1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
CaptainRichard Banger[1]
Home stadiumArchbold 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 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 27Clarkson
W 33–015,000
October 5Northwestern
  • 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 16Colgate
  • Archbold Stadium
  • Syracuse, NY (rivalry)
L 6–725,000[8]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References

  1. ^ a b 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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