1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team
| 1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football | |
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| Conference | North Central Conference |
| Record | 5–4 (4–1 NCC) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers $ | 5 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 8 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 4 | – | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota | 2 | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Dakota State | 2 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 4 | – | 3 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omaha | 1 | – | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota Agricultural | 0 | – | 5 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 8 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 1940 North Dakota Fighting Sioux football team, also known as the Nodaks, was an American football team that represented the University of North Dakota in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th year under head coach Charles A. West, the team compiled a 5–4 record (4–1 against NCC opponents), finished in second place out of seven teams in the NCC, and was outscored by a total of 110 to 102.[1]
North Dakota was ranked at No. 196 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]
Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 20 | St. Thomas (MN)* | W 20–6 | ||
| September 28 | at Texas Mines* | L 6–20 | [3] | |
| October 4 | Iowa State Teachers |
| W 0–15 | |
| October 12 | St. Mary's (TX)* |
| W 15–7 | |
| October 18 | South Dakota State* |
| W 6–0 | |
| October 26 | at North Dakota Agricultural | W 24–0 | [4] | |
| November 9 | South Dakota |
| W 13–0 | |
| November 16 | Bradley* |
| W 6–32 | |
| November 23 | at Arizona State* | L 12–30 | [5] | |
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References
- ^ "2019 North Dakota Football Media Guide" (PDF). University of North Dakota. 2019. p. 176.
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Texas Mines defeats Sioux". The Minneapolis Sunday Tribune. September 29, 1940. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sioux crush Bison, 24–0". The Bismarck Tribune. October 27, 1940. Retrieved October 10, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Tempe Teachers overwhelm Sioux, 30–12, in grid final". Grand Forks Herald. November 24, 1940. Retrieved April 3, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.