1940 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Banger [1]
Home stadium Archbold Stadium
Seasons
←  1939
1941  →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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. [2]

The team played its home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27 Clarkson
W 33–015,000
October 5 Northwestern
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–4022,000 [3]
October 12at NYU
W 47–138,000 [4]
October 19at No. 1 Cornell
L 6–3318,000 [5]
October 26at No. 20 Columbia
W 3–022,000 [6]
November 2No. 10 Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 6–2817,000 [7]
November 9No. 16 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 13–1315,000
November 16 Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–725,000 [8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

[9] [1]

References

  1. 1 2 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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