1940 Massachusetts State Aggies football team

The 1940 Massachusetts State Aggies football team represented Massachusetts State College in the 1940 college football season. The team was coached by Elbert Carraway and played its home games at Alumni Field in Amherst, Massachusetts. Mass State finished the season with a record of 1–8.

1940 Massachusetts State Aggies football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	1–8
Head coach	Elbert Carraway (5th season)
Home stadium	Alumni Field

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
Princeton			–					5	–	2	–	1
Columbia			–					5	–	2	–	2
Brown			–					6	–	3	–	1
Bucknell			–					4	–	2	–	2
Colgate			–					5	–	3	–	0
Hofstra			–					4	–	3	–	0
Harvard			–					3	–	2	–	3
Dartmouth			–					5	–	4	–	0
Temple			–					4	–	4	–	1
Tufts			–					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
NYU			–					2	–	7	–	0
Yale			–					1	–	7	–	0
Army			–					1	–	7	–	1
Massachusetts State			–					1	–	8	–	0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 28	Springfield	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 6–13
October 5	at Connecticut	Gardner Dow Athletic Fields Storrs, CT (rivalry)	L 0–13
October 12	at Norwich	Sabine Field Northfield, VT	L 0–24
October 19	Rhode Island	Alumni Field Amherst, MA	L 3–9
October 26	at Worcester Tech	Alumni Field Worcester, MA	W 12–6
November 2	at Amherst	Pratt Field Amherst, MA	L 0–14
November 12	at Coast Guard	Cadet Memorial Field New London, CT	L 6–19
November 16	at Renssalaer	'86 Field Troy, NY	L 0–25
November 23	at Tufts	Tufts Oval Somerville, MA	L 6–19

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