1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football | |
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KIAC champion | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–0 (2–0 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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The 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College (now known as Eastern Kentucky University) as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record (2–0 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30. [1] [2] It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history. [3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | at Illinois State Normal* |
| W 20–0 | [4] [5] | |||
September 28 | Arkansas A&M* | Richmond, KY | W 39–0 | ||||
October 5 |
Northern Illinois*![]() | Richmond, KY | W 35–0 | ||||
October 19 | at King College* | Bristol, TN | W 31–7 | [6] | |||
October 26 | Morehead State | Richmond, KY | W 27–13 | ||||
November 2 | at Cumberland | W 48–7 | |||||
November 9 | at Central Michigan* |
| W 25–0 | [7] | |||
November 16 | Bowling Green* | Richmond, KY | W 48-0 | [8] | |||
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1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football | |
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KIAC champion | |
Conference | Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
Record | 8–0 (2–0 KIAC) |
Head coach |
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The 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College (now known as Eastern Kentucky University) as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record (2–0 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30. [1] [2] It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history. [3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 21 | at Illinois State Normal* |
| W 20–0 | [4] [5] | |||
September 28 | Arkansas A&M* | Richmond, KY | W 39–0 | ||||
October 5 |
Northern Illinois*![]() | Richmond, KY | W 35–0 | ||||
October 19 | at King College* | Bristol, TN | W 31–7 | [6] | |||
October 26 | Morehead State | Richmond, KY | W 27–13 | ||||
November 2 | at Cumberland | W 48–7 | |||||
November 9 | at Central Michigan* |
| W 25–0 | [7] | |||
November 16 | Bowling Green* | Richmond, KY | W 48-0 | [8] | |||
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