1940 Richmond Spiders football team

The 1940 Richmond Spiders football team was an American football team that represented the University of Richmond as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Glenn Thistlethwaite, Richmond compiled a 6–3 record, with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, finishing tied for fifth place in the SoCon.

1940 Richmond Spiders football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record6–3 (3–2 SoCon)
Head coach
CaptainHarold McVay
Home stadiumCity Stadium
1940 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Clemson $ 4 0 06 2 1
No. 18 Duke 4 1 07 2 0
Wake Forest 4 2 07 3 0
William & Mary 2 1 16 2 1
North Carolina 3 2 06 4 0
Richmond 3 2 07 3 0
VMI 3 2 17 2 1
Furman 4 3 05 4 0
Washington and Lee 1 1 12 7 1
VPI 2 3 05 5 0
NC State 3 5 03 6 0
Maryland 0 1 12 6 1
South Carolina 1 3 03 6 0
Davidson 1 5 05 5 0
The Citadel 0 4 04 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

Richmond was ranked at No. 128 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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