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1940 La Salle Explorers football team

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The 1940 La Salle Explorers football team was an American football team that represented La Salle College (now known as La Salle University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Henry, the Explorers compiled a 6–2 record.

ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Headcoach
  • Jim Henry (1st season)
HomestadiumMcCarthy Stadium
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1940 La Salle Explorers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
  • Jim Henry (1st season)
Home stadiumMcCarthy Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
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1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
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
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Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22at Niagara
L 6–215,500[1]
September 27at West Chester
W 13–09,000[2]
October 13at CanisiusL 0–68,189[3]
October 19Davis & ElkinsW 19–62,000[4]
October 27Mount St. Mary's
  • McCarthy Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 13–02,000[5]
November 3Scranton
  • McCarthy Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 12–63,000[6]
November 10at Providence
W 13–73,000[7]
November 23at Pennsylvania Military College
W 31–6[8]
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