Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football, 1940–49

Contents:	1940 – 1941 – 1942 – 1943 – 1944 – 1945 – 1946 – 1947 – 1948 – 1949

1940

1940 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1940 record	6–4 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21	Night	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 7–39
September 26		Ouachita Baptist	El Dorado, AR	L 0–17
October 4		Texas College of Mines	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 19–7
October 11		Western Kentucky	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 7–6
October 19		vs. Louisiana State Normal	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 0–13
October 25		Illinois Wesleyan	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–14
November 1		at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	L 6–7
November 9		Louisiana College	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 15–0
November 15		Southeastern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 26–6
November 28		at Centenary	Shreveport, LA	W 6–0

1941

1941 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1941 record	5–4–1 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 20	Night	at LSU	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–25
September 27		at Texas College of Mines	Kidd Field • El Paso, TX	T 0–0
October 3		Mississippi Southern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)	L 7–19	6,000
October 11		at Auburn	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 0–34
October 18		vs. Louisiana State Normal	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 10–0
October 25		at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	W 21–14
October 31		Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 12–0
November 8		at Louisiana College	Pineville, LA	W 45–0
November 15		Hardin–Simmons	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 0–13
November 27		Centenary	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 39–7

1942

1942 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1942 record	6–3 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 26	Texas College of Mines	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–0
October 2	Waco Army Flying School	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 45–0
October 9	Marshall	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 26–0
October 16	Sam Houston State	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 46–0
October 24	vs. Louisiana State Normal	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	L 6–10
October 30	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	L 7–12
November 7	Southeastern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 56–14
November 14	at Hardin–Simmons	Abilene, TX	L 13–47
November 21	at Memphis State	Crump Stadium • Memphis, TN	W 33–7

1943

Louisiana Tech did not field a football team for the 1943 season due to World War II.

1944

1944 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1944 record	3–5–1 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 16	Southwestern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 0–26
September 23	Selman Army Airfield	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 6–13
September 30	Marine OCS (LA)	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 72–0
October 7	Fort Benning	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 0–33
October 14	Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 0–15
October 28	at Northwestern State	Natchitoches, LA	W 21–7
November 4	at Arkansas A&M	Monticello, AR	L 14–20
November 11	Northwestern State	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	T 0–0
November 18	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	W 7–0

1945

1945 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1945 record	6–4 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 22	Lake Charles Army Airfield	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 7–2
September 29	Samford	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 32–6
October 5	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	W 14–12
October 13	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	L 21–26
October 20	Southwestern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–14
October 27	Northwestern State	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 18–7
November 3	Barksdale Air Force Base	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 7–12
November 10	at Northwestern State	Natchitoches, LA	W 7–2
November 17	Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 7–13
November 24	at Auburn	Cramton Bowl • Montgomery, AL	L 0–29

1946

1946 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1946 record	7–3 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 21	at Mississippi Southern	Faulkner Field • Hattiesburg, MS (Rivalry in Dixie)	L 6–7	7,000
September 28	Howard Payne	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 13–7
October 5	Louisiana College	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 33–6
October 12	Central Arkansas	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 38–0
October 19	at Ole Miss	Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS	W 7–6
October 26	vs. Northwestern State	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 14–7
November 2	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	W 34–6
November 8	Southeastern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 14–22
November 15	Oklahoma City	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 2–6
November 30	Southwestern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 34–20

1947

1947 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference Champions
Conference	Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference
1947 record	5–4 ( LIC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 27	Howard Payne	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	L 0–14
October 4	at Auburn	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	L 0–14
October 11	Mississippi Southern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)	L 6–7
October 18	at Louisiana College	Pineville, LA	W 30–12
October 25	vs. Northwestern State	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 24–0
November 1	Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 9–0
November 8	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	W 20–18
November 15	at Oklahoma City	Oklahoma City, OK	L 13–28
November 27	Centenary	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 52–14

1948

1948 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Conference	Gulf States Conference
1948 record	7–2–1 ( GSC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 18	Howard Payne	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–0
September 25	Bradley	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 17–14
October 2	at Auburn	Auburn Stadium • Auburn, AL	T 13–13
October 9	at Houston	Public School Stadium • Houston, TX	L 33–40	5,000
October 16	Louisiana College	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 21–7
October 23	vs. Northwestern State	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 10–7
October 30	at Southwestern Louisiana	McNaspy Stadium • Lafayette, LA	W 24–14
November 6	Southeastern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 19–13
November 13	at Mississippi Southern	Faulkner Field • Hattiesburg, MS (Rivalry in Dixie)	L 6–20	8,000
November 25	Memphis State	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–14

1949

1949 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football
Gulf States Conference Champions
Conference	Gulf States Conference
1949 record	7–2 ( GSC)
Head coach	Joe Aillet

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 17	at Howard Payne	Brownwood, TX	L 19–22
September 24	at Bradley	Peoria, IL	L 18–20
October 1	Southwestern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 20–0
October 15	at Louisiana College	Pineville, LA	W 26–7
October 22	vs. Northwestern State	State Fair Stadium • Shreveport, LA	W 28–21
October 29	Southwestern Louisiana	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 21–0
November 5	at Southeastern Louisiana	Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA	W 20–14
November 12	Mississippi Southern	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA (Rivalry in Dixie)	W 34–13
November 19	Oklahoma City	Tech Stadium • Ruston, LA	W 45–0

References

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football

Venues	Unknown (1901–1903) Louisiana Tech athletic field (1904–1928) Tech Stadium (1928–1967) Joe Aillet Stadium (1968–present) Independence Stadium (alternate, 1928–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Southern Miss: Rivalry in Dixie

Culture & lore	Tech Band of Pride Spirit of '88 Fire Bell State Fair Game

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

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