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1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Banger
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
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 Syracuse Orangemen football team represented Syracuse University in the 1940 college football season. The Orangemen were led by fourth-year head coach Ossie Solem.

Syracuse was ranked at No. 65 (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 at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27ClarksonW 33–015,000
October 5Northwestern
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–4022,000
October 12at NYUW 47–138,000
October 19at No. 1 CornellL 6–3318,000
October 26at No. 20 ColumbiaW 3–022,000
November 2No. 10 Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 6–2817,000
November 9No. 16 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 13–1315,000
November 16Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–725,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Paul Pinkney (October 6, 1940). "Syracuse Battered, 40-0: 'Cats Hand Bill Orange 40-0 Defeat; DeCorrevont Star In Northwestern Triumph". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1B, 4B – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "Syracuse routs Violets, 47 to 13". Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Cornell Steamrollers Syracuse, 33-6". New York Daily News. October 20, 1946. p. C42 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. Gene Ward (October 27, 1940). "Lions Lose, 3-0, In Last Seconds". New York Daily News. p. 82 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Georgetown Wallops Syracuse, 28-6". New York Daily News. November 3, 1940. p. 98 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. Paul Pinckney (November 17, 1940). "Colgate Whips Syracuse With Closing Wallop, 7-6". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "1940 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
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