1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team

American college football season February 2026 July 2024 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team.png 285 Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference KIAC Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association SIAA 8–0 1–0 1–0 Rome Rankin 6th Hanger Stadium KIAC champion The 1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team was an American football team that represented Eastern Kentucky State College—now known as Eastern Kentucky University—as a member of the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record with a mark of 1–0 in both KAIC and SIAA play, won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30.Meet The Champs; Eastern Ends Season Unbeaten And Untied The Daily News Bowling Green, Kentucky November 16, 1940 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-park-city-daily-news-meet-the-champs/147635991/ Newspapers.com Colonels Make Strong Bid For K.I.A.C. Crown https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-advocate-messenger/177593871/ Danville Advocate-Messenger Danville, Kentucky December 2, 1940 2 July 27, 2025 Newspapers.com Football Standings https://www.newspapers.com/clip/59753035/the-tampa-tribune/ The Tampa Tribune Tampa, Florida December 2, 1940 10 September 23, 2020 Newspapers.com 2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book https://ekusports.com/documents/2021/5/8/2021_EKU_Football_Record_Book.pdf Richmond, Kentucky Eastern Kentucky University Athletics 2021 February 13, 2022 It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history.Eastern Kentucky Record Book, pp. 58, 84. Schedule Eastern y y y September 21 at Illinois State Normal<ncg> McCormick Field Normal, IL W 20-0 East Kentucky Beats Illinois Normal 20 to 0 Chicago Tribune September 22, 1940 II-6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/chicago-tribune-east-kentucky-beats-illi/147642468/ Newspapers.comEastern Kentucky Bowls Over Red Birds in Opener, 20-0: Maroons Prove Too Advanced For Normal Team The Pantagraph Fred Young September 22, 1940 10 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-pantagraph-eastern-kentucky-bowls-ov/147642910/ Newspapers.com September 28 2:00 p.m. 1940 Arkansas A&M Boll Weevils Arkansas A&M<ncg> Hanger Stadium Richmond, KY W 39-0 1,500 Maroons Play Arkansas Team https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176894801/ The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky September 28, 1940 9 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com Miller James A. Jr. Eastern Romps To 39-0 Victory https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176894637/ Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, Kentucky September 29, 1940 9 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com Jones Jimmy Eastern Has All the Fun In Arkansas Travelers 39 to 0 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/176894462/ The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky September 29, 1940 3, section 5 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 5 2:00 p.m. Northern Illinois<ncg><hc> Hanger Stadium Richmond, KY W 35-0 Homecoming At Eastern Today https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176895032/ The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky October 5, 1940 6 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com Miller James A. Jr. Eastern's Maroons Roll Up 35-0 Win Over Indiana[sic] Team https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176896055/ Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, Kentucky October 6, 1940 14 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com October 19 8:00 p.m. at 1940 King Tornado King<ncg> Bristol Municipal Stadium Bristol, TN W 31-7 Thompson Gene King Tornado Battles Eastern Kentucky Here Tonight https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/176895491/ Bristol Herald Courier Bristol, Virginia October 19, 1940 2 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com Thompson Gene Eastern Kentucky Steamrollers King Tornado 31-7 https://www.newspapers.com/article/bristol-herald-courier/176895604/ Bristol Herald Courier Bristol, Virginia October 20, 1940 6 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com King College Loses 31 to 7: Eastern Kentucky Scores in Every Quarter To Win The Knoxville News-Sentinel October 20, 1940 B8 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-knoxville-news-sentinel-king-college/147637286/ Newspapers.com October 26 Morehead State Hanger Stadium Richmond, KY (Old Hawg Rifle) W 27-13 3,500 Jones Jimmy 'Hawg Rifle' Battle Goes to Maroons 27-13 Over Eagles https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/177629980/ The Courier-Journal Louisville, Kentucky October 27, 1940 2, section 5 July 28, 2025 Newspapers.com Miller James A. Jr. Eastern's Maroons Overwhelm Morehead 27-13 In Battle For "Hawg Rifle" https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176895192/ Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, Kentucky October 27, 1940 14 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com November 2 1940 Cumberland Bulldogs Cumberland (TN) Hanger Stadium Richmond, KY W 48-7 Miller James A. Jr. Maroons Rout Cumberland https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176895740/ Sunday Herald-Leader Lexington, Kentucky November 3, 1940 13, 15 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com November 9 at Central Michigan<ncg> Alumni Field Mount Pleasant, MI W 25-0 Eastern Is Kentucky's Only Unbeaten Team After Tigers Trounce Union: Wildcats Make Great Comeback; Maroons Capture Seventh In Row The Lexington Herald November 11, 1940 6 https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald-eastern-is-kentucky/147639171/ Newspapers.com November 16 2:00 p.m. Bowling Green<ncg> Hanger Stadium Richmond, KY W 48-0 Undefeated Eastern Hopes To Defeat Bowling Green Today https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-lexington-herald/176895341/ The Lexington Herald Lexington, Kentucky November 16, 1940 6 July 17, 2025 Newspapers.com Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky The Daily Sentinel-Tribune November 18, 1940 3 https://www.newspapers.com/clip/119094261/falcons-battered-down-48-0-in-kentucky/ Newspapers.com References Eastern Kentucky Eastern Kentucky Category:Eastern Kentucky Colonels football seasons Category:College football undefeated seasons Eastern Kentucky Maroons football