1940 Buffalo Bulls football team

1940 Buffalo Bulls football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
CaptainRoger Perkins
Home stadiumRotary Field
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 Buffalo Bulls football team was an American football team that represented the University of Buffalo as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Jim Peele, the team compiled a 3–5 record.[1] The team played its home games at Rotary Field in Buffalo, New York.[2]

Buffalo was ranked at No. 456 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 28at SusquehannaSelinsgrove, PAL 6–20
October 5Drexel
W 20–13
October 12at Williams
L 0–27
October 19at AlfredAlfred, NYL 0–19
October 26at Connecticut
W 7–6
November 2CCNY
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
W 7–6[4]
November 9Hobart
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 7–19
November 16Wayne
  • Rotary Field
  • Buffalo, NY
L 0–6[5]

References

  1. ^ "Buffalo Football 2018 Information Guide" (PDF). University of Buffalo. 2019. p. 87. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  2. ^ Hollander, Scott. "1940 Buffalo Bulls Football". Buffalo, New York: University at Buffalo Libraries. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  3. ^ Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "City College drops fifth in row, 7 to 6". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 3, 1940. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Wayne marches to last-period touchdown to beat Buffalo, 6-0". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 27. Retrieved September 17, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.