1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team

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1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football
KIAC champion
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (2–0 KIAC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →

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]

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Illinois State Normal*
W 20–0[4][5]
September 28Arkansas A&M*Richmond, KYW 39–0
October 5Northern Illinois*daggerRichmond, KYW 35–0
October 19at King College*Bristol, TNW 31–7[6]
October 26Morehead StateRichmond, KYW 27–13
November 2at CumberlandW 48–7
November 9at Central Michigan*
W 25–0[7]
November 16Bowling Green*Richmond, KYW 48-0[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Meet The Champs; Eastern Ends Season Unbeaten And Untied". The Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. November 16, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. ^ Eastern Kentucky Record Book, pp. 58, 84.
  4. ^ "East Kentucky Beats Illinois Normal 20 to 0". Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1940. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Fred Young (September 22, 1940). "Eastern Kentucky Bowls Over Red Birds in Opener, 20-0: Maroons Prove Too Advanced For Normal Team". The Pantagraph. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "King College Loses 31 to 7: Eastern Kentucky Scores in Every Quarter To Win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 20, 1940. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Eastern Is Kentucky's Only Unbeaten Team After Tigers Trounce Union: Wildcats Make Great Comeback; Maroons Capture Seventh In Row". The Lexington Herald. November 11, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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