Louisiana Normal/Northwestern State Demons football, 1940–1949

The Louisiana Normal/Northwestern State Demons football program, 1940–1949 represented the Louisiana State Normal School through 1944 and Northwestern State College of Louisiana from 1945 onwards (now known as Northwestern State University), during the 1940s in college football. For the entirity of the decade, the Demons were led by head coach Harry Turpin and had an overall record for the decade of 38–36–5. During this decade, the Demons played their home games on campus at Demon Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

In both the 1940 and 1941 seasons, the Demons competed as a member of both the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA). After they withdrew from the SIAA, they competed as a member of the LIC through their 1947 season, excluding 1943 when the program was disbanded as a result of World War II, and won a conference championship in 1942. Northwestern State finished the decade as a member of the Gulf States Conference for their 1948 and 1949 seasons.

1940

1940 Louisiana Normal Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3–1 (3–1–1 LIC, 4–1–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana $ 4 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Louisiana Normal 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 2 – 1 2 – 5 – 2
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 – 0 – 0 8 – 1 – 0
Newberry 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Mississippi College 2 – 0 – 0 5 – 1 – 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 – 0 – 0 8 – 0 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 – 1 – 1 7 – 1 – 1
Louisiana Normal 4 – 1 – 1 6 – 3 – 1
SW Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 5 – 3 – 2
Murray State 4 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 2
Centre 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Presbyterian 5 – 3 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 3 – 2 – 0 7 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 1 – 1 – 2 3 – 3 – 2
Wofford 2 – 2 – 1 3 – 4 – 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 4 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Tampa 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 2 – 4 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Tennessee Tech 1 – 2 – 0 2 – 6 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 2 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Stetson 2 – 5 – 1 2 – 5 – 1
Troy State 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 1 – 4 – 2 2 – 5 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 1 5 – 1 – 1
Centenary 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 7 – 0
Louisville 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Jacksonville State 0 – 2 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Erskine 0 – 5 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
Delta State 0 – 5 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Louisiana Normal Demons football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana State Normal School (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 6–3–1 with mark of 3–1–1 in LIC play and 4–1–1 in SIAA play.[1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Murray State
W 20–6[2]
October 4Southeastern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
W 32–0[3]
October 128:00 p.m.at Louisiana College
T 7–7[4][5]
October 192:30 p.m.vs. Louisiana Tech
W 13–07,500[6][7]
October 25Centenary
W 7–06,000[8]
November 2at Stephen F. Austin*
L 7–14[9]
November 9Mississippi Southerndagger
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 9–6[10]
November 15at Ouachita*Arkadelphia, ARW 7–14[11]
November 232:00 p.m.at Tulane*
L 47–020,000[12][13]
November 28at Southwestern Louisiana
L 7–126,000[14]

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1941

1941 Louisiana Normal Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record4–3–1 (2–2–1 LIC, 3–3–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1941 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 1
Louisiana Normal 2 – 2 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Southeastern Louisiana 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Centenary 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Louisiana College 0 – 4 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion
1941 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Presbyterian $ 5 – 0 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Miami (FL) 2 – 0 – 0 8 – 2 – 0
Centre 2 – 0 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Mississippi Southern 6 – 0 – 1 9 – 0 – 1
Louisiana Tech 5 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 1
Eastern Kentucky 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 1 – 0
SW Louisiana 3 – 1 – 1 6 – 2 – 1
Union (TN) 3 – 1 – 1 5 – 3 – 1
Tennessee Tech 3 – 1 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 3 – 1 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Georgetown (KY) 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Wofford 2 – 1 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Memphis State 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Rollins 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 2 – 1
Louisiana Normal 3 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Murray State 3 – 3 – 2 4 – 3 – 2
Tampa 2 – 2 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Louisville 1 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 – 3 – 1 4 – 3 – 1
Newberry 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 6 – 0
Mississippi College 1 – 2 – 0 5 – 3 – 0
SE Louisiana 2 – 4 – 0 3 – 6 – 0
Oglethorpe 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 3 – 0
Transylvania 1 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 0
Troy State 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
Louisiana College 1 – 5 – 0 4 – 7 – 0
Delta State 1 – 7 – 1 1 – 8 – 1
Centenary 0 – 1 – 1 0 – 8 – 2
Union (KY) 0 – 1 – 0 0 – 5 – 0
Morehead State 0 – 3 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Erskine 0 – 4 – 0 2 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1941 Louisiana Normal Demons football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana State Normal School (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1941 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 4–3–1 with mark of 2–2–1 in LIC play and 3–3–1 in SIAA play.

Louisiana Normal was ranked at No. 228 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[16]


Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20Delta State
W 44–04,000[17]
October 4at Centenary
T 6–65,500[18]
October 10Louisiana College
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 7–0[19]
October 18vs. Louisiana Tech
L 0–108,000[20]
October 31at Southeastern Louisiana
W 6–03,000[21]
November 7at Mississippi Southern
L 7–212,500[22]
November 15Ouachita Baptist*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 7–6[23]
November 27Southwestern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 0–6[24]
  • *Non-conference game

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1942

1942 Louisiana Normal Demons football
LIC champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record6–2 (3–0 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1942 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Normal $ 3 – 0 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 1 – 0 3 – 4 – 0
Louisiana Tech 1 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 3 – 0 5 – 5 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1942 Louisiana Normal Demons football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana State Normal School (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1942 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 6–2 with mark of 3–0 in LIC play, and finished as LIC champion.

Louisiana Normal was ranked at No. 150 (out of 590 college and military teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System for 1942.[25]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 19at LSU*
L 0–40[26]
September 26East Texas State*
W 13–0[27]
October 2Sam Houston State*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 27–6[28]
October 8Camp Beauregard*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 68–0[29]
October 24vs. Louisiana Tech
W 10–6[30]
October 30Southeastern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
W 7–6[31]
November 6at Southwestern Louisiana
W 11–6[32]
November 13at Ouachita Baptist*Arkadelphia, ARL 0–6[33]
  • *Non-conference game

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1943

Due to the impacts of World War II, the 1943 season was canceled.[34]

1944

1944 Louisiana Normal Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record2–4–1 (0–3–1 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium

The 1944 Louisiana Normal Demons football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana State Normal School (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1944 college football season. Led by 10th-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 2–4–1 with mark of 0–3–1 in LIC play.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultSource
September 23at Transportation Corps Marine Officers' School*
W 20–7[35]
September 30Camp Polk*
W 14–0[36]
October 7Selman Field*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 7–20[37]
October 21at Southwestern Louisiana
L 7–19[38]
October 28Louisiana Tech
  • Demon Field
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
L 7–21[39]
November 11at Louisiana Tech
T 0–0[40]
November 188:15 p.m.at Selman Field*
cancelled [41][42]
November 25Southwestern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 6–7[43]

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1945

1945 Northwestern State Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record2–6–1 (1–2–1 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium

The 1945 Northwestern State Demons football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1945 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 2–6–1 with mark of 1–2–1 in LIC play.

Northwestern State was ranked 187th among the nation's college and service teams in the final Litkenhous Ratings.[45]


Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 228:30 p.m.Selman Field*
L 0–12[46]
September 29at Lake Charles AAF*Lake Charles, LAW 7–0[47]
October 68:00 p.m.at Barksdale Field*
L 6–196,000[48]
October 20Southwestern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
T 0–0[49]
October 27at Louisiana Tech
L 7–18[50]
November 2at Selman Field*Monroe, LAL 0–13[51][52]
November 10Louisiana Tech
  • Demon Field
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
L 2–7[53]
November 17at No. 16 Mississippi State*
L 0–542,200[54]
November 22at Southwestern Louisiana
W 13–0[55]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[44]

1946

1946 Northwestern State Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record4–6 (1–3 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1946 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southeastern Louisiana $ 4 – 0 – 0 9 – 0 – 0
Louisiana Tech 3 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 2 – 2 – 0 6 – 4 – 0
Northwestern State 1 – 3 – 0 4 – 6 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 8 – 0
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1946 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1946 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Harry Turpin, the team compiled a 4–6 record with mark of 1–3 in LIC play.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21at Arkansas*
L 14–219,000[56]
September 28at East Texas State*
L 0–323,500[57]
October 12at Louisiana College
W 40–0[58]
October 18at Southeastern Louisiana
L 0–13[59]
October 26vs. Louisiana Tech
L 7–14[60]
November 1Ouachita Baptist*
W 47–14[61]
November 8Mississippi Southern*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 7–63,000[62]
November 16at Mississippi State*
L 0–275,000[63]
November 23Southwestern Louisianadagger
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 0–145,000[64]
November 29at Stephen F. Austin*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
W 27–61,200[65]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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1947

1947 Northwestern State Demons football
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference
Record4–5 (3–2 LIC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1947 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 – 0 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 4 – 1 – 0 6 – 2 – 0
Northwestern State 3 – 2 – 0 4 – 5 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 2 – 3 – 0 3 – 5 – 1
Centenary 1 – 4 – 0 1 – 9 – 1
Louisiana College 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 5 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1947 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) during the 1947 college football season. In their 13th season under head coach Harry Turpin, the team compiled a 4–5 record with mark of 3–2 in LIC play.

Northwestern State was ranked at No. 246 (out of 500 college football teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1947.[66]


Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Arkansas*
L 0–64[67]
September 26East Texas State*
L 0–27[68]
October 10Louisiana College
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 47–7[69]
October 17Southeastern Louisiana
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
W 14–12[70]
October 25vs. Louisiana Tech
L 0–2410,000[71]
November 1at Ouachita Baptist*Arkadelphia, ARW 20–2[72]
November 7at Mississippi Southern*
L 0–20[73]
November 15Centenary
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 22–7[74]
November 27at Southwestern Louisiana
L 7–9[75]
  • *Non-conference game

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1948

1948 Northwestern State Demons football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–3–1 (2–3 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1948 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Mississippi Southern $ 4 – 0 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Louisiana Tech 4 – 1 – 0 7 – 2 – 1
Southwestern Louisiana 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 1
Northwestern State 2 – 3 – 0 5 – 3 – 1
Louisiana College 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 8 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 – 5 – 0 3 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1948 Northwestern State Demons football team was an American football team that represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana (now known as Northwestern State University) as a member of the Gulf States Conference (GSC) during the 1948 college football season. In their 14th year under head coach Harry Turpin, the team compiled an overall record of 5–3–1 with a mark of 2–3 in conference play, and finished fourth in the GSC. Northwestern State played their home games on campus at Demon Stadium in Natchitoches, Louisiana.

Northwestern State was ranked at No. 233 in the final Litkenhous Difference by Score System ratings for 1948.[76]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 18Barksdale Field*
W 52–04,500[77]
September 25Central State (OK)*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 26–124,500[78]
October 1at Wofford*
T 0–0[79]
October 9vs. Louisiana College
W 13–0[80]
October 15at Southeastern Louisiana
W 49–0[81]
October 23vs. Louisiana Tech
L 7–1012,000[82]
October 30Mississippi Southern
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 14–385,000[83]
November 13Arkansas State*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 41–6[84]
November 20Southwestern Louisianadagger
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
L 7–285,500[85]
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming

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1949

1949 Northwestern State Demons football
ConferenceGulf States Conference
Record5–4 (1–4 GSC)
Head coach
Home stadiumDemon Stadium
1949 Gulf States Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Louisiana Tech $ 5 – 0 – 0 7 – 2 – 0
Mississippi Southern 2 – 1 – 0 7 – 3 – 0
Southwestern Louisiana 3 – 2 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Southeastern Louisiana 1 – 2 – 1 4 – 5 – 1
Northwestern State 1 – 4 – 0 5 – 4 – 0
Louisiana College 0 – 3 – 1 4 – 6 – 1
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1949 Northwestern State Demons football team represented Northwestern State College of Louisiana—now known as Northwestern State University—as a member of the Gulf States Conference during the 1949 college football season. Led by 15th-year head coach Harry Turpin, the Demons compiled an overall record of 5–4 record with a mark of 1–4 in conference play, placing fifth in the GSC.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24Central State (OK)*
W 7–6[86]
September 308:00 p.m.at Maryville (MO)*
W 31–14[87][88][89]
October 88:15 p.m.vs. Louisiana College
W 7–6[90][91]
October 15Southeastern Louisianadagger
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA (rivalry)
L 13–25[92]
October 222:30 p.m.vs. Louisiana Tech
L 21–28[93][94]
October 298:00 p.m.at Mississippi Southern
L 28–679,000[95][96][97][98]
November 58:00 p.m.Union (TN)*
  • Demon Stadium
  • Natchitoches, LA
W 31–14[99][100]
November 19at Southwestern Louisiana
L 14–27[101]
November 242:00 p.m.at East Texas Baptist*
W 19–131,000[102][103]

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