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1940 Florida Gators football team

American college football season

Field	Value
year	1940
team	Florida Gators
sport	football
conference	Southeastern Conference
short_conf	SEC
record	5–5
conf_record	2–3
head_coach	Tom Lieb
hc_year	1st
captain	Bud Walton
stadium	Florida Field

The 1940 Florida Gators football team represented the University of Florida during the 1940 college football season. The season was the first of four for Tom Lieb as the head coach of the Florida Gators football team. Lieb was the former coach of the Loyola Lions, and had previously served as Knute Rockne's primary assistant and on-the-field replacement while Rockne was in the hospital during most of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish's 1930 national championship season. The highlights of the Gators' 1940 season included victories over the Maryland Terrapins (19–0), the Georgia Bulldogs (18–13), the Miami Hurricanes (46–6) and the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (16–7). Lieb's 1940 Florida Gators finished with a 5–5 overall record and a 2–3 record in the Southeastern Conference (SEC), placing eighth among thirteen SEC teams.

Florida was ranked at No. 64 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Schedule

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References

''[http://web.gatorzone.com/football/media/2015/media_guide.pdf 2015 Florida Gators Football Media Guide] {{webarchive. link. (December 8, 2015 '', University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, p. 111 (2015). Retrieved August 17, 2015.)
Dr. E. E. Litkenhous. (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe.
(September 29, 1940). "Mississippi State overpowers Florida and wins 25 to 7". Fort Myers News-Press.
(October 6, 1940). "Gators whip Tampa, 23–0". Tampa Sunday Tribune.
(October 12, 1940). "Villanova jolts Florida, 28 to 0". Lancaster Daily Intelligencer Journal.
(October 20, 1940). "Florida Eleven Passes Its Way To 19-To-O Victory Over Maryland". The Baltimore Sun.
(October 27, 1940). "Gators hold mighty Vols to two touchdowns". St. Petersburg Times.
(November 10, 1940). "Gators sprout wings to win 18–13 game". The Miami Herald.
(November 16, 1940). "20,000 to see Florida, Miami". St. Petersburg Times.
(November 17, 1940). "Florida survives Miami Hurricanes, scres 46–6 win". Fort Myers News-Press.
(November 24, 1940). "Gators complete conquest of Georgia, defeat Tech". Monroe Morning World.
(December 1, 1940). "Auburn upsets Dope Bucket with 20–7 easy win over Florida Gators". The Selma Times-Journal.
(December 8, 1940). "Texas hands Gators 26–0 loss in finale". The Palm Beach Post-Times.

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