Year: | 1940 |
Team: | Washington and Lee Generals |
Conference: | Southern Conference |
Short Conf: | SoCon |
Record: | 2–7–1 |
Conf Record: | 1–1–1 |
Head Coach: | Warren E. Tilson |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Stadium: | Wilson Field |
The 1940 Washington and Lee Generals football team was an American football team that represented Washington and Lee University during the 1940 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their eighth year under head coach Warren E. Tilson, the team compiled an overall record of 2–7–1, with a mark of 1–1–1 in conference play.[1]
Washington and Lee was ranked at No. 175 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]