1940 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1940 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Louis Young was the team captain.[1]

1940 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record5–4
Head coach
CaptainLouis Young
Home stadiumMemorial 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

George Wolfe was the team's leading scorer, with 48 points, from eight touchdowns.[2]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 St. Lawrence
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 36–0 [1]
October 5 Franklin & Marshall
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 21–23 8,000 [3]
October 12 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 6–20 [1]
October 19 at Yale
L 7–13 35,000 [4]
October 26 at Harvard
W 7–6 35,000 [5]
November 2 Sewanee
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 26–0 [1]
November 9 at Princeton
L 9–14 30,000 [6]
November 16 Cornell
W 3–0 10,000 [7][8]
November 23 at Brown
W 20–6 15,000 [9]

References
  1. "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. "F. and M. Team Topples Dartmonth, 23-21, Substitutes Having Star Roles in Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 6, 1940. p. S1.
  4. Kelley, Robert F. (October 20, 1940). "Last-Minute Forward Halts Dartmouth for Yale, 13 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  5. McGowen, Roscoe (October 27, 1940). "Dartmouth Rally Nips Harvard, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  6. Kelley, Robert F. (November 10, 1940). "Princeton Trips Dartmouth, 14-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. Richardson, William D. (November 17, 1940). "Disputed Cornell Play Tops Dartmouth, 7-3, at Finish; Pass Halts Green". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. Daley, Arthur J. (November 19, 1940). "Dartmouth 3, Cornell 0, Official Score as Ithacans Refuse Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.
  9. Effrat, Louis (November 24, 1940). "Dartmouth Victor over Brown, 20-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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