1940 Spring Hill Badgers football team

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1940 Spring Hill Badgers football
ConferenceDixie Conference
Record3–5 (1–3 Dixie)
Head coach
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 Spring Hill Badgers football team was an American football team that represented Spring Hill College as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their second year under head coach Andrew Edington, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

Schedule[edit]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Alabama*
L 0–267,500[1][2]
October 4Troy State*
  • Dorn Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
W 20–0[3]
October 12at Mississippi College
L 7–41[4]
October 18Southwestern Louisiana*
  • Dorn Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
W 13–7[5]
October 26at Mississippi Southern*
L 6–38[6]
November 8Millsaps
  • Dorn Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
W 16–0[7]
November 15Chattanooga
  • Dorn Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
L 6–34[8]
November 21at Howard (AL)
L 7–526,000[9]
  • *Non-conference game

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Tide battles Spring Hill in arc debut". The Birmingham News. September 27, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Alabama unleashes power to whip Spring Hill, 26–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. September 28, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Spring Hill aerials to victory over Troy, 20–0". The Montgomery Advertiser. October 5, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Fast Mississippi College Choctaws run roughshod over Spring Hill, 41–7". The Clarion-Ledger. October 13, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Spring Hill Badgers beat Southwestern for first victory". The Shreveport Times. October 20, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Spring Hill is swamped by Southern". The Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Majors bow before Hill squad, 16–0". The Clarion-Ledger. November 9, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Moccasins swamp Spring Hill Badgers for Dixie Conference victory". The Chattanooga Times. November 16, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Howard smothers Spring Hill, 52–7, as Tarrant and Taylor run wild". The Birmingham News. November 22, 1940. Retrieved August 24, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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