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1940 Pacific Tigers football team - Wikipedia

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1940 Pacific Tigers football
FWC champion
Conference	Far Western Conference
Record	4–5 (2–0 FWC)
Head coach	Amos Alonzo Stagg (8th season)
Home stadium	Baxter Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Far Western Conference football standings
v t e	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
Pacific (CA) $	2	–	0	–	0	4	–	5	–	0
Cal Aggies	2	–	1	–	0	4	–	4	–	1
Chico State	1	–	2	–	0	3	–	3	–	1
Humboldt State	0	–	2	–	0	3	–	4	–	0

$ – Conference champion

The 1940 Pacific Tigers football team represented the College of the Pacific—now known as the University of the Pacific—in Stockton, California as a member of the Far Western Conference (FWC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Amos Alonzo Stagg, Pacific compiled an overall record of 4–5 with a mark of 2–0 in conference play, winning the FWC title. The team was outscored by its opponents 94 to 81 for the season.^[1]

Pacific was ranked at No. 158 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

The Tigers played home games at Baxter Stadium in Stockton.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
October 5	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	L 7–25	22,670
October 11	California JV*	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 6–0
October 18	Fresno State*	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	L 0–3	10,000	^[3]^[4]
October 25	at Loyola (CA)*	Gilmore Stadium Los Angeles, CA	L 0–20	4,000	^[5]
November 2	at Cal Aggies	A Street field Davis, CA	W 7–6
November 8	at San Jose State*	Spartan Stadium San Jose, CA	L 7–28	12,000
November 21	Nevada*	Baxter Stadium Stockton, CA	W 24–6
November 29	at Chico State	College Field Chico, CA	W 27–0		^[6]
December 5	at San Diego Marines*	San Diego, CA	L 3–6	12,000	^[7]
*Non-conference game Homecoming

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Notes

References

^ Marvin, Joe (May 2000). "Stagg at Pacific: Part III - 1940-1942". College Football Historical Society Newsletter. 13 (3). LA84 Foundation: 8–9. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Ed Orman (October 19, 1940). "Mulkey Kicks Goal As 'Dogs Beat COP, 3 To 0; COP Jinx Is Discarded". The Fresno Bee. Fresno, California. p. 2B. Retrieved February 2, 2017 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Fresno State 2016 Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved December 8, 2016.
^ Charles Curtis (October 27, 1940). "Alert Loyola Team Tops Pacific, 20-0". Los Angeles Times. p. II-10 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Pacific Gridders Defeat Chico For Conference Title". Sacramento Bee. Sacramento, California. November 30, 1940. p. 8 – via GenealogyBank.com.
^ "Pacific Loses Hot One to Marines". Stockton Record. December 6, 1940. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1940 - Pacific (CA)". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on March 23, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2017.

v t e Pacific Tigers football
Venues	College Field (unknown–1928) Baxter Stadium (1929–1949) Stagg Memorial Stadium (1950–1995)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games San Jose State: Victory Bell
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1895 1896–1897 1898 1899 1900–1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995

v t e Northern California Athletic Conference football champions
Far Western Conference (pre-WWII)	Saint Mary's (1925) Saint Mary's (1926) Saint Mary's (1927) Saint Mary's (1928) Cal Aggies (1929) Fresno State (1930) No champion (1931) Nevada & San Jose State (1932) Nevada (1933) Fresno State & San Jose State (1934) Fresno State (1935) Pacific (CA) (1936) Fresno State (1937) Pacific (CA) (1938) Nevada (1939) Pacific (CA) (1940) Pacific (CA) (1941) Pacific (CA) (1942)
Far Western Conference (post-WWII)	No champion (1946) Cal Aggies & Southern Oregon (1947) Southern Oregon & Chico State (1948) Cal Aggies (1949) San Francisco State (1950) Cal Aggies (1951) Humboldt State (1952) Chico State (1953) San Francisco State (1954) No champion (1955) Cal Aggies, San Francisco State, & Humboldt State (1956) San Francisco State (1957) San Francisco State (1958) San Francisco State (1959) Humboldt State (1960) Humboldt State & San Francisco State (1961) San Francisco State (1962) UC Davis, Humboldt State, & San Francisco State (1963) Sacramento State (1964) San Francisco State (1965) Sacramento State (1966) San Francisco State (1967) Humboldt State (1968) Cal State Hayward (1969) Cal State Hayward & Chico State (1970) UC Davis & Chico State (1971) UC Davis (1972) UC Davis & Chico State (1973) UC Davis (1974) UC Davis (1975) UC Davis (1976) UC Davis (1977) UC Davis (1978) UC Davis (1979) UC Davis (1980) Cal State Hayward & UC Davis (1981)
Northern California Athletic Conference	UC Davis (1982) UC Davis (1983) UC Davis (1984) UC Davis (1985) UC Davis (1986) UC Davis (1987) UC Davis (1988) UC Davis (1989) UC Davis (1990) Sonoma State (1991) UC Davis (1992) Chico State (1993) Chico State, Humboldt State, & Sonoma State (1994) Humboldt State (1995) Chico State (1996)

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