1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team
| 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football | |
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KIAC champion | |
| Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| Record | 8–0 (2–0 KIAC) |
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The 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College (now known as Eastern Kentucky University) as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record (2–0 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30.[1][2] It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history.[3]
Schedule
[edit]| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 21 | at Illinois State Normal* |
| W 20–0 | [4][5] | |||
| September 28 | Arkansas A&M* | Richmond, KY | W 39–0 | ||||
| October 5 | Northern Illinois* | Richmond, KY | W 35–0 | ||||
| October 19 | at King College* | Bristol, TN | W 31–7 | [6] | |||
| October 26 | Morehead State | Richmond, KY | W 27–13 | ||||
| November 2 | at Cumberland | W 48–7 | |||||
| November 9 | at Central Michigan* |
| W 25–0 | [7] | |||
| November 16 | Bowling Green* | Richmond, KY | W 48-0 | [8] | |||
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References
[edit]- ^ "Meet The Champs; Eastern Ends Season Unbeaten And Untied". The Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. November 16, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
- ^ Eastern Kentucky Record Book, pp. 58, 84.
- ^ "East Kentucky Beats Illinois Normal 20 to 0". Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1940. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Fred Young (September 22, 1940). "Eastern Kentucky Bowls Over Red Birds in Opener, 20-0: Maroons Prove Too Advanced For Normal Team". The Pantagraph. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "King College Loses 31 to 7: Eastern Kentucky Scores in Every Quarter To Win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 20, 1940. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eastern Is Kentucky's Only Unbeaten Team After Tigers Trounce Union: Wildcats Make Great Comeback; Maroons Capture Seventh In Row". The Lexington Herald. November 11, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.