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1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
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

he 1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Edward Baker, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5.[1]

Carnegie Tech was ranked at No. 116 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 5GenevaPittsburgh, PAW 21–0
October 12Holy CrossPittsburgh, PAL 0–1818,000[3]
October 19No. 6 Notre DameL 0–6129,515[4]
October 26CasePittsburgh, PAW 14–0
November 2CincinnatiL 6–7
November 9Pittsburgh
L 0–6
November 16Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAW 18–6
November 30DuquesnePittsburgh, PAL 7–14
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

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  1. ^ "1940 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ Eddie Beachler (October 13, 1940). "Carnegie Tech Bows To Holy Cross, 18-0: Defeat Is Plaid's Fifth in Worcester". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. 9, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".