1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team

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1940 Georgetown Hoyas football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 13
1940 record8–2
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumGriffith Stadium
(capacity: 32,000)
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern college football independents records
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons   –   9 – 0 – 0
No. 13 Georgetown   –   8 – 2 – 0
Marshall   –   8 – 2 – 0
Navy   –   6 – 2 – 1
Delaware   –   5 – 3 – 0
East Carolina   –   5 – 3 – 0
Western Maryland   –   5 – 3 – 0
George Washington   –   5 – 3 – 1
Catholic University   –   4 – 3 – 1
West Virginia   –   4 – 4 – 1
Virginia   –   4 – 5 – 0
Georgia Teachers   –   3 – 5 – 0
Oklahoma City   –   1 – 7 – 3
William & Mary Norfolk Division   –   0 – 6 – 0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University during the 1940 college football season. The Hoyas were led by ninth-year head coach Jack Hagerty and played their home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.. The team carried into the year a two-year, 16-game unbeaten streak, which ended at 23 games after a tightly contested loss to eventual co-national champion Boston College.[1] Georgetown ended the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 13th in the AP Poll, the only ranked finish in Hoyas team history.[2] They were invited to the 1941 Orange Bowl, where they lost to Mississippi State, 7–14.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Roanoke
W 66–0
October 4at Temple
W 14–0
October 12Waynesburg
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 26–12[3]
October 198:00 p.m.VPI
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 46–4[4]
October 26at NYUNo. 15
W 26–011,000[5]
November 2at SyracuseNo. 10
W 28–617,000
November 9at MarylandNo. 9
W 41–0
November 16at No. 8 Boston CollegeNo. 9
L 18–1941,700
November 23vs. George WashingtonNo. 9
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 8–0
January 1vs. No. 11 Mississippi StateNo. 13
L 7–1429,554
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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References[]

  1. ^ Munhall, Jack (November 17, 1940). "Georgetown's Streak Ends as Boston College's Strategy in Late Minutes Brings 19-18 Victory". The Washington Post. p. SP1.
  2. ^ "Georgetown Hoyas School History". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  3. ^ Munhall, Jack (October 12, 1940). "G.U. Stops Waynesburg After Real Fight, 26-12". The Washington Post. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Georgetown vs. V.P.I. Official Program". VPI vs. Georgetown Football Program. 1925. p. 1. Retrieved October 10, 2017.
  5. ^ "Hoyas beat NYU, 26–0, for 21st victory". Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 87. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "1940 Georgetown Hoyas Schedule and Results". Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
  7. ^ "Georgetown Yearly Results". CFB Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on October 31, 2015. Retrieved May 14, 2017.
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