1940 Penn Quakers football team

The 1940 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its third season under head coach George Munger, the team compiled a 6–1–1 record, was ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 79.[1] The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

1940 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
1940 record6–1–1
Head coachGeorge Munger (3rd season)
Home stadiumFranklin Field
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

DateOpponentRankSiteResultSource
October 5MarylandW 51–0
October 12Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 50–7
October 19PrincetonNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 46–28
October 26at No. 3 MichiganNo. 8L 0–15
November 2 No. 14 NavyNo. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–0
November 9HarvardNo. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
T 10–10
November 16Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 48–0
November 23 No. 5 CornellNo. 12
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 22–20
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1940 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
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