1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football
MOCC co-champion
ConferenceMichigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference
Record6–3 (3–1 MOCC)
Head coach
1940 Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Lawrence Tech + 3 1 06 3 0
Assumption (ON) + 3 1 0 ?  ?  ?
DeSales (OH) + 3 1 04 4 0
St. Mary's (MI) 1 3 02 3 0
Ferris Institute 0 4 01 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team represented the Lawrence Institute of Technology of Highland Park, Michigan, as a member of the Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference (MOCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Ridler,[1] the Blue Devils compiled a 6–3 record, tied for the MOCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 147 to 96.[2]

Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to teh MOCC all-conference first team: end Fred Dupke; tackle Walter Nowacki; guard Al Schrecke; halfback Harry Awdey; and halfback Jackie Coogan.[3]

Paul Ribbentrop, a cousin of Germany's Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, played at the tackle position for the 1930 Lawrence Tech team.[4]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Hillsdale*Hillsdale, MIW 19–9[5]
September 28at Indiana State*Terre Haute, INL 7–20[6]
October 5at Assumption (ON)
W 10–01,500[7]
October 12Grand Rapids*W 27–12[8]
October 19Ferris InstituteBig Rapids, MIW 20–01,000[9]
October 26Wittenberg*
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 0–20[10][11][12]
November 2St. Mary's (MI)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
W 31–0[13]
November 9DeSales (OH)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 7–331,000[14][15]
November 16at Defiance*Defiance, OHW 26–2[16][17]
  • *Non-conference game

References

  1. Tom Lobaugh (November 2, 1940). "Lawrence Tech Freshman Nearly Created Incident". The Detroit Free Press. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Lawrence Tech (MI) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. "All-Stars Led by Lawrence: Five Players Get Positions on M-O Conference Eleven". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 1940. p. 19 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Tom Lobaugh (November 30, 1940). "Once More It's Proved There's Nothing in a Name". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Lawrence Tech Bearrs Dales, 19-9". Detroit Free Press. September 21, 1940. p. 15 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Sycamores Triumph". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. September 29, 1940. pp. 41, 42 via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Purple Loses To Lawrence: Assumption Boys Drop Opening M-O Tilt by Score of 10-0". The Windsor Daily Star. October 7, 1940. p. 4 via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Blue Devils Victors, 27-12: Coogan and Utter Run Through Grand Rapids for Regular Gains". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1940. p. Sport 2 via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Blue Devils Defeat Ferris: Utter Stars as Tech Spurts in Last Half to 20-0 Triumph". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1940. p. Sport 5 via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Wittenberg Eleven Plays In Homecoming Program At Lawrence Tech Next Week". The Springfield News-Sun. October 20, 1940. p. Sports 3 via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Blue Devils Lose, 20-0: Fumbles Spoil Their Scoring Chances in Last Period". The Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1940. p. Sport 4 via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Lutherans Stay in Unbeaten Ranks, 20-0: Johnny Kostyo Runs Wild Against Lawrence Tech In Fourth Win Of Wittenberg". The Springfield News-Sun. October 27, 1940. p. Sports 1 via Newspapers.com.
  13. "Lawrence Tech Downs St. Mary's: Blue Devils Victors, 31 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1940. p. Sport 4 via Newspapers.com.
  14. "Lawrence Tech Seeks to Clinch M-O Grid Title by Beating DeSales Saturday". The Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1940. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  15. Bob Latshaw (November 10, 1940). "DeSales Blasts Blue Devils: Sailors Win, 33-7, to Throw M.O.O.C. Race into Three-Way Tie". The Detroit Free Press. p. Sport 5 via Newspapers.com.
  16. "Blue Devils Expect Victory: Lawrence Tech Aims to Defeat Defiance in Season Finale". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 16 via Newspapers.com.
  17. "Early Touchdowns Win for Lawrence Tech, 26 to 2". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. Sport 7 via Newspapers.com.
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