1940 Mercer Bears football team

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1940 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceDixie Conference
Record1–7 (0–3 Dixie)
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Chattanooga + 3 – 0 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Mississippi College + 3 – 0 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Howard (AL) 4 – 1 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Spring Hill 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Southwestern (TN) 0 – 1 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Millsaps 0 – 3 – 0 4 – 4 – 1
Mercer 0 – 3 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1940 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Lake Russell, the team compiled a 1–7 record.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Tennessee*
L 0–4920,000[1]
October 5at Alabama*
L 0–206,000[2]
October 19at LSU*
L 0–2010,000[3]
October 26Erskine*
W 45–01,000[4]
November 1vs. Presbyterian*Albany, GAL 2–3[5]
November 9Mississippi Collegedagger
  • Centennial Stadium
  • Macon, GA
L 6–262,500[6]
November 15Howard (AL)
  • Centennial Stadium
  • Macon, GA
L 6–14[7]
November 28at Chattanooga
L 6–205,000[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

References

  1. ^ "Vols prep for Duke, maul Mercer". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. September 29, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "37 Tiders out-sweat Mercer Bears, 20 to 0". The Tuscaloosa News. Google News Archives. October 6, 1940. p. 7. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
  3. ^ "Louisiana State overpowers Mercer College, 20 to 0". Monroe Morning World. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Mercer rolls over undermanned Erskine eleven". The State. October 27, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Sutton's field goal gives PC 3–2 win over Mercer". The State. November 2, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Choctaws crush Mercer with brilliant running of Clinton grid stars". The Clarion-Ledger. November 10, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Howard beats Bears, 14 to 6, with passing". The Atlanta Constitution. November 16, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "U.C. marches to Dixie loop title, 20–6". The Chattanooga Times. November 29, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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