Year: | 1940 |
Team: | Richmond Spiders |
Sport: | football |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 6–3 |
Conf Record: | 3–2 |
Head Coach: | Glenn Thistlethwaite |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Captain: | Harold McVay |
Stadium: | City Stadium |
The 1940 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, Richmond compiled a 6–3 record, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, finishing tied for fifth place in the SoCon.[1]
Richmond was ranked at No. 128 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]