1940 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

1940 Big Ten Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
No. 1 Minnesota $	6	–	0	–	0	8	–	0	–	0
No. 3 Michigan	3	–	1	–	0	7	–	1	–	0
No. 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 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season.

Iowa was ranked at No. 25 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	South Dakota*		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 46–0
October 12	Wisconsin		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	W 30–12
October 19	at Indiana	No. 20	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IA	L 6–10
October 26	at No. 6 Minnesota		Memorial Stadium Minneapolis, MN (rivalry)	L 6–34	62,992	^[2]
November 2	Purdue		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	L 6–21	40,000	^[3]
November 9	at No. 12 Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE (rivalry)	L 6–14		^[4]
November 16	at No. 7 Notre Dame*		Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	W 7–0	45,960
November 23	Illinois		Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 18–7	19,759	^[5]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Charles Johnson (October 27, 1940). "Gophers Rip Iowa, 34-6". Minneapolis Star Journal. pp. Peach 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bert McGrane (November 3, 1940). "Purdue Rolls Over Iowa, 21-6: Hawks Lack Punch". Des Moines Sunday Register. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Huskers hand Iowa 14 to 6 thumping". The Nebraska State Journal. November 10, 1940. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Bert McGrane (November 24, 1940). "Iowa Whips Illinois, 18-7". The Des Moines Register. pp. Sports 1, 6 – via Newspapers.com.

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