1940 NYU Violets football team

1940 NYU Violets football
Conference	Independent
Record	2–7
Head coach	Mal Stevens (7th season)
Home stadium	Ohio Field Yankee Stadium

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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 NYU Violets football team was an American football team that represented New York University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh year under head coach Mal Stevens, the team compiled a 2–7 record.^[1]

NYU was ranked at No. 131 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Pennsylvania Military	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 32–6	8,000	[3]
October 5	Lafayette	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	L 7–9	12,000	[4]
October 12	Syracuse	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 13–47	8,000	[5]
October 19	Holy Cross	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 7–13	12,000	[6]
October 26	No. 15 Georgetown	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–26	11,000	[7]
November 2	at Missouri	Memorial Stadium Columbia, MO	L 0–33	22,000	[8]
November 9	Franklin & Marshall	Ohio Field Bronx, NY	W 12–0	10,000	[9]
November 16	at No. 20 Penn State	New Beaver Field University Park, PA	L 0–25	10,000	[10]
November 30	vs. No. 14 Fordham	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	L 0–26	35,000	[11]
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1940 NYU Violets Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
3. "Violets triumph over PMC, 32–6". Daily News. September 29, 1940. p. 85. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Lafayette stuns NYU, 9–7". Sunday Call-Chronicle. October 6, 1940. p. 13. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "Syracuse routs Violets, 47 to 13". Democrat and Chronicle. October 13, 1940. p. 21. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Crusaders top Violets, 13–7". Daily News. October 20, 1940. p. 93. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Hoyas beat NYU, 26–0, for 21st victory". Daily News. October 27, 1940. p. 87. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
8. "Tigers are alert". The Kansas City Star. November 3, 1940. p. B1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
9. "N.Y.U. shatters F&M's winning streak, 12 to 0". Sunday News. November 10, 1940. p. 1. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
10. "Unbeaten Penn State sinks N.Y.U., 25–0". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 17, 1940. p. 43. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
11. "Fordham whips NYU, 26 to 0". Daily News. December 1, 1940. p. 98. Retrieved February 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.