1940 Oregon Ducks football team

1940 Oregon Ducks football
ConferencePacific Coast Conference
Record4–4–1 (3–4–1 PCC)
Head coach
CaptainNone
Home stadiumHayward Field, Multnomah Stadium
1940 Pacific Coast Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 2 Stanford $ 7 – 0 – 0 10 – 0 – 0
No. 10 Washington 7 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Oregon State 4 – 3 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Washington State 3 – 4 – 2 4 – 4 – 2
Oregon 3 – 4 – 1 4 – 4 – 1
California 3 – 4 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
USC 2 – 3 – 2 3 – 4 – 2
Montana 1 – 2 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
UCLA 1 – 6 – 0 1 – 9 – 0
Idaho 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Oregon Ducks football team represented the University of Oregon ass a member of the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Tex Oliver, the Ducks compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–4–1 in PCC, fifth), and outscored their opponents, 100 to 58.

Oregon was ranked at No. 32 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Three home games were played on campus at Hayward Field in Eugene and one at Multnomah Stadium in Portland.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27San Diego Marines*
W 12–24,500[2]
October 5at Stanford
L 0–1320,000[3]
October 12Washington
L 0–1031,000[4]
October 19at No. 17 USC
L 0–1335,000[5]
October 26at Washington State
T 6–66,500[6]
November 2Montana
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 38–04,500[7]
November 9UCLA
  • Hayward Field
  • Eugene, OR
W 18–07,500[8]
November 16at California
L 6–14[9]
November 30at Oregon State
W 20–018,000[10]

References

  1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Oliver's Oregon Ducks Down San Diego Devildogs: Oregon's Win First Game, 12–2". The Register-Guard. September 28, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Tricky Stanford beats Oregon U: Razzle-dazzle football wins 13–0 victory". Santa Barbara News-Press. Associated Press. October 6, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Huskies Trim Oregon 10 to 0; Pass Interception Turning Point". Medford Mail Tribune. October 13, 1940. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Troy beats Webfooters down, 13–0". The Oregon Daily Journal. October 20, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Oregon rallies to tie Staters in last period". The Bellingham Herald. October 27, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Oregon gets first win, 38–0". San Bernardino County Sun. Associated Press. November 3, 1940. p. 17. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ Wolf, Al (November 10, 1940). "Webfoots take bruin team, 18–0". Los Angeles Times. ProQuest 165146607. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
  9. ^ "Jurkovich paces Bears to 14–6 triumph over Oregon". Oakland Tribune. November 17, 1940. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Underdog Ducks trims OSC 20–0 at homecoming: Beaver winning string is snapped". Medford Mail-Tribune. Associated Press. December 1, 1940. p. 2. Retrieved January 13, 2026 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "1940 Oregon Ducks Schedule and Results". College Football @ Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  12. ^ "1940 Football Schedule". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
  13. ^ "2023 Oregon Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Oregon Athletics. p. 51. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
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