1940 Navy Midshipmen football team

1940 Navy Midshipmen football
Conference Independent
1940 record 6–2–1
Head coach Swede Larson (2nd season)
Captain Dick Foster
Home stadium Thompson Stadium
1940 NCAA independents football records
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T  W L T
No. 5 Boston College   –    11 –0 –0
No. 12 Fordham   –    7 –2 –0
Penn State   –    6 –1 –1
Notre Dame   –    7 –2 –0
Navy   –    6 –2 –1
Villanova   –    4 –5 –0
Pittsburgh   –    3 –4 –1
Miami (FL)   –    3 –7 –0
Army   –    1 –7 –1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Navy Midshipmen football team represented the United States Naval Academy during the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Swede Larson, the Midshipmen compiled a 6–2–1 record and outscored their opponents by a combined score of 106 to 46.[1][2]

Schedule

Date Opponent# Rank# Site Result Attendance
September 28 William & Mary Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 19–7    
October 5 Cincinnati Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 14–0    
October 12 at Princeton Palmer Stadium • Princeton, NJ W 12–6    
October 19 Drake Thompson Stadium • Annapolis, MD W 19–0    
October 26 at Yale* Yale Bowl • New Haven, CT W 21–0    
November 2 at No. 15 Penn No. 14 Franklin Field • Philadelphia, PA L 0–20    
November 9 No. 7 Notre Dame Municipal Stadium • Baltimore, MD (Rivalry) L 7–13   61,579
November 16 at Columbia Baker Field • New York, NY T 0–0    
November 30 vs. Army Municipal Stadium • Philadelphia, PA (Rivalry) W 14–0    
#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

References

  1. ↑ "Football History" (PDF). United States Naval Academy. p. 191. Retrieved July 14, 2015.
  2. ↑ "Navy Yearly Results (1940-1944)". College Football Data Warehouse. David DeLassus. Retrieved July 14, 2015.


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