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American college football season

1940 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
Seasons← 19391941 →
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

The 1940 Providence Friars football team was an American football team that represented Providence College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–6 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 195 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Holy CrossL 6–3415,000
October 6at Long IslandL 0–6
October 13at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–14
October 20CanisiusW 13–2
October 23vs. Rhode Island StateW 25–07,000
November 2at SpringfieldW 20–0
November 10La Salle
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–133,000
November 17Saint Anselm
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–85,000
November 23at Catholic UniversityL 7–40
  • Homecoming

References

  1. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Holy Cross wins easily over Friars". The Hartford Courant. September 29, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Koons, LIU, tops Providence, 6–0". Daily News. October 7, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. "DeSantis leads Niagara to win over Providence". Democrat and Chronicle. October 14, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Kowalski passes Providence team to grid triumph". The Hartford Courant. October 21, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Providence drubs Rhody Rams, 25–0". The Hartford Courant. October 24, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Providence wins over Springfield". The Hartford Courant. November 3, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "La Salle jolts Providence". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "St. Anselm shades Providence, 8–7, for fourth win". The Portsmouth Herald. November 18, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Catholic U. jolts Providence, 40–7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1940. Retrieved May 1, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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