at No. 498 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]

  1. ^ a b "2011 Idaho State Football Media Guide" (PDF). Idaho State University. 2011. p. 97. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
  2. ^ "25 Old Timers Return to ISU on Special Day". Idaho State Journal. Pocatello, Idaho. November 8, 1965. p. 5. Retrieved March 19, 2022 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Idaho St. Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on June 23, 2016. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  4. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.


Cite error: There are <ref group=lower-alpha> tags or {{efn}} templates on this page, but the references will not show without a {{reflist|group=lower-alpha}} template or {{notelist}} template (see the help page).