1940 Drexel Dragons football team was head coached by Walter Halas.
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| Conference | Eastern Pennsylvania Conference |
| Record | 2–6 (1–1 EPC) |
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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 | – | 5 | – | 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.[1]
Schedule
edit| 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 | [2] | ||
| 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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References
edit- ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Delaware Gets First Win, Beating Drexel". The Morning Call. October 27, 1940 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Drexel Defeated in First Seasonal Tilt" (PDF). The Triangle. October 11, 1940. p. 4. Retrieved January 26, 2018.
- ^ "1940 Football Schedule". Swarthmore Athletics. Retrieved September 27, 2021.
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