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{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 1940
| team = Appalachian State Mountaineers
| sport = football
| image =
| image_size =
| conference = [[Conference Carolinas|North State Conference]]
| short_conf = NSC
| record = 6–4
| conf_record = 2–2
| head_coach = [[R. W. "Red" Watkins]]
| hc_year = 1st
| captain =
| stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
}}
{{1940 North State Conference football standings}}
The '''1940 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team''' was an [[American football]] team that represented Appalachian State Teachers College (now known as [[Appalachian State University]]) as a member of the [[North State Conference]] during the [[1940 college football season]]. In their first year under head coach [[R. W. "Red" Watkins]], the Mountaineers compiled an overall record of 6–4, with a mark of 2–2 in conference play, and finished 4th in the NSC.

Appalachian was ranked at No. 279 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the [[Litkenhous Ratings|Litkenhous Difference by Score]] system for 1940.<ref>{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

==Schedule==
{{CFB schedule

|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 14
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1940 Tampa Spartans football team|Tampa]]
| site_stadium = [[College Field (North Carolina)|College Field]]
| site_cityst = [[Boone, North Carolina|Boone, NC]]
| score = 13–6
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90194530/spartans-lose-136-battle-to-appalachian/|work=The Tampa Tribune|title=Spartans lose 13–6 battle to Appalachian|date=September 15, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 21
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1940 North Carolina Tar Heels football team|North Carolina]]
| site_stadium = [[Kenan Memorial Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Chapel Hill, North Carolina|Chapel Hill, NC]]
| score = 6–56
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90194664/carolina-defeats-appalachian-566/|work=The News and Observer|title=Carolina defeats Appalachian, 56–6|date=September 22, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 28
| w/l = w
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Carson–Newman Eagles|title=Carson–Newman}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Jefferson City, Tennessee|Jefferson City, TN]]
| score = 23–6
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90194930/eagles-lose-night-battle/|work=The Knoxville News-Sentinel|title=Eagles lose night battle|date=September 29, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 5
| w/l = l
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Elon Fightin' Christians|title=Elon}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 0–7
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90195105/long-dash-brings-triumph-to-elon/|work=The News and Observer|title=Long dash brings triumph to Elon|date=October 6, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 11
| w/l = w
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Western Carolina Catamounts|title=Western Carolina}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Cullowhee, North Carolina|Cullowhee, NC]]
| score = 40–8
| gamename = [[Battle for the Old Mountain Jug|rivalry]]
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90195277/mountaineers-in-40-to-8-victory-over-cat/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Mountaineers in 40 to 8 victory over Catamounts|date=October 13, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 19
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Newberry Indians|title=Newberry}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 9–7
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90195388/field-goal-gives-appalachian-win-over-ne/|work=The State|title=Field goal gives Appalachian win over Newberry|date=October 20, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 25
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=King Tornado|title=King}}
| site_stadium = College Field
| site_cityst = Boone, NC
| score = 28–3
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90195525/king-tornado-beaten-283-by-powerful-app/|work=The Bristol Herald Courier|title=King Tornado beaten 28–3 by powerful Appalachian|date=October 26, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 2
| w/l = l
| away = y
| nonconf = y
| opponent = [[1940 Rollins Tars football team|Rollins]]
| site_stadium = [[Camping World Stadium|Orlando Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Orlando, Florida|Orlando, FL]]
| score = 0–30
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90195744/currys-brilliant-running-in-fourth-quar/|work=The Sunday Sentinel-Star|title=Curry's brilliant running in fourth quarter shines as Rollins crushes Appalachian, 30–0|date=November 3, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 8
| w/l = l
| away = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Lenoir Rhyne Bears|title=Lenoir Rhyne}}
| site_stadium = [[Moretz Stadium]]
| site_cityst = [[Hickory, North Carolina|Hickory, NC]]
| score = 9–13
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90196037/bears-topple-appalachian-139/|work=Asheville Citizen-Times|title=Bears topple Appalachian, 13–9|date=November 9, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 15
| w/l = w
| neutral = y
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Guilford Quakers|title=Guilford}}
| site_stadium =
| site_cityst = [[Morganton, North Carolina|Morganton, NC]]
| score = 28–0
| source = <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/90196204/appalachian-turns-in-victory-over-guilfo/|work=The News and Observer|title=Appalachian turns in victory over Guilford|date=November 16, 1940|accessdate=December 7, 2021|via=[[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
}}
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Appalachian State Mountaineers football navbox}}

[[Category:1940 North State Conference football season|Appalachian State]]
[[Category:Appalachian State Mountaineers football seasons]]
[[Category:1940 in sports in North Carolina|Appalachian State Mountaineers football]]

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