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 coach
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
Bucknell   –    4 –2 –2
Colgate   –    5 –3 –0
Hofstra   –    4 –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 StateL 7–30
October 5MissouriW 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 DukeL 7–12
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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


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