1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football team

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) during the 1940 college football season. In their sixth season under head coach Rome Rankin, the Maroons compiled a perfect 8–0 record (2–0 against KIAC opponents), won the KIAC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 273 to 30.[1][2] It was the first undefeated season in Eastern Kentucky football history.[3]

1940 Eastern Kentucky Maroons football
KIAC champion
ConferenceKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (2–0 KIAC)
Head coach

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Illinois State Normal*
W 20–0[4][5]
September 28Arkansas A&M*Richmond, KYW 39–0
October 5Northern Illinois*Richmond, KYW 35–0
October 19at King College*Bristol, TNW 31–7[6]
October 26Morehead StateRichmond, KYW 27–13
November 2at CumberlandW 48–7
November 9at Central Michigan*
W 25–0[7]
November 16Bowling Green*Richmond, KYW 48-0[8]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming

References
  1. "Meet The Champs; Eastern Ends Season Unbeaten And Untied". The Daily News. Bowling Green, Kentucky. November 16, 1940. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "2021 Eastern Kentucky University Football Record Book" (PDF). Richmond, Kentucky: Eastern Kentucky University Athletics. 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
  3. Eastern Kentucky Record Book, pp. 58, 84.
  4. "East Kentucky Beats Illinois Normal 20 to 0". Chicago Tribune. September 22, 1940. p. II-6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. Fred Young (September 22, 1940). "Eastern Kentucky Bowls Over Red Birds in Opener, 20-0: Maroons Prove Too Advanced For Normal Team". The Pantagraph. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "King College Loses 31 to 7: Eastern Kentucky Scores in Every Quarter To Win". The Knoxville News-Sentinel. October 20, 1940. p. B8 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "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. p. 6 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Falcons Battered Down 48-0 In Kentucky". The Daily Sentinel-Tribune. November 18, 1940. p. 3 – via Newspapers.com.
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