Footballs match between Tar Heels and Notre Dame in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Tar Heels put up a terrific battle in the third period. Notre Dame wins the football match with a score of 27-7. Huge crowd gathered to watch the match.
Billy Vessels of Oklahoma University receives the Heisman trophy in United States. He is awarded the trophy for his outstanding football performance. Billy Vessels playing a football game. Crowd cheers and applauds.
Pro wrestlers put on football uniforms for a charity football game with the Seattle Ramblers at Tacoma's 'Muscle Bowl' in Washington. Players in the dressing room include Bronko Nagurski. Game in progress. Fans watch and cheer in the stands. Spectators cheer and applaud. The game benefits the Associated Boys Clubs.
Some 1940 U.S. football highlights. Scenes of a long touchdown run and an interception and touchdown run from the 1940 National Football League Championship Game that the Chicago Bears won 73-0, on December 8, 1940. Scenes from the Dartmouth-Cornell "Fifth-Down" game of November 16, 1940, with Cornell quarterback "Pop" Scholl throwing a "winning" touchdown pass to William Murphy.
1940 Gridiron Football "Sugar Bowl" college football game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Players of Texas A&M Aggies and Tulane Green Wave play the match. Crowd of spectators in stands watch the game and cheer. Players on the field and several plays shown. Fans gather on the field and shake the goal post, beginning to tear it down.
American college football game in Knoxville, Tennessee. Teams from Tennessee and Louisiana State University battle it out in a game of football. University of Tennessee wins the game after defeating the LSU team by 14 to 6.