1940 Purdue Boilermakers football team

1940 Purdue Boilermakers football
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record2–6 (1–4 Big Ten)
Head coach
MVPDavid Rankin
CaptainDavid Rankin
Home stadiumRoss–Ade Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 1 Minnesota $ 6 0 0 8 0 0
No. 3 Michigan 3 1 0 7 1 0
No. 8 Northwestern 4 2 0 6 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0 4 4 0
Wisconsin 3 3 0 4 4 0
Iowa 2 3 0 4 4 0
Indiana 2 3 0 3 5 0
Purdue 1 4 0 2 6 0
Illinois 0 5 0 1 7 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Purdue Boilermakers football team was an American football team that represented Purdue University during the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. In their fourth season under head coach Mal Elward, the Boilermakers compiled a 2–6 record (1–4 record against conference opponents), finished in eighth place in the Big Ten Conference, and were outscored by opponents by a total of 106 to 96.[1][2]

Purdue was ranked at No. 29 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

  1. ^ "Purdue Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Archived from the original on December 5, 2015. Retrieved December 8, 2015.
  2. ^ "1940 Purdue Boilermakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.