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]
| 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football | |
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MOCC co-champion | |
| Conference | Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference |
| Record | 6–3 (3–1 MOCC) |
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| Lawrence Tech + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 6 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assumption (ON) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | ? | – | ? | – | ? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DeSales (OH) + | 3 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Mary's (MI) | 1 | – | 3 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ferris Institute | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 7 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to the 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 edit
| Date | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance | Source | ||
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| September 20 | at Hillsdale* | Hillsdale, MI | W 19–9 | [5] | |||
| September 28 | at Indiana State* | Terre Haute, IN | L 7–20 | [6] | |||
| October 5 | at Assumption (ON) |
| W 10–0 | 1,500 | [7] | ||
| October 12 | Grand Rapids* |
| W 27–12 | [8] | |||
| October 19 | Ferris Institute | Big Rapids, MI | W 20–0 | 1,000 | [9] | ||
| October 26 | Wittenberg* |
| L 0–20 | [10][11][12] | |||
| November 2 | St. Mary's (MI) |
| W 31–0 | [13] | |||
| November 9 | DeSales (OH) |
| L 7–33 | 1,000 | [14][15] | ||
| November 16 | at Defiance* | Defiance, OH | W 26–2 | [16][17] | |||
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References edit
- ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 2, 1940). "Lawrence Tech Freshman Nearly Created Incident". The Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech (MI) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 30, 1940). "Once More It's Proved There's Nothing in a Name". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech Bearrs Dales, 19-9". Detroit Free Press. September 21, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Sycamores Triumph". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. September 29, 1940. pp. 41, 42 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Wittenberg Eleven Plays In Homecoming Program At Lawrence Tech Next Week". The Springfield News-Sun. October 20, 1940. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Lawrence Tech Downs St. Mary's: Blue Devils Victors, 31 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1940. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Blue Devils Expect Victory: Lawrence Tech Aims to Defeat Defiance in Season Finale". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Early Touchdowns Win for Lawrence Tech, 26 to 2". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. Sport 7 – via Newspapers.com.