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1940 NC State Wolfpack football
Conference Southern Conference
Record3–6 (3–5 SoCon)
Head coach
Home stadium Riddick Stadium
Seasons
←  1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Clemson $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
No. 18 Duke 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wake Forest 4 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
William & Mary 2 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
North Carolina 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Richmond 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
VMI 3 – 2 – 1 7 – 2 – 1
Furman 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Washington and Lee 1 – 1 – 1 2 – 7 – 1
VPI 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
NC State 3 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Maryland 0 – 1 – 1 2 – 6 – 1
South Carolina 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Davidson 1 – 5 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
The Citadel 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 NC State Wolfpack football team was an American football team that represented North Carolina State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth season under head coach Williams Newton, the team compiled a 3–6 record (3–5 against SoCon opponents) and was outscored by a total of 161 to 120. [1] [2]

NC State was ranked at No. 83 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. [3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20vs. William & Mary
W 16–017,000 [4]
September 28 Davidson
W 34–0 [5]
October 5vs. Clemson
L 7–2614,500 [6]
October 19 North Carolina
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC ( rivalry)
L 7–1315,000 [7]
October 26 Mississippi State*
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 10–2610,000 [8]
November 2 Furman
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC
L 6–2012,000 [9]
November 9 Wake Forest
  • Riddick Stadium
  • Raleigh, NC ( rivalry)
L 14–2010,000 [10]
November 16at The Citadel
W 20–143,500 [11]
November 23at Duke
L 6–4210,000 [12]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. ^ "1940 North Carolina State Wolfpack Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  2. ^ "Wolfpack Football 2019 NC State Media Guide" (PDF). North Carolina State University. 2019. p. 150. Retrieved November 17, 2019.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Underdog N.C. State eleven upsets William and Mary, 16–0". Richmond Times-Dispatch. September 21, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Dick Watts leads State to 34–0 win over Davidson". The Charlotte Observer. September 29, 1940. Retrieved September 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Clemson Tigers rip State Wolfpack by 26 to 7". The Charlotte Observer. October 6, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "North Carolina noses out NC State in thriller". The State. October 20, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Maroons take scoring race". The Chattanooga Times. October 27, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Purple Hurricane blows State off of gridiron". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 11, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wake Forest rallies to defeat NC State Wolfpack". The State. November 10, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Watts passes and runs State to 20–14 triumph". The Charlotte News. November 17, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Blue Devils Score Three Times in Each Half". The Durham Herald-Sun. November 24, 1940. p. IV-1 – via Newspapers.com.
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