1940 Buffalo Bulls football team

1940 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jim Peele, the team compiled a 3–5 record.^[1] The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Source
September 28	at Susquehanna	Selinsgrove, PA	L 6–20
October 5	Drexel	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	W 20–13
October 12	at Williams	Weston Field Williamstown, MA	L 0–27
October 19	at Alfred	Alfred, NY	L 0–19
October 26	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT	W 7–6
November 2	CCNY	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	W 7–6	^[2]
November 9	Hobart	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 7–19
November 16	Wayne	Rotary Field Buffalo, NY	L 0–6	^[3]

^ "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
^ "City College drops fifth in row, 7 to 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Wayne marches to last-period touchdown to beat Buffalo, 6-0". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 27. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

v t Buffalo Bulls football
Venues	Buffalo Baseball Park (1894–1919) International Park (1915) Rotary Field (1920–1942, 1955–1984) Civic Stadium (1946–1954) (1985–1992) University at Buffalo Stadium (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games
Culture & lore	Victor E. Bull "" Thunder of the East Marching Band Records
People	Head coaches Statistical leaders NFL draftees
Seasons	1896 1897 1898 1899 1901 1904–1914 1915 1918 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971–1976 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021

1940 Eastern college football independents records
v t	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
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
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