1940 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football team

1940 Middle Tennessee State Teachers Blue Raiders football
ConferenceSouthern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–4 (2–4 SIAA)
Head coach
Captains
  • Elbert Patty
  • Tommy Hudson
Home stadiumHorace Jones Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Newberry 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Murray State 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Wofford 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tampa 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Erskine 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Delta State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Middle Tennessee State Teachers football team represented the Middle Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as Middle Tennessee State University) as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. Led by Elwin W. Midgett in his first season as head coach, Middle Tennessee State Teachers compiled an overall record of 4–4 with a mark of 2–4 in conference play.[1] The team's captains were Elbert Patty and Tommy Hudson.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Jacksonville State
W 46–72,500[3]
October 4Austin Peay*
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 35–6
October 12at West Tennessee State Teachers
L 7–14
October 19Cumberland (TN)*
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 13–0
October 26at Western Kentucky State Teachers
L 0–13
November 7at Union (TN)
L 0–20[4][5]
November 162:00 p.m.Murray State
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
L 0–18[6][7]
November 282:00 p.m.Tennessee Techdagger
  • Horace Jones Field
  • Murfreesboro, TN
W 6–03,000[8][9]

References

  1. ^ "Football Standings". The Tampa Tribune. Tampa, Florida. December 2, 1940. p. 10. Retrieved September 23, 2020 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  2. ^ "Middle Tennessee Football 2021 Media Guide" (PDF). Murfreesboro, Tennessee: Middle Tennessee State University. 2021. p. 145. Retrieved January 4, 2022.
  3. ^ "Raiders roll in 46–7 rout". The Nashville Tennessean. September 28, 1940. Retrieved December 8, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Dogs Wind Up Home Campaign Tonight Against Blue Raiders". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 7, 1940. p. 8. Retrieved July 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. ^ "Union Ends Home Schedule With 13 to 0 Win Over Blue Raiders". The Jackson Sun. Jackson, Tennessee. November 8, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved July 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  6. ^ "Raiders To Encounter Murray At Jones Field". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. November 15, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved July 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  7. ^ Parrish, George (November 17, 1940). "Murray Gets Easy Victory Over Raiders". The Daily News Journal. Murfreesboro, Tennessee. pp. 1, 3. Retrieved July 25, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. ^ O'Donnell, Red (November 28, 1940). "Tech, Raiders Clash Today". The Nashville Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 13. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. ^ Griffith, Mooney (November 29, 1940). "State Teachers Victorious Over Tennessee Tech in Traditional Contest". The Nashville Tennessean. Nashville, Tennessee. p. 32. Retrieved July 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
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