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1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainLeon Gajecki
Home stadiumNew Beaver Field
Seasons← 19391941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 5 Boston College   –   11 – 0 – 0
Duquesne   –   7 – 1 – 0
No. 14 Penn   –   6 – 1 – 1
Penn State   –   6 – 1 – 1
No. 12 Fordham   –   7 – 2 – 0
No. 15 Cornell   –   6 – 2 – 0
La Salle   –   6 – 2 – 0
Princeton   –   5 – 2 – 1
Columbia   –   5 – 2 – 2
Brown   –   6 – 3 – 1
Bucknell   –   4 – 2 – 2
Boston University   –   5 – 3 – 0
Colgate   –   5 – 3 – 0
Hofstra   –   4 – 3 – 0
Harvard   –   3 – 2 – 3
Dartmouth   –   5 – 4 – 0
Temple   –   4 – 4 – 1
Tufts   –   4 – 4 – 0
Vermont   –   4 – 4 – 0
Villanova   –   4 – 5 – 0
Pittsburgh   –   3 – 4 – 1
Syracuse   –   3 – 4 – 1
Buffalo   –   3 – 5 – 0
Carnegie Tech   –   3 – 5 – 0
Manhattan   –   3 – 6 – 0
Providence   –   3 – 6 – 0
NYU   –   2 – 7 – 0
Yale   –   1 – 7 – 0
Army   –   1 – 7 – 1
CCNY   –   1 – 5 – 1
Massachusetts State   –   1 – 8 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Penn State Nittany Lions football team represented the Pennsylvania State College in the 1940 college football season. The team was coached by Bob Higgins.

Penn State was ranked at No. 52 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

The team played its home games in New Beaver Field in State College, Pennsylvania.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5BucknellW 9–012,091
October 12West Virginia
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA (rivalry)
W 17–1310,574–13,000
October 19at LehighW 34–03,000
October 26at TempleW 18–025,000
November 2South CarolinaNo. 18
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 12–09,346
November 9at SyracuseNo. 16T 13–1315,000
November 16NYUNo. 20
  • New Beaver Field
  • State College, PA
W 25–09,449
November 23at PittsburghNo. 20L 7–2030,083
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "State Topples Bucknell, 9-0, In Opener". Centre Daily Times. October 7, 1940. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Penn State tabs West Virginia U. by score of 17–13". Sunday News. October 13, 1940. Retrieved July 19, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Penn State Power Tops Lehigh, 34-0". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 20, 1940. p. S3.
  5. Stan Baumgartner (October 27, 1940). "Penn State Eleven Overpowers Temple Owls in 18 to 0 Clash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Penn State remains in unbeaten ranks topping S. Carolina". The Baltimore Sun. November 3, 1940. Retrieved December 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Unbeaten Penn State sinks N.Y.U., 25–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1940. p. 43. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
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