1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = Iowa State Teachers Panthers
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = North Central Conference
| short_conf = NCC
| record = 8–1
| conf_record = 5–0
| head_coach = Clyde Starbeck
| hc_year = 5th
| captain =
| stadium = O. R. Latham Stadium
| champion = NCC champion
}}
{{1940 North Central Conference football standings}}
The 1940 Iowa State Teachers Panthers football team represented Iowa State Teachers College in the North Central Conference during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Clyde Starbeck, the team compiled an 8–1 record (5–0 against NCC opponents) and won the conference championship. After losing its season opener against Creighton, the team won its final eight games.{{cite web|title=2019 Northern Iowas Football Media Guide|publisher=University of Northern Iowa|year=2019|page=107|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/uni.sidearmsports.com/documents/2019/8/22/UNI_Media_Guide_2019.pdf}}
Iowa State Teachers was ranked at No. 182 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 28||Creighton
|October 4|at|North Dakota| Memorial Stadium|Grand Forks, ND|W 15-0||
|October 11|at|North Dakota Agricultural|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|W 13-7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86830584/bison-bow-to-teachers-137/|work=Sioux City Journal|title=Bison bow to Teachers, 13–7|date=October 12, 1940|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 19|at|Western State Teachers
|October 26||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Pittsburg State Gorillas|title=Pittsburg State}}
|November 2||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}|O. R. Latham Stadium|Cedar Falls, IA|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Tutors Click in Fourth Quarter to Quell Monringside, 13-0|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=November 3, 1940|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54833444/tutors-click-in-fourth-quarter-to-quell/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 9||South Dakota State|O. R. Latham Stadium|Cedar Falls, IA|W 12-2||{{cite news|title=Teachers Rap South Dakota State, 12-2, to Clinch Title|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=November 10, 1940|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54833215/teachers-rap-south-dakota-state-12-2/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 16|at|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}||Omaha, NE|W 27-7||{{cite news|title=Iowa Teachers Wallop Omaha|newspaper=The Des Moines Register|date=November 17, 1940|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54833019/iowa-teachers-wallop-omaha/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 23||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Simpson Redmen|title=Simpson (IA)}}
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