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
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–8
Head coach
Home stadiumAlumni 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

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 28SpringfieldL 6–13
October 5at Connecticut
L 0–13
October 12at NorwichL 0–24
October 19Rhode Island State
  • Alumni Field
  • Amherst, MA
L 3–9
October 26at Worcester Tech
W 12–6[1]
November 2at Amherst
L 0–14
November 12at Coast Guard
L 6–19
November 16at RPI
L 0–25
November 23at Tufts
L 6–19

References

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  1. ^ "Rhode Island's Rally Conquers Mass. Staters". The Harford Daily Courant. October 20, 1940. p. 4C – via Newspapers.com.