1940 Drexel Dragons football team
American college football season
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1940 Drexel Dragons football team represented Drexel Institute of Technology—now known as Drexel University as a member of the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. Led by 14th-year head coach Walter Halas, the Dragons compiled an overall record of 2–6 with a mark of 1–1 in conference play, tying for third place in the Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference.[1]
| 1940 Drexel Dragons football | |
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| Conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Collegiate Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–1 Eastern Pennsylvania) |
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| Captain | Walt Hutton |
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| 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 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[2]
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 | [3] | ||
| 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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