Led by quarterback Frankie Albert, who thrived in the T-formation offense introduced by first-year head coach Clark Shaugnessy, the Wow Boys defeated Cal 13-7 to end the Golden Bears' four-year Big Game winning streak. Stanford defeated Nebraska in the Rose Bowl, 21-13, to cap an undefeated season.
I've posted a few inside pages from the 1940 Big Game program after the jump.