1940 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = North Dakota Agricultural Bison
| sport = football
| image =
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| conference = North Central Conference
| short_conf = NCC
| record = 1–8
| conf_record = 0–5
| head_coach = Casey Finnegan
| hc_year = 12th
| captain = Don Johnston
| stadium = Dacotah Field
}}
{{1940 North Central Conference football standings}}
The 1940 North Dakota Agricultural Bison football team was an American football team that represented North Dakota Agricultural College (now known as North Dakota State University) in the North Central Conference (NCC) during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Casey Finnegan, the team compiled a 1–8 record (0–5 against NCC opponents) and finished in seventh place out of seven teams in the NCC.{{cite web|title=2013 Bison Football Media Guide|publisher=North Dakota State University|page=157|url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gobison.sidearmsports.com/documents/2013/9/13/NDSUFBGuide2013Pg151-160.pdf|accessdate=July 31, 2020}}
North Dakota Agricultural was ranked at No. 396 (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 Dacotah Field in Fargo, North Dakota.
Schedule
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|September 20||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Moorhead State Dragons|title=Moorhead State}}
|September 28||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Carleton Knights|title=Carleton}}
|October 5|at|Montana State
|October 11||Iowa State Teachers|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND|L 7–13||{{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|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Omaha Indians|title=Omaha}}|Saratoga Field|Omaha, NE|L 7–14|3,000|{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86830816/omaha-u-rallies-to-beat-nodak-state-14/|work=The Nebraska State Journal|title=Omaha U. rallies to beat Nodak State, 14–7|date=October 20, 1940|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 26||North Dakota|Dacotah Field|Fargo, ND (Nickel Trophy)|L 0–24||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86830989/sioux-crush-bison-240/|work=The Bismarck Tribune|title=Sioux crush Bison, 24–0|date=October 27, 1940|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 1|at|South Dakota State|State Field|Brookings, SD (rivalry)|L 0–7||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86831694/long-gain-on-pass-wins-for-state-over-bi/|work=Argus-Leader|title=Long gain on pass wins for State over Bison 7–0|date=November 2, 1940|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 9|at|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Morningside Maroons|title=Morningside}}||Sioux City, IA|L 13–21||{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/86831810/bison-beaten-by-maroons/|work=The Des Moines Register|title=Bison beaten by Maroons|date=November 10, 1940|accessdate=October 10, 2021|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22|at|Wichita
}}
References
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