1940 Missouri Tigers football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = Missouri Tigers
| sport = football
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| conference = Big Six Conference
| short_conf = Big 6
| record = 6–3
| conf_record = 3–2
| head_coach = Don Faurot
| hc_year = 6th
| captain =
| stadium = Memorial Stadium
}}
{{1940 Big Six Conference football standings}}
The 1940 Missouri Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Missouri in the Big Six Conference (Big 6) during the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 6–3 record (3–2 against Big 6 opponents), finished in third place in the Big 6, and outscored all opponents by a combined total of 213 to 135. Don Faurot was the head coach for the sixth of 19 seasons.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/schools/missouri/1940-schedule.html|title=1940 Missouri Tigers Schedule and Results|publisher=Sports Reference LLC|work=SR/College Football|access-date=November 10, 2016}}{{cite web|title=2014 Mizzou Football Records Book|publisher=University of Missouri|page=40|access-date=March 23, 2019|url=http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|archive-date=September 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928041623/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/miss/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2014-15/misc_non_event/14-records-book.pdf|url-status=dead}}
The team's leading scorer was Harry Ice with 42 points.2014 Mizzou Football Records Book, p. 26.
Missouri was ranked at No. 37 (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}}
The team played its home games at Memorial Stadium in Columbia, Missouri.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 1940
| poll = AP
| attend = y
| source = y
|September 28||Saint Louis
|October 5|at|Pittsburgh
|October 12|at|Kansas State|Memorial Stadium|Manhattan, KS|W 24-13||
|October 19||Iowa State|Memorial Stadium|Columbia, MO (rivalry)|W 30-14|12,457|
|October 26|at|No. 18 Nebraska|Memorial Stadium|Lincoln, NE (rivalry)|L 7-20||{{cite news|title=20 and 7, just figures, but not to the stadium thousands|newspaper=|author=Barney Oldfield|date=October 27, 1940|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120946376/20-and-7-just-figures-but-not-to-the/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 2||NYU
|November 9|at|Colorado
|November 16|at|Oklahoma|Memorial Stadium|Norman, OK (rivalry)|L 0-7||
|November 21||Kansas|Memorial Stadium|Columbia, MO (rivalry)|W 45-20|17,000|{{cite news|title=Christman Flips Missouri To 45-20 Win Over Kansas|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=November 22, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29868141/christman_flips_missouri_to_4520_win/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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