1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team

1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football
IIAC champion
ConferenceIllinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record5–3–1 (4–0 IIAC)
Head coach
MVPHarold Gaffney
CaptainJack Secord
Home stadiumMcCormick Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Illinois State Normal $ 4 0 0 5 3 1
Carthage 2 0 0 5 2 1
Eastern Illinois 4 1 0 6 1 1
Northern Illinois State 2 2 0 6 3 0
Elmhurst 1 2 0 2 5 1
Western Illinois 0 3 1 1 6 1
Southern Illinois 0 3 1 2 5 1
Eureka 0 2 0 2 5 1

The 1940 Illinois State Normal Redbirds football team represented Illinois State Normal University—now known as Illinois State University—as a member of the Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (IIAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Howard Hancock, the Redbirds compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 4–0 in conference play, winning the IIAC title.[1]

Illinois State Normal was ranked at No. 266 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Illinois State Normal played home games at McCormick Field in Normal, Illinois.

  1. ^ "2021 Redbird Football Media Guide" (PDF). Illinois State University Athletics Department. p. 64. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.