1940 CCNY Beavers football team

American college football season

1940 CCNY Beavers football

Conference| Independent
Record| 1–5–1
Head coach|

* Benny Friedman (7th season)

Home stadium| Lewisohn Stadium

Seasons

<- 1939

1941 ->

1940 Eastern college football independents records

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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 CCNY Beavers football team was an American football team that represented the City College of New York (CCNY) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh season under head coach Benny Friedman, the team compiled a 1–5–1 record.

CCNY was ranked at No. 444 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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September 28| Montclair State|

* Lewisohn Stadium
* New York, NY

| L 12–13| | [2]
October 5| Colby|

* Lewisohn Stadium
* New York, NY

| L 0–14| |
October 19| at Clarkson|

* Snell Field
* Potsdam, NY

| T 0–0| | [3]
October 26| Susquehanna|

* Lewisohn Stadium
* New York, NY

| L 7–14| | [4]
November 2| at Buffalo|

* Rotary Stadium
* Buffalo, NY

| L 6–7| | [5]
November 9| Springfield|

* Lewisohn Stadium
* New York, NY

| W 13–7| 3,000| [6]
November 16| at Brooklyn|

* Brooklyn College Field
* Brooklyn, NY

| L 6–14| 3,500| [7]

## References

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1. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
2. ^ "Montclair nips CCNY, 13–12". Daily News. September 29, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ "CCNY, Clarkson in 0–0 tie". Daily News. October 20, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ "Susquehanna rally downs C.C.N.Y., 14–7". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 27, 1940. Retrieved September 16, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ "City College drops fifth in row, 7 to 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ "City College defeats Springfield, 13 to 7". The Hartford Courant. November 10, 1940. Retrieved September 16, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ "Brooklyn College tops C.C.N.Y., 14–6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 17, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 - via Newspapers.com.

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CCNY Beavers football

Venues|

* Lewisohn Stadium

People|

* Head coaches

Seasons|

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