1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football team

The 1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football team was an American football team that represented Marquette University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its fourth and final season under head coach Paddy Driscoll, the team compiled a 4–4 record and outscored opponents by a total of 99 to 95.[1]

1940 Marquette Hilltoppers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4
Head coach
Home stadiumMarquette Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Midwestern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Wayne  413
Detroit  720
Notre Dame  720
Xavier  730
Ohio  522
Dayton  630
Cincinnati  531
Wichita  640
Central Michigan  431
Marquette  440
Michigan State  341
Ohio Wesleyan  243
Akron  252
Western State Teachers (MI)  250
Michigan State Normal  151
Miami (OH)  071

Marquette was ranked at No. 82 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at Marquette Stadium in Milwaukee.

On November 23, 1940, with two games remaining on the schedule, Marquette announced that Paddy Driscoll's resignation as coach had been received and accepted. In announcing the resignation, the university stated: "This action was taken for personal reasons, independent of any winning or losing record."[3] Driscoll compiled a 10–23–1 in four years as Marquette's coach.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5at WisconsinL 19–3335,000[4]
October 11Iowa StateW 41–2515,000[5]
October 19at Creighton T 27–27[6]
October 26Texas Tech
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
L 13–208,000[7]
November 2at DuquesneL 0–1414,218[8]
November 9at ManhattanL 41–456,000[9]
November 16Michigan State
  • Marquette Stadium
  • Milwaukee, WI
W 7–610,000[10]
November 23at DetroitL 0–1910,000[11]
November 30at ArizonaL 14–179,000[12]
  • Homecoming

References