1940 Auburn Tigers football team explained

Year:	1940
Team:	Auburn Tigers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Southeastern Conference
Short Conf:	SEC
Record:	6–4–1
Conf Record:	3–2–1
Head Coach:	Jack Meagher
Hc Year:	7th
Stadium:	Auburn Stadium Legion Field Cramton Bowl

The 1940 Auburn Tigers football team represented Auburn University in the 1940 college football season. The Tigers' were led by head coach Jack Meagher in his seventh season and finished the season with a record of six wins, four losses and one tie (6–4–1 overall, 3–2–1 in the SEC).^[1]

Auburn was ranked at No. 31 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

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Notes and References

1. News: 1940 Auburn Tigers Schedule and Results. Sports Reference LLC. SR/College Football. September 30, 2023.
2. News: Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings. The Boston Globe. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. December 19, 1940. 22. Newspapers.com.
3. Web site: DeLassus . David . Coaching Records Game-by-game: John F. "Jack" Meagher, 1940 . College Football Data Warehouse . December 15, 2015 . December 22, 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151222073955/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/coaching/alltime_coach_game_by_game.php?coachid=1587&year=1940 . dead .
4. Web site: 1940 Auburn University Football Schedule. https://web.archive.org/web/20120901133612/http://www.auburntigers.com/sports/m-footbl/archive/aub-m-footbl-sched-1940.html. dead. September 1, 2012. Auburn University Athletics. December 15, 2015.