1940 CCNY Beavers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–5–1
Head coach
Home stadiumLewisohn Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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
La Salle   –  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
Providence   –  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

The 1940 CCNY Beavers football team was an American football team that represented the City College of New York (CCNY) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Benny Friedman, the team compiled a 1–5–1 record.

CCNY was ranked at No. 444 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28Montclair State
L 12–13[2]
October 5Colby
  • Lewisohn Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 0–14
October 19at Clarkson
T 0–0[3]
October 26Susquehanna
  • Lewisohn Stadium
  • New York, NY
L 7–14[4]
November 2at Buffalo
L 6–7[5]
November 9Springfield
  • Lewisohn Stadium
  • New York, NY
W 13–73,000[6]
November 16at Brooklyn
L 6–143,500[7]

References

  1. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "Montclair nips CCNY, 13–12". Daily News. September 29, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "CCNY, Clarkson in 0–0 tie". Daily News. October 20, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Susquehanna rally downs C.C.N.Y., 14–7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "City College drops fifth in row, 7 to 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "City College defeats Springfield, 13 to 7". The Hartford Courant. November 10, 1940. Retrieved September 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Brooklyn College tops C.C.N.Y., 14–6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.


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