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1940 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1940 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Louis Young was the team captain.[1]

1940 Dartmouth Indians football
ConferenceIndependent
Record5–4
Head coach
CaptainLouis Young
Home stadiumMemorial Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   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
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

George Wolfe was the team's leading scorer, with 48 points, from eight touchdowns.[2]

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 72 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule edit

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28 St. Lawrence
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 36–0 [1]
October 5 Franklin & Marshall
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 21–23 8,000 [4]
October 12 Columbia
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
L 6–20 10,000 [5]
October 19 at Yale
L 7–13 35,000 [6]
October 26 at Harvard
W 7–6 35,000 [7]
November 2 Sewanee
  • Memorial Field
  • Hanover, NH
W 26–0 [8]
November 9 at Princeton
L 9–14 30,000 [9]
November 16 Cornell
W 3–0 10,000 [10][11][12]
November 23 at Brown
W 20–6 15,000 [13]

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Season-by-Season Results: 1940-99". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  2. ^ "Annual Scoring Leaders (Since 1925)". Hanover, N.H.: Dartmouth College. Retrieved July 3, 2020.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "F. and M. Team Topples Dartmonth, 23-21, Substitutes Having Star Roles in Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. October 6, 1940. p. S1.
  5. ^ Jack Mahon (October 13, 1940). "Lions Conquer Green, 20 to 6". New York Daily News. p. 88 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (October 20, 1940). "Last-Minute Forward Halts Dartmouth for Yale, 13 to 7". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  7. ^ McGowen, Roscoe (October 27, 1940). "Dartmouth Rally Nips Harvard, 7-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  8. ^ "Dartmouth's power too much, Sewanee drops 26–0 decision". The Birmingham News. November 3, 1940. Retrieved August 16, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Kelley, Robert F. (November 10, 1940). "Princeton Trips Dartmouth, 14-9". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  10. ^ "Cornell Nips Dartmouth, 7-3, With 5 Sec. to Go". New York Daily News. November 17, 1940. p. 96 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ Richardson, William D. (November 17, 1940). "Disputed Cornell Play Tops Dartmouth, 7-3, at Finish; Pass Halts Green". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
  12. ^ Daley, Arthur J. (November 19, 1940). "Dartmouth 3, Cornell 0, Official Score as Ithacans Refuse Victory". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. 31.
  13. ^ Effrat, Louis (November 24, 1940). "Dartmouth Victor over Brown, 20-6". The New York Times. New York, N.Y. p. S1.
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