1940 Wittenberg Tigers football team

1940 Wittenberg Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Athletic Conference
Record8–0 (7–0 OAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumWittenberg Stadium
1940 Ohio Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Wittenberg $ 7 0 0 8 0 0
Kent State 4 0 0 8 1 0
Case 3 0 0 6 2 0
Ohio Northern 5 3 0 5 3 0
Heidelberg 5 3 0 5 4 0
Capital 3 2 1 3 3 1
Denison 3 2 1 4 3 1
Wooster 3 2 1 4 3 1
Muskingum 3 2 0 5 2 1
Toledo 1 1 0 6 3 0
Baldwin–Wallace 2 2 0 4 4 0
Bowling Green 2 2 1 3 4 1
Kenyon 1 2 1 2 4 1
Findlay 1 2 0 4 4 0
Marietta 1 3 1 1 5 1
Otterbein 1 4 0 3 5 0
Oberlin 0 3 0 4 3 0
Ashland 0 3 0 1 4 1
John Carroll 0 3 0 2 6 0
Mount Union 0 6 0 0 8 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Wittenberg Tigers football team, also known as the Fighting Lutherans, represented the Wittenberg University of Springfield, Ohio, as a member of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) durining the 1940 college football season. In their 12th year under head coach Bill Stobbs, the Tigers compiled an 8–0 record (7–0 in conference games) and won the OAC championship. It was the fifth undefeated season in Wittenberg football history, following prior undefeated seasons in 1918, 1919, 1920, and 1931.