1940 Penn Quakers football team

American college football season

1940 Penn Quakers football

Conference| Independent
Ranking
AP| No. 14
Record| 6–1–1
Head coach|

* George Munger (3rd season)

Captain| Ray Frick
Home stadium| Franklin Field

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 Penn Quakers football team was an American football team that represented the University of Pennsylvania as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach George Munger, the Quakers compiled a 6–1–1 record, were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll, and outscored opponents by a total of 247 to 79.[1]

Penn was ranked at No. 5 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

The team played its home games at Franklin Field in Philadelphia.

## Schedule

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Date| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance| Source

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October 5| Maryland| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 51–0| 52,000| [3]
October 12| Yale| |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 50–7| 50,000| [4]
October 19| Princeton| No. 9|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| W 46–28| 55,000| [5]
October 26| at No. 3 Michigan| No. 8|

* Michigan Stadium
* Ann Arbor, MI

| L 0–15| 59,913| [6]
November 2|  No. 14 Navy| No. 15|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 20–0| 70,200| [7]
November 9| Harvard| No. 15|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| T 10–10| 35,000| [8]
November 16| Army|  |

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA

| W 48–0| 47,000| [9]
November 23|  No. 5 Cornell| No. 12|

* Franklin Field
* Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)

| W 22–20| 80,000| [10]

* Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

## References

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1. ^ "1940 Pennsylvania Quakers Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Fred Byrod (October 6, 1940). "52,000 See Penn Swamp Maryland". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S3 - via Newspapers.com.
4. ^ Cy Peterman (October 13, 1940). "Penn Hands Yale Worst Defeat, 50-7". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S6 - via Newspapers.com.
5. ^ Cy Peterman (October 20, 1940). "Penn's Reagan Defeats Princeton, 46 to 28: Scores Five Touchdowns, Passes for Sixth As 55,000 Witness Rout at Franklin Field". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. 1S, 3S - via Newspapers.com.
6. ^ Cy Peterman (October 27, 1940). "Harmon and Michigan Crush Penn, 14 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S3 - via Newspapers.com.
7. ^ Cy Peterman (November 3, 1940). "70,200 See Penn Roll Over Navy, 20 to 0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S7 - via Newspapers.com.
8. ^ Cy Peterman (November 10, 1940). "Harvard Ties Penn, 10-10: Crimson Holds Favored Rival To Draw Before 35,000 Fans". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S7 - via Newspapers.com.
9. ^ Cy Peterman (November 17, 1940). "Penn Runs Wild to Crush Army, 48-0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 - via Newspapers.com.
10. ^ Cy Peterman (November 24, 1940). "80,000 See Penn Beat Cornell, 22 to 20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 - via Newspapers.com.

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* Franklin Field (1895–present)

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