1940 Central Michigan Bearcats football team

American college football season February 2026 August 2023 1940 Central Michigan Bearcats football Independent 4–3–1 Ron Finch 4th Alumni Field The 1940 Central Michigan Bearcats football team represented Central Michigan College of Education, later renamed Central Michigan University, as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth season under head coach Ron Finch, the Bearcats compiled a 4–3–1 record and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 88 to 60. The team achieved shut out victories over Ferris State (37–0), Ball State (7–0), Michigan State Normal (24–0), and DeSales (7–0), tied Wayne State (7–7), and lost to Northern Illinois (6–9), Bradley (0–19), and Eastern Kentucky (0–25).Central Michigan 2015 Football Media Guide Central Michigan University July 22, 2016 100, 109 2015 http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf October 26, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20161026171041/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/cmu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2015-16/misc_non_event/2015-Football-Media-Guide.pdf dead Central Michigan was ranked at No. 271 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings The Boston Globe Dr. E. E. Litkenhous December 19, 1940 22 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/ Newspapers.com Schedule y y September 27 1940 Ferris Institute Bulldogs Ferris Institute Alumni Field Mount Pleasant, MI W 37–0 October 5 at Ball State Ball State Field Muncie, IN W 7–0 Cards Lose To Central State, 7-0: Homecoming Foe Too Tough The Muncie Sunday Star Bob Barnet October 6, 1940 10 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/118940934/cards-lose-to-central-state-7-0/ Newspapers.com October 12 at Northern Illinois Glidden Field DeKalb, IL L 6–9 October 19 at 1940 Bradley Braves Bradley Peoria, IL L 0–19 October 24 Michigan State Normal Alumni Field Mount Pleasant, MI (rivalry) W 24–0 November 2 at Wayne Keyworth Stadium Hamtramck, MI T 7–7 3,500 Wayne Draws with Bearcats Detroit Free Press November 3, 1940 23 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/18892776/wayne_draws_with_bearcats/ Newspapers.com November 9 Eastern Kentucky<hc> Alumni Field Mount Pleasant, MI L 0–25 November 16 1940 DeSales Sailors DeSales (OH) Columbus, OH W 7–0 References Central Michigan Category:Central Michigan Chippewas football seasons Central Michigan Bearcats football