1940 Colgate Red Raiders football team

The 1940 Colgate Red Raiders football team was an American football team that represented Colgate University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their 12th season under head coach Andrew Kerr, the Red Raiders compiled a 5–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 125 to 76. James Garvey was the team captain.^[1][2]

1940 Colgate Red Raiders football
Conference	Independent
Record	5–3
Head coach	Andrew Kerr (12th season)
Captain	James Garvey
Home stadium	Colgate Athletic Field
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Eastern college football independents records

v t e	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

Colgate was ranked at No. 43 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[3]

The team played its home games at Colgate Athletic Field in Hamilton, New York.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	Akron	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 44–0	6,000	[4]
October 5	at Cornell	Schoellkopf Field Ithaca, NY (rivalry)	L 0–34	15,000	[5]
October 12	at Brown	Andrews Field Providence, RI	W 20–3		[6]
October 19	Duke	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	L 0–13	14,000	[7]
October 26	Mississippi College	Colgate Athletic Field Hamilton, NY	W 31–0	5,000	[8][9][10]
November 2	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	W 6–0	4,000	[11]
November 16	at Syracuse	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY (rivalry)	W 7–6	25,000	[12]
November 23	at Columbia	Baker Field New York, NY	L 17–20	24,000	[13]
Homecoming