1940 San Francisco State Staters football team

1940 San Francisco State Staters football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumRoberts Field
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 State States football team represented San Francisco State College—now known as San Francisco State University—as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Led by second-year head coach Dick Boyle, San Francisco State compiled a record of 3–5 and was outscored by its opponents 139 to 73. The team played home games at Roberts Field in San Francisco. Although the "Gator" was voted to be the mascot for the team in 1931, local newspaper articles called the team the "Staters" from 1935 through 1940.

San Francisco State was ranked at No. 529 (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.