1940 San Diego Marines Devil Dogs football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
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{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = San Diego Marines Devil Dogs
| sport = football
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| conference = Independent
| record = 8–1
| head_coach = Elmer Hall
| hc_year = 2nd
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{{1940 Western college football independents records}}
The 1940 San Diego Marine Devil Dogs football team was an American football team that represented the United States Marines Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Playing against college football teams from California, Oregon, and Montana, the Devil Dogs compiled an 8–1 record, shut out four of nine opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 185 to 47. The team's only loss was to Oregon. Lieutenant Colonel Elmer Hall, who had previously played college football for Oregon, returned for a second year as the Devil Dogs' head football coach.
At the end of the season, the San Diego Marines were ranked at No. 84 (out of 697 teams) in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score rankings 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
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|September 27|at|Oregon|Hayward Field|Eugene, OR|L 2-12|4,500|{{cite news|title=Oliver's Oregon Ducks Down San Diego Devildogs: Oregon's Win First Game, 12-2|newspaper=The Register-Guard|date=September 28, 1940|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123254132/olivers-oregon-ducks-down-san-diego/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 5||Redlands||San Diego, CA|W 13-0||{{cite news|title=Redlands Bows To Marines in 13-0 Contest|newspaper=The San Bernardino Daily Sun|date=October 6, 1940|page=18|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123254403/redlands-bows-to-marines-in-13-0-contest/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 12||Pomona||San Diego, CA|W 47-0|6,000|{{cite news|title=Marines Trounce Pomona College By 47-0 Score|newspaper=The Progress-Bulletin|author=Bob Moore|date=October 14, 1940|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120677511/marines-trounce-pomona-college-by-47-0/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 18|at|{{cfb link|year=1939|team=Willamette Bearcats|title=Willamette}}|Sweetland Field|Salem, OR|W 7-6|3,500|{{cite news|title=Willamette Plays Well but Loses to Marines 7 to 6|newspaper=The Capital Journal|date=October 19, 1940|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123254042/willamette-plays-well-but-loses-to/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 2||Santa Barbara State|Balboa Stadium|San Diego, CA|W 19-0||{{cite news|title=Gauchos Fall Before San Diego Marines, 19-0|newspaper=The Santa Barbara News-Press|author=Walt Bradbury|date=November 3, 1940|page=8|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123254233/gauchos-fall-before-san-diego-marines/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 8||San Diego State|Balboa Stadium|San Diego, CA|W 20-6|12,000|{{cite news|title=Devil Dogs Turn in 20-6 Victory Over San Diego State|newspaper=The San Diego Union|location=San Diego, California|author=Ken Bojens|date=November 9, 1940|page=3-B}}
|November 15||Montana||San Diego, CA|W 38-20||{{cite news|title=Marines Defeat Montana Eleven In Night Clash: Pile Up Big Margin in Opening Periods, Win by 38 to 20|newspaper=The Daily Missoulian|date=November 16, 1940|page=6|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123254328/marines-defeat-montana-eleven-in-night/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 22||Whittier||San Diego, CA|W 33-0||{{cite news|title=San Diego Marines Smother Whittier|newspaper=The Fresno Bee|date=November 22, 1940|page=|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/120684439/san-diego-marines-smother-whittier/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|December 5||Pacific (CA)||San Diego, CA|W 6-3|12,000|{{cite news|title=Pacific Loses Hot One to Marines|newspaper=Stockton Record|date=December 6, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123253962/pacific-loses-hot-one-to-marines/|via=Newspapers.com}}
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