1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

The 1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football team represented the University of Pittsburgh in the 1940 college football season. The team compiled a 3–4–1 record under head coach Charley Bowser.[1]

1940 Pittsburgh Panthers football
Conference	Independent
1940 record	3–4–1
Head coach	Charley Bowser (2nd season)
Home stadium	Pitt Stadium (Capacity: 56,500)

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	at Ohio State	Ohio Stadium Columbus, OH	L 7–30
October 5	Missouri	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 19–13
October 12	SMU	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	T 7–7
October 19	No. 11 Fordham	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 12–24
November 9	Carnegie Tech	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	W 6–0
November 16	No. 11 Nebraska	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA	L 7–9
November 23	No. 20 Penn State	Pitt Stadium Pittsburgh, PA (rivalry)	W 20–7
November 30	at No. 20 Duke	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–12
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

References

1. "1940 Pittsburgh Panthers Stats". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. May 21, 2016.