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1940 NC State Wolfpack football team

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1940 NC State Wolfpack football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record3–6 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadiumRiddick Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 0 0 6 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 0 7 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 0 7 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 1 6 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 0 6 4 0
Richmond 3 2 0 7 3 0
VMI 3 2 1 7 2 1
Furman 4 3 0 5 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 1 2 7 1
VPI 2 3 0 5 5 0
NC State 3 5 0 3 6 0
Maryland 0 1 1 2 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 0 3 6 0
Davidson 1 5 0 5 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 0 4 5 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Williams Newton, the team compiled a 3–6 record (3–5 against SoCon opponents) and was outscored by a total of 161 to 120.[1][2]

NC State was ranked at No. 83 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20vs. William & MaryW 16–017,000[4]
September 28DavidsonW 34–0[5]
October 5vs. ClemsonL 7–2614,500[6]
October 19North Carolina
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 7–1315,000[7]
October 26Mississippi State*
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 10–2610,000[8]
November 2Furman
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 6–2012,000[9]
November 9Wake Forest
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC (rivalry)
L 14–2010,000[10]
November 16at The CitadelW 20–143,500[11]
November 23at DukeL 6–4210,000[12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ "1940 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wolfpack Football 2019 NC State Media Guide" (PDF). North Carolina State University. 2019. p. 150. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Underdog N.C. State eleven upsets William and Mary, 16–0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 21, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dick Watts leads State to 34–0 win over Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. September 29, 1940. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Clemson Tigers rip State Wolfpack by 26 to 7". The Charlotte Observer. October 6, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Carolina noses out NC State in thriller". The State. October 20, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maroons take scoring race". The Chattanooga Times. October 27, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Purple Hurricane blows State off of gridiron". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wake Forest rallies to defeat NC State Wolfpack". The State. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Watts passes and runs State to 20–14 triumph". The Charlotte News. November 17, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Blue Devils Score Three Times in Each Half". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 24, 1940. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.