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The 1940 Wyoming Cowboys football team represented the University of Wyoming in the Mountain States Conference (MSC) during the 1940 college football season. In its first and only season under head coach Okie Blanchard, the team compiled a 1–7–1 record (0–5–1 against MSC opponents), finished last in the conference, and was outscored by a total of 190 to 32.[1][2]
1940 Wyoming Cowboys football | |
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Conference | Mountain States Conference |
Record | 1–7–1 (0–5–1 MSC) |
Head coach |
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Captain | None |
Home stadium | Corbett Field |
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Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah $ | 5 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Denver | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado | 4 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 5 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colorado A&M | 1 | – | 3 | – | 2 | 3 | – | 4 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah State | 2 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 0 | – | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wyoming was ranked at No. 300 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 28 | New Mexico* | W 7–3 | 4,500 | [4] | |||
October 5 | Colorado A&M |
| T 0–0 | ||||
October 12 | at BYU | Provo, UT | L 0–20 | ||||
October 19 | at Denver | L 9–41 | 11,000 | [5] | |||
October 26 | at Colorado | L 0–62 | |||||
November 2 | Chadron State* |
| L 9–12 | ||||
November 9 | Utah |
| L 7–34 | ||||
November 16 | at Wichita* | Wichita, KS | L 0–2 | 4,500 | [6] | ||
November 21 | at Utah State | L 0–16 | 600 | [7] | |||
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