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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]

ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Headcoach
CaptainCharles Drulis
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1940 Temple Owls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–4–1
Head coach
CaptainCharles Drulis
Home stadiumTemple Stadium
Seasons
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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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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

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 27MuhlenbergW 64–712,000[5]
October 4Georgetown
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
L 0–1420,000[6]
October 12at Boston CollegeL 20–3328,000[7]
October 18Michigan State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
W 21–1915,000[8]
October 26Penn State
  • Temple Stadium
  • Philadelphia, PA
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 CrossT 6–65,000[12]
November 23at OklahomaL 6–97,000[13]
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