1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team

1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football
ConferenceNorth Central Conference
Record5–4 (4–1 NCC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 North Central Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Iowa State Teachers $ 5 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
North Dakota 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
South Dakota 2 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 0
Morningside 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 2 – 2
South Dakota State 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Omaha 1 – 3 – 1 2 – 3 – 2
North Dakota Agricultural 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 110 to 102.[1]

North Dakota was ranked at No. 196 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
September 20St. Thomas (MN)*
W 20–6
September 28at Texas Mines*
L 6–20
October 4Iowa State Teachers
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 0–15
October 12St. Mary's (TX)*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 15–7
October 18South Dakota State*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 6–0
October 26at North Dakota Agricultural
W 24–0
November 9South Dakota
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 13–0
November 16Bradley*
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Grand Forks, ND
W 6–32
November 23at Arizona State*
L 12–30
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.