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Conference | Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference |
Record | 6–3 (3–1 MOCC) |
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Lawrence Tech + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assumption (ON) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
DeSales (OH) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
St. Mary's (MI) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ferris Institute | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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]
Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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September 20 | at Hillsdale * | Hillsdale, MI | W 19–9 | [5] | |||
September 28 | at Indiana State * | Terre Haute, IN | L 7–20 | [6] | |||
October 5 | at Assumption (ON) |
| W 10–0 | 1,500 | [7] | ||
October 12 | Grand Rapids * |
| W 27–12 | [8] | |||
October 19 | Ferris Institute | Big Rapids, MI | W 20–0 | 1,000 | [9] | ||
October 26 | Wittenberg * |
| L 0–20 | [10] [11] [12] | |||
November 2 | St. Mary's (MI) |
| W 31–0 | [13] | |||
November 9 | DeSales (OH) |
| L 7–33 | 1,000 | [14] [15] | ||
November 16 | at Defiance * | Defiance, OH | W 26–2 | [16] [17] | |||
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