1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team explained

Year:	1940
Team:	Indiana Hoosiers
Sport:	football
Conference:	Big Ten Conference
Short Conf:	Big-10
Record:	3–5
Conf Record:	2–3
Head Coach:	Bo McMillin
Hc Year:	7th
Mvp:	Dwight Gahm
Captain:	William Smith
Stadium:	Memorial Stadium

The 1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season. The participated as members of the Big Ten Conference. The Hoosiers played their home games at Memorial Stadium in Bloomington, Indiana. The team was coached by Bo McMillin, in his seventh year as head coach of the Hoosiers.

Indiana was ranked at No. 26 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Schedule

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1941 NFL draftees

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
		6	49	Brooklyn Dodgers
		11	93	Pittsburgh Steelers
Harold Hursh		19	174	Cleveland Rams

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Notes and References

1. News: Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings. The Boston Globe. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. December 19, 1940. 22. Newspapers.com.
2. Web site: . 1940 Indiana Hoosiers Schedule and Results . College Football @ Sports-Reference.com . . December 31, 2023 .
3. Web site: . 1940 Football Schedule . . December 31, 2023 .
4. Web site: . Indiana Football 2023 Record Book . . 13 . December 31, 2023 .
5. Web site: 1941 NFL Draft. Pro Football Reference. November 10, 2015. October 25, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20091025130051/http://www.pro-football-reference.com/draft/1941.htm. dead.