1940 Drexel Dragons football team
| 1940 Drexel Dragons football | |
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| Conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–1 EPC) |
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| Captain | Walt Hutton |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Franklin & Marshall $ | 3 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Muhlenberg | 2 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gettysburg | 2 | – | 2 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 4 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Drexel | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | 2 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ursinus | 0 | – | 4 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1940 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.
Drexel was ranked at No. 570 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Source |
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| September 28 | Juniata* | Philadelphia, PA | L 0–14 | ||
| October 5 | at Buffalo* |
| L 13–20 | ||
| October 12 | Gettysburg | Philadelphia, PA | L 0–41 | ||
| October 19 | RPI* | Philadelphia, PA | L 0–26 | ||
| October 26 | at Delaware* | L 0–19 | [2] | ||
| November 2 | 2:30 pm | Lowell Textile* | Philadelphia, PA | W 8–0 | |
| November 9 | at Swarthmore* | Swarthmore, PA | L 6–18 | ||
| November 16 | at Ursinus | Collegeville, PA | W 12–8 | ||
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Roster
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References
- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Delaware Gets First Win, Beating Drexel". The Morning Call. October 27, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Drexel Defeated in First Seasonal Tilt" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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