1940 Colgate Red Raiders football team

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1940 Colgate Red Raiders football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record5–3
Head coach
CaptainJames Garvey
Home stadiumColgate Athletic Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
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 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

The 1940 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its 12th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the team compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 76. James Garvey was the team captain.[1][2] The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule[]

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28Akron
W 44–0
October 5at Cornell
L 0–34
October 12at Brown
W 20–3
October 19Duke
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
L 0–1314,000
October 26Mississippi College
  • Colgate Athletic Field
  • Hamilton, NY
W 31–0
November 2at Holy Cross
W 6–0
November 16at Syracuse
W 7–625,000
November 23at Columbia
L 17–20

References[]

  1. ^ "2008 Colgate Football Media Guide" (PDF). Colgate University. 2008. p. 127. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
  2. ^ "1940 Colgate Raiders Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 6, 2020.
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