1940 Temple Owls football team

The 1940 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 155 to 113.[1][2] Charles Drulis was the team captain.[3]

1940 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Drulis
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW 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

Temple was ranked at No. 35 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[4]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule
DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27Muhlenberg
W 64–712,000[5]
October 4Georgetown
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–1420,000[6]
October 12at Boston College
L 20–3328,000[7]
October 18Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–1915,000[8]
October 26Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA (rivalry)
L 0–1825,000[9]
November 2at BucknellLewisburg, PAW 10–710,000[10]
November 9Villanova
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 28–020,000[11]
November 16at Holy Cross
T 6–65,000[12]
November 23at Oklahoma
L 6–97,000[13]

References
  1. "1940 Temple Owls Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. "2019 Temple Owls Football Media Guide" (PDF). Temple University. p. 129. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. 2019 Media Guide, p. 110.
  4. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "'Berg Loses 64-7". The Morning Call. September 28, 1940. p. 14 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Georgetown Jars Temple". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 5, 1940. pp. 21, 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. Stan Baumgartner (October 13, 1940). "Boston College's Passes Beat Temple by 33 to 20". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. 1S – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "Temple Tops Michigan State, 21-19". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 19, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. Stan Baumgartner (October 27, 1940). "Penn State Eleven Overpowers Temple Owls in 18 to 0 Clash". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Temple Tumbles Bucknell, 10-7". Sunbury Daily Item. November 4, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. Stan Baumgartner (November 10, 1940). "Temple Wins, 28-0: Tomasic Stars as Owls Roll Up Big Count on Villanova Eleven". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. S1 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. Stan Baumgartner (November 17, 1940). "Temple Ties Holy Cross". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. S1, S4 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. Arthur Edson (November 24, 1940). "Sooners Wing Owls, 9-6". The Daily Oklahoman. p. 1B – via Newspapers.com.
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