The 1940 Oregon Webfoots football team represented the
University of Oregon
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ass a member of the
Pacific Coast Conference (PCC) during the
1940 college football season
The 1940 college football season was the 72nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Co ...
. In their third season under head coach
Tex Oliver, the Webfoots compiled a 4–4–1 record (3–4–1 in PCC, fifth), and outscored their opponents, 100 to 58.
Oregon was ranked at No. 32 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the
Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
Three home games were played on campus at
Hayward Field
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in
Eugene and one at
Multnomah Stadium Multnomah may refer to:
*The Multnomah people, a Chinookan people who lived in the area of modern Portland, Oregon, United States
**''Multnomah'', the middle Chinookan dialect of the Multnomah people
;Places, vessels, and institutions whose name ...
in
Portland.
Schedule
References
External links
Game program: Oregon at Washington State– October 26, 1940
WSU Libraries: Game video– Oregon at Washington State – October 26, 1940
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Oregon
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Oregon Webfoots football
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