1940 Western State Teachers Broncos football team

The 1940 Western State Teachers Broncos football team represented Western State Teachers College (later renamed Western Michigan University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Mike Gary, the Broncos compiled a 2–5 record and were outscored by their opponents, 117 to 77. The team played its home games at Waldo Stadium in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

1940 Western State Teachers Broncos football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–5
Head coach
  • Mike Gary (12th season)
MVPHorace Coleman
CaptainWayne Falan, Harold Benge
Home stadiumWaldo Stadium
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wayne    4 1 3
Detroit    7 2 0
Notre Dame    7 2 0
Xavier    7 3 0
Ohio    5 2 2
Dayton    6 3 0
Cincinnati    5 3 1
Wichita    6 4 0
Central Michigan    4 3 1
Marquette    4 4 0
Michigan State    3 4 1
Ohio Wesleyan    2 4 3
Akron    2 5 2
Western State Teachers (MI)    2 5 0
Michigan State Normal    1 5 1
Miami (OH)    0 7 1

Guard Wayne Falan and guard/quarterback Harold Benge were the team captains. Halfback Horace Coleman received the team's most outstanding player award.

Western State was ranked at No. 267 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.