1940 Syracuse Orangemen football team

1940 Eastern college football independents records
	Rankings from AP Poll

1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
1940 Syracuse Orangemen football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	3–4–1
Head coach	Ossie Solem (4th season);
Captain	Richard Banger
Home stadium	Archbold Stadium
	Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

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 and played their home games at Archbold Stadium in Syracuse, New York.

Schedule[]

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Clarkson	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 33–0	15,000
October 5	Northwestern	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 0–40	22,000
October 12	at NYU	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 47–13	8,000	^[2]
October 19	at No. 1 Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY	L 6–33	18,000
October 26	at No. 20 Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	W 3–0	22,000
November 2	No. 10 Georgetown	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	L 6–28	17,000
November 9	No. 16 Penn State	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	T 13–13	15,000
November 16	Colgate	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	L 6–7	25,000
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

^ ^a ^b 2017 Syracuse football media guide. pg. 147.
^ "Syracuse routs Violets, 47 to 13". Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "1940 Syracuse Orange Schedule and Results". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 30, 2018.

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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