1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team

1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football
KIAC champion
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record8–0 (1–0 KIAC, 1–0 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumHanger Stadium
1940 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Centre $ 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 1 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 2 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Murray State 0 – 1 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Newberry 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Murray State 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Wofford 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tampa 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Erskine 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Delta State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

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) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record with a mark of 1–0 in both KAIC and SIAA play, won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30.[1][2][3][4] It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history.[5]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Illinois State Normal*
W 20–0[6][7]
September 282:00 p.m.Arkansas A&M*
W 39–01,500[8][9][10]
October 52:00 p.m.Northern Illinois*dagger
  • Hanger Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 35–0[11][12]
October 198:00 p.m.at King*
W 31–7[13][14][15]
October 26Morehead State
W 27–133,500[16][17]
November 2Cumberland (TN)
  • Hanger Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 48–7[18]
November 9at Central Michigan*
W 25–0[19]
November 162:00 p.m.Bowling Green*
  • Hanger Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
W 48–0[20][21]

References

  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. ^ "Colonels Make Strong Bid For K.I.A.C. Crown". Danville Advocate-Messenger. Danville, Kentucky. December 2, 1940. p. 2. Retrieved July 27, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  3. ^ "Football Standings". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. December 2, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved September 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. ^ "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  5. ^ Eastern Kentucky Record Book, pp. 58, 84.
  6. ^ "East Kentucky Beats Illinois Normal 20 to 0". Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1940. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Maroons Play Arkansas Team". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. September 28, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Miller, James A. Jr. (September 29, 1940). "Eastern Romps To 39-0 Victory". Sunday Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 9. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  10. ^ Jones, Jimmy (September 29, 1940). "Eastern Has All the Fun In Arkansas Travelers 39 to 0". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 3, section 5. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  11. ^ "Homecoming At Eastern Today". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. October 5, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  12. ^ Miller, James A. Jr. (October 6, 1940). "Eastern's Maroons Roll Up 35-0 Win Over Indiana[sic] Team". Sunday Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 14. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  13. ^ Thompson, Gene (October 19, 1940). "King Tornado Battles Eastern Kentucky Here Tonight". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 2. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  14. ^ Thompson, Gene (October 20, 1940). "Eastern Kentucky Steamrollers King Tornado 31-7". Bristol Herald Courier. Bristol, Virginia. p. 6. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  15. ^ "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.
  16. ^ Jones, Jimmy (October 27, 1940). "'Hawg Rifle' Battle Goes to Maroons 27-13 Over Eagles". The Courier-Journal. Louisville, Kentucky. p. 2, section 5. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  17. ^ Miller, James A. Jr. (October 27, 1940). "Eastern's Maroons Overwhelm Morehead 27-13 In Battle For "Hawg Rifle"". Sunday Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. p. 14. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  18. ^ Miller, James A. Jr. (November 3, 1940). "Maroons Rout Cumberland". Sunday Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky. pp. 13, 15. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  19. ^ "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.
  20. ^ "Undefeated Eastern Hopes To Defeat Bowling Green Today". The Lexington Herald. Lexington, Kentucky. November 16, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved July 17, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  21. ^ "Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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