1940 Wyoming Cowboys football team

1940 Wyoming Cowboys football
ConferenceMountain States Conference
Record1–7–1 (0–5–1 MSC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumCorbett Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Mountain States Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Utah $ 5 1 0 7 2 0
Denver 4 1 1 6 2 1
Colorado 4 1 1 5 3 1
BYU 2 3 1 2 4 2
Colorado A&M 1 3 2 3 4 2
Utah State 2 4 0 2 5 1
Wyoming 0 5 1 1 7 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Okie Blanchard, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record (0–5–1 against MSC opponents) and was outscored by a total of 190 to 32.[1][2]

Wyoming was ranked at No. 300 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

  1. ^ "1940 Wyoming Cowboys Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  2. ^ "2018 Wyoming Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of Wyoming. 2018. p. 211. Retrieved January 15, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.