1940 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

1940 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football
MVC champion
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record7–3 (4–0 MVC)
Head coach
Home stadiumSkelly Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Missouri Valley Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Tulsa $ 4 0 0 7 3 0
Oklahoma A&M 4 1 0 6 3 1
Creighton 2 2 0 6 2 2
Drake 2 2 0 4 5 0
Saint Louis 2 3 0 3 6 0
Washington University 1 3 0 3 6 0
Washburn 0 4 0 4 6 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Chet Benefiel, the Golden Hurricane compiled a 7–3 record (4–0 against conference opponents) and won the Missouri Valley Conference championship.[1]

Tulsa was ranked at No. 50 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ "1940 Tulsa Golden Hurricane Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 27, 2016.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.