1940 Penn Quakers football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 14
Record6–1–1
Head coach
CaptainRay Frick
Home stadiumFranklin Field
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 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 their third season under head coach George Munger, the Quakers compiled a 6–1–1 record, were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 79.[1]

Penn was ranked at No. 5 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

Schedule

DateOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5Maryland
W 51–052,000[3]
October 12Yale
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 50–750,000[4]
October 19PrincetonNo. 9
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 46–2855,000[5]
October 26at No. 3 MichiganNo. 8
L 0–1559,913[6]
November 2 No. 14 NavyNo. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 20–070,200[7]
November 9HarvardNo. 15
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
T 10–1035,000[8]
November 16Army
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 48–047,000[9]
November 23 No. 5 CornellNo. 12
  • Franklin Field
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
W 22–2080,000[10]
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

  1. ↑ "1940 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
  2. ↑ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ Fred Byrod (October 6, 1940). "52,000 See Penn Swamp Maryland". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ Cy Peterman (October 13, 1940). "Penn Hands Yale Worst Defeat, 50-7". The Philadelhia Inquirer. pp. S1, S6 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Cy Peterman (October 20, 1940). "Penn's Reagan Defeats Princeton, 46 to 28: Scores Five Touchdowns, Passes for Sixth As 55,000 Witness Rout at Franklin Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ Cy Peterman (October 27, 1940). "Harmon and Michigan Crush Penn, 14 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S3 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Cy Peterman (November 3, 1940). "70,200 See Penn Roll Over Navy, 20 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S7 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ Cy Peterman (November 10, 1940). "Harvard Ties Penn, 10-10: Crimson Holds Favored Rival To Draw Before 35,000 Fans". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S7 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ Cy Peterman (November 17, 1940). "Penn Runs Wild to Crush Army, 48-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ Cy Peterman (November 24, 1940). "80,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 22 to 20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 – via Newspapers.com.
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