1940 Harvard Crimson football team

1940 Harvard Crimson football
Conference	Independent
Record	3–2–3
Head coach	Dick Harlow (6th season)
Home stadium	Harvard Stadium

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 Harvard Crimson football team was an American football team that represented Harvard University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its sixth season under head coach Dick Harlow, the team compiled a 3–2–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 77 to 49. The team played its home games at Harvard Stadium in Boston.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
October 5	Amherst	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 13–0
October 12	Michigan	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	L 0–26
October 19	Army	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	T 6–6
October 26	Dartmouth	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	L 6–7
November 2	Princeton	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA (rivalry)	T 0–0
November 9	at No. 15 Penn	Franklin Field Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)	T 10–10
November 16	Brown	Harvard Stadium Boston, MA	W 14–0
November 23	at Yale	Yale Bowl New Haven, CT (rivalry)	W 28–0
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game