1940 Harvard Crimson football team

The 1940 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 3–2–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 77 to 49.[1][2] The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

1940 Harvard Crimson football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record3–2–3
Head coachDick Harlow (6th season)
Home stadiumHarvard Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf  Overall
TeamW 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
Colgate      5 3 0
Harvard      3 2 3
Dartmouth      5 4 0
Temple      4 4 1
Tufts      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
Massachusetts State      1 8 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResult
October 5AmherstW 13–0
October 12Michigan
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
L 0–26
October 19Army
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
T 6–6
October 26Dartmouth
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
L 6–7
November 2Princeton
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA (rivalry)
T 0–0
November 9at No. 15 PennT 10–10
November 16Brown
  • Harvard Stadium
  • Boston, MA
W 14–0
November 23at YaleW 28–0
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1940 Harvard Crimson Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved April 11, 2020.
  2. "Harvard Football Yearly Records". GoCrimson.com. Harvard University. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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