1940 San Jose State Spartans football
CCAA champion
ConferenceCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association
Record11–1 (3–0 CCAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumSpartan Stadium
1940 California Collegiate Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
San Jose State $ 3 –0 –011 –1 –0
Fresno State 1 –1 –19 –2 –1
San Diego State 1 –1 –15 –3 –1
Santa Barbara State 0 –3 –05 –5 –0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 San Jose State Spartans football team represented San Jose State College[note 1] during the 1940 college football season.

San Jose State competed in the California Collegiate Athletic Association. The team was led by head coach Ben Winkelman, in his first year, and they played home games at Spartan Stadium in San Jose, California. They finished the season as champions of the CCAA, with a record of eleven wins and one loss (11–1, 3–0 CCAA). The Spartans dominated their opponents, scoring 263 points for the season while giving up only 62. In 10 of the 12 games, their opponents scored a touchdown or less, including four shutouts.

San Jose was ranked at No. 74 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Famed football coach Glenn Scobey "Pop" Warner was an advisory coach for the Spartans in 1939 and 1940, helping the team to a 24–1 record over the two seasons.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 16Texas A&I*
L 0–10
September 23Montana State*
W 34–04,000[2]
September 28at Utah State*
W 19–04,000
October 4at Willamette
W 21–0
October 11San Diego State
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 10–07,000[3]
October 18at San Francisco*
W 7–66,000[4][5]
October 25at Santa Barbara State
W 33–6
November 1at Loyola (CA)*
W 27–1210,000
November 8Pacific (CA)
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 28–712,000
November 16at Fresno State
W 14–712,276[6][7]
November 21South Dakota*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA (Prune Bowl)
W 40–76,000
November 29Nevada*
  • Spartan Stadium
  • San Jose, CA
W 30–7
  • *Non-conference game

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Team players in the NFL

The following San Jose State players were selected in the 1941 NFL draft.[9][10]

PlayerPositionRoundOverallNFL team
Deward TornellBack14130Washington Redskins
Morris BuckinghamCenter15140Washington Redskins

The following player ended his San Jose State career in 1940, was not drafted, but played in the NFL.

PlayerPositionNFL team
Bernie NygrenHalfback – Defensive back1946 Los Angeles Dons

Notes

  1. ↑ San Jose State University was known as San Jose State College from 1935 to 1971.
  2. ↑ This stadium is the predecessor to the current Maverik Stadium (Romney Stadium) that has served as the home of the Aggies since 1968

References

  1. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Brilliant Plays Bring Spartans 34 to 0 Victory". The Montana Standard. September 24, 1940. pp. 1, 8 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Charles Byrne (October 12, 1940). "San Jose Turns in 10-0 Victory Over San Diego". The San Diego Union. San Diego, California. p. 3-B.
  4. ↑ Avrum Stroll (October 19, 1940). "Wolves Start Howl As Dons Lose, 7 to 6". Oakland Tribune. pp. 10–11 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "San Jose Humbles San Francisco, 7-6". Santa Ana Register. October 19, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Ed W. Orman (November 17, 1940). "San Jose Beats Fresno State, 14 To 7". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 1C. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.Open access icon
  7. ↑ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
  8. ↑ "San Jose State 2016 Football Media Guide". Retrieved December 16, 2016.
  9. ↑ "1941 NFL Draft". Archived from the original on October 25, 2009. Retrieved December 7, 2016.
  10. ↑ "San Jose St. Players/Alumni". Retrieved December 16, 2016.


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