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1940 La Salle Explorers football team

1940 La Salle Explorers football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
  • Jim Henry (1st season)
Home stadiumMcCarthy Stadium
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

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.

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]

References

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  1. ^ "Niagara uses air lanes to defeat LaSalle, 21–6". Buffalo Evening News. September 23, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "La Salle wins, 13–0, over West Chester". The Philadelphia Inquirer. September 28, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Blocked punt triumphs for Canisius". Buffalo Evening News. October 14, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "La Salle beats Davis & Elkins, 19 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. October 20, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "LaSalle defeats Mt. St. Mary's, 13–0". Harrisburg Telegraph. October 28, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "La Salle trims Scranton eleven, 12 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 4, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "La Salle jolts Providence". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 11, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "La Salle crushes P.M.C., 31 to 6". The Philadelphia Inquirer. November 24, 1940. Retrieved May 20, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.


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