1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team

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1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football
Lawrence Tech football program (1940).png
MOCC co-champion
Conference Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference
Record6–3 (3–1 MOCC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lawrence Tech + 3 –1 –06 –3 –0
Assumption (ON) + 3 –1 –0 ? – ? – ?
DeSales (OH) + 3 –1 –04 –4 –0
St. Mary's (MI) 1 –3 –02 –3 –0
Ferris Institute 0 –4 –01 –7 –0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team represented the Lawrence Institute of Technology of Highland Park, Michigan, as a member of the Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference (MOCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Ridler, [1] the Blue Devils compiled a 6–3 record, tied for the MOCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 147 to 96. [2]

Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to the MOCC all-conference first team: end Fred Dupke; tackle Walter Nowacki; guard Al Schrecke; halfback Harry Awdey; and halfback Jackie Coogan. [3]

Paul Ribbentrop, a cousin of Germany's Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, played at the tackle position for the 1930 Lawrence Tech team. [4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Hillsdale * Hillsdale, MI W 19–9 [5]
September 28at Indiana State * Terre Haute, IN L 7–20 [6]
October 5at Assumption (ON)
W 10–01,500 [7]
October 12 Grand Rapids *
W 27–12 [8]
October 19 Ferris Institute Big Rapids, MI W 20–01,000 [9]
October 26 Wittenberg *
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 0–20 [10] [11] [12]
November 2 St. Mary's (MI)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
W 31–0 [13]
November 9 DeSales (OH)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 7–331,000 [14] [15]
November 16at Defiance * Defiance, OH W 26–2 [16] [17]
  • *Non-conference game

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References

  1. ↑ Tom Lobaugh (November 2, 1940). "Lawrence Tech Freshman Nearly Created Incident". The Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Lawrence Tech (MI) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ↑ "All-Stars Led by Lawrence: Five Players Get Positions on M-O Conference Eleven". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Tom Lobaugh (November 30, 1940). "Once More It's Proved There's Nothing in a Name". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Lawrence Tech Bearrs Dales, 19-9". Detroit Free Press. September 21, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Sycamores Triumph". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. September 29, 1940. pp. 41, 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Purple Loses To Lawrence: Assumption Boys Drop Opening M-O Tilt by Score of 10-0". The Windsor Daily Star. October 7, 1940. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Blue Devils Victors, 27-12: Coogan and Utter Run Through Grand Rapids for Regular Gains". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1940. p. Sport 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Blue Devils Defeat Ferris: Utter Stars as Tech Spurts in Last Half to 20-0 Triumph". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1940. p. Sport 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Wittenberg Eleven Plays In Homecoming Program At Lawrence Tech Next Week". The Springfield News-Sun. October 20, 1940. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ "Blue Devils Lose, 20-0: Fumbles Spoil Their Scoring Chances in Last Period". The Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1940. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ↑ "Lutherans Stay in Unbeaten Ranks, 20-0: Johnny Kostyo Runs Wild Against Lawrence Tech In Fourth Win Of Wittenberg". The Springfield News-Sun. October 27, 1940. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ↑ "Lawrence Tech Downs St. Mary's: Blue Devils Victors, 31 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1940. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ↑ "Lawrence Tech Seeks to Clinch M-O Grid Title by Beating DeSales Saturday". The Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ↑ Bob Latshaw (November 10, 1940). "DeSales Blasts Blue Devils: Sailors Win, 33-7, to Throw M.O.O.C. Race into Three-Way Tie". The Detroit Free Press. p. Sport 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ "Blue Devils Expect Victory: Lawrence Tech Aims to Defeat Defiance in Season Finale". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ↑ "Early Touchdowns Win for Lawrence Tech, 26 to 2". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. Sport 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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