1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team

1940 Indiana Hoosiers football
Conference Big Ten Conference
1940 record 3–5 (2–3 Big Ten)
Head coach Bo McMillin
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
1940 Big Ten football standings
Conf     Overall
Team W   L   T     W   L   T
#1 Minnesota $ 6 0 0     8 0 0
#3 Michigan 3 1 0     7 1 0
#8 Northwestern 4 2 0     6 2 0
Ohio State 3 3 0     4 4 0
Wisconsin 3 3 0     4 4 0
Iowa 2 3 0     4 4 0
Indiana 2 3 0     3 5 0
Purdue 1 4 0     2 6 0
Illinois 0 5 0     1 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Indiana Hoosiers football team represented the Indiana Hoosiers in the 1940 college 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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
October 5 Texas* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN L 6–13   -
October 12 at Nebraska* Memorial StadiumLincoln, NE L 7–13   -
October 19 No. 20 Iowa Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN W 10–6   -
October 26 at No. 7 Northwestern Dyche StadiumEvanston, IL L 7–20   -
November 2 at Ohio State Ohio StadiumColumbus, OH L 6–21   56,667
November 9 Michigan State* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN (Old Brass Spittoon) W 20–0   -
November 16 at Wisconsin Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI L 10–27   -
November 23 at Purdue Ross-Ade StadiumWest Lafayette, IN (Old Oaken Bucket) W 3–0   -
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from AP Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

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1941 NFL draftees

Player Position Round Pick NFL Club
Eddie Rucinski End 6 49 Brooklyn Dodgers
Emil Uremovich Tackle 11 93 Pittsburgh Steelers
Harold Hursh Back 19 174 Cleveland Rams

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References

  1. "1940 Football Schedule". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
  2. "1941 NFL Draft". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved November 10, 2015.


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