1940 Syracuse Orangemen football team

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 and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Banger[1]
Home stadiumArchbold Stadium
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

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 27ClarksonW 33–015,000
October 5Northwestern
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 0–4022,000
October 12at NYUW 47–138,000
October 19at No. 1 CornellL 6–3318,000
October 26at No. 20 Columbia
W 3–022,000
November 2No. 10 Georgetown
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY
L 6–2817,000
November 9No. 16 Penn State
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
T 13–1315,000
November 16Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–725,000
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game time

Sources:[2][1]

References

  1. 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
  2. "1940 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.


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