1940 Cornell Big Red football team

The 1940 Cornell Big Red football team was an American football team that represented Cornell University during the 1940 college football season. In their fifth season under head coach Carl Snavely, the Big Red compiled a 6–2 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 201 to 38.[1][2]

1940 Cornell Big Red football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 15
1940 record6–2
Head coach
Offensive schemeSingle-wing
CaptainWalter Matuszczak
Home stadiumSchoellkopf Field
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Princeton      5 2 1
Columbia      5 2 2
Brown      6 3 1
Bucknell      4 2 2
Colgate      5 3 0
Hofstra      4 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      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
NYU      2 7 0
Yale      1 7 0
Army      1 7 1
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResult
October 5ColgateW 34–0
October 12at ArmyW 45–0
October 19SyracuseNo. 1
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 33–6
October 26Ohio StateNo. 1
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY
W 21–7
November 2ColumbiaNo. 1
  • Schoellkopf Field
  • Ithaca, NY (rivalry)
W 27–0
November 9at YaleNo. 1W 21–0
November 16at DartmouthNo. 2L 0–3
November 23at No. 12 PennNo. 5L 20–22
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. "Cornell Yearly Results (1935–1939)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
  2. "1940 Cornell Big Red Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
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