1940 NYU Violets football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–7
Head coach
Home stadiumOhio Field
Yankee Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
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1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 2–7 record.[1]

NYU was ranked at No. 131 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Pennsylvania Military
W 32–68,000[3]
October 5Lafayette
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–912,000[4]
October 12Syracuse
L 13–478,000[5]
October 19Holy Cross
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 7–1312,000[6]
October 26No. 15 Georgetown
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2611,000[7]
November 2at Missouri
L 0–3322,000[8]
November 9Franklin & Marshall
  • Ohio Field
  • Bronx, NY
W 12–010,000[9]
November 16at No. 20 Penn State
L 0–2510,000[10]
November 30vs. No. 14 Fordham
  • Yankee Stadium
  • Bronx, NY
L 0–2635,000[11]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ^ "1940 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Violets triumph over PMC, 32–6". Daily News. September 29, 1940. p. 85. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Lafayette stuns NYU, 9–7". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 6, 1940. p. 13. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Syracuse routs Violets, 47 to 13". Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Crusaders top Violets, 13–7". Daily News. October 20, 1940. p. 93. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Hoyas beat NYU, 26–0, for 21st victory". Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 87. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Tigers are alert". The Kansas City Star. November 3, 1940. p. B1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "N.Y.U. shatters F&M's winning streak, 12 to 0". Sunday News. November 10, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Unbeaten Penn State sinks N.Y.U., 25–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1940. p. 43. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Fordham whips NYU, 26 to 0". Daily News. December 1, 1940. p. 98. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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