- Source: 1940 Southeastern Conference football season
The 1940 Southeastern Conference football season was the eighth season of college football played by the member schools of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and was a part of the 1940 college football season. Tennessee compiled an 10–1 overall record, with a conference record of 5–0, and was SEC champion.
Results and team statistics
Key
AP final = Rankings from AP sports writers. See 1940 NCAA football rankings
PPG = Average of points scored per game
PAG = Average of points allowed per game
Schedule
= Week Zero
== Week One
== Week Two
== Week Three
== Week Four
== Week Five
== Week Six
== Week Seven
== Week Eight
== Week Nine
== Week Ten
== Week Eleven
== Postseason
=All-conference players
The following players were recognized as consensus first-team honors from the Associated Press (AP) and United Press (UP) on the 1940 All-SEC football team:
Buddy Elrod, End, Mississippi State (AP-1, INS, UP)
Holt Rast, End, Alabama (AP-1, INS, UP)
Abe Shires, Tackle, Tennessee (AP-1, INS, UP)
Bob Suffridge, Guard, Tennessee (AP-1, INS, UP)
Bob Gude, Center, Vanderbilt (AP-1, INS, UP)
Bob Foxx. Backfield, Tennessee (AP-1, INS, UP)
All-Americans
One SEC player was a consensus first-team pick on the 1940 College Football All-America Team:
Bob Suffridge, Guard, Tennessee (AAB, AP, CO, INS, LIB, NEA, NW, SN, UP)
Other SEC players receiving All-American honors from at least one selector were:
Buddy Elrod, End, Mississippi State (AP-1; LIB; CP-1; NYS-1; NEA-3)
Bob Ison, End, Georgia Tech (UP-3)
Holt Rast, End, Alabama (NEA-2; CP-4)
Abe Shires, Tackle, Tennessee (CP-3; NEA-3)
Hunter Cohern, Guard, Mississippi State (AP-2)
Ed Molinski, Guard, Tennessee (SN; UP-3; CP-3; NEA-2)
George Kinard, Guard, Ole Miss (CP-4)
John W. Goree, Guard, LSU (CP-4)
Bob Foxx, Halfback, Tennessee (AP-3; INS-2; CP-4)
Merle Hapes, Halfback, Ole Miss (UP-3; NEA-3)
Jimmy Nelson, Halfback, Alabama (CP-2)
Head coaches
Records through the completion of the 1940 season
1941 NFL draft
The following SEC players were selected in the 1941 NFL draft:
References
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- 1940 Southeastern Conference football season
- 1940 Tennessee Volunteers football team
- List of Georgia Bulldogs football seasons
- Southeastern Conference football individual awards
- 1939 Southeastern Conference football season
- List of Southeastern Conference champions
- Southeastern Conference
- Texas Longhorns football
- 1940 Alabama Crimson Tide football team
- 1940 Georgia Bulldogs football team
