1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 3–4–1 record under head coach Charley Bowser.[1]

1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football
ConferenceIndependent
1940 record3–4–1
Head coachCharley Bowser (2nd season)
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
(Capacity: 56,500)
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
September 28at Ohio State
L 7–30
October 5Missouri
W 19–13
October 12SMU
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
T 7–7
October 19No. 11 Fordham
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 12–24
November 9Carnegie Tech
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 6–0
November 16No. 11 Nebraska
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 7–9
November 23No. 20 Penn State
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)
W 20–7
November 30at No. 20 Duke
  • Duke Stadium
  • Durham, NC
L 7–12
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
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References

  1. "1940 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.


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