1940 Virginia Cavaliers football team

1940 Virginia Cavaliers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–5
Head coach
CaptainLee McLaughlin[1]
Home stadiumScott Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons     9 0 0
No. 13 Georgetown     8 2 0
Navy     6 2 1
Delaware     5 3 0
East Carolina     5 3 0
Western Maryland     5 3 0
George Washington     5 3 1
Catholic University     4 3 1
West Virginia     4 4 1
Virginia     4 5 0
Georgia Teachers     3 5 0
Roanoke     2 6 0
Oklahoma City     1 7 3
William & Mary Norfolk     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia during the 1940 college football season. The Cavaliers were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Murray and played their home games at Scott Stadium in Charlottesville, Virginia. They competed as independents, finishing with a record of 4–5.

Virginia was ranked at No. 97 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

  1. ^ "2017 Cavalier Football Fact Book" (PDF). Virginia Cavaliers Athletics. p. 119. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 28, 2017. Retrieved June 22, 2018.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.

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