1940 San Francisco Dons football team

1940 San Francisco Dons football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–6–1
Head coach
Home stadiumKezar Stadium
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 San Francisco Dons football team was an American football team that represented the University of San Francisco as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach George Malley, the Dons compiled a 1–6–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 125 to 73.[1]

San Francisco was ranked at No. 89 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ "1940 San Francisco Dons Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved August 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.