1940 Colgate Red Raiders football team

1940 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (12th season)
Captain	James Garvey
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ←  1939 1941  →

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 76. James Garvey was the team captain. ^{[1] [2]}

Colgate was ranked at No. 43 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940. ^[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Akron	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 44–0	6,000	[4]
October 5	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–34	15,000	[5]
October 12	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 20–3		[6]
October 19	Duke	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–13	14,000	[7]
October 26	Mississippi College	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 31–0	5,000	[8] [9] [10]
November 2	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–0	4,000	[11]
November 16	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–6	25,000	[12]
November 23	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 17–20	24,000	[13]
Homecoming

References

1. "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
2. "1940 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
3. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Raiders Smother Akron Team, 44-0: Geyer Touchdown Sprints Pace Colgate". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. September 29, 1940. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
5. "West Point Game Next for Cornell; Colgate Humbled". The Ithaca Journal. October 7, 1940. p. 10 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Colgate Humbles Brown, 20-3". New York Daily News. October 13, 1940. p. C38 – via Newspapers.com.
7. Ted Mann (October 20, 1940). "Duke Defeats Colgate, 13-0: Jap Davis Stars in Duke Triumph". The News and Observer. pp. Sports 1, 2 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Raiders Fear Choctaw Air Drive Today: Unbeaten Mississippi College Tests Colgate". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. October 26, 1940. p. 21 – via Newspapers.com.
9. Bill Beeney (October 27, 1940). "Colgate Scores 31 Points To Rout Mississippi Club: Victims Blanked By Win-Hungry Raiders; Winners Employ Straight Brand Of Football". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. p. 5B – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Tribe Routed; Colgate Game Detailed Here By Quarter". Daily Clarion-Ledger. October 27, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Colgate Defeats Holy Cross, 6-0". New York Daily News. November 3, 1940. p. 37C – via Newspapers.com.
12. Paul Pinckney (November 17, 1940). "Colgate Whips Syracuse With Closing Wallop, 7-6". The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. pp. 1B, 2B – via Newspapers.com.
13. Gene Ward (November 24, 1940). "Columbia Trims Colgate, 20-17". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.