1940 La Salle Explorers football team

The 1940 La Salle Explorers football team was an American football team that represented La Salle College (now known as La Salle University) as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach Jim Henry, the Explorers compiled a 6–2 record.

1940 La Salle Explorers football
Conference	Independent
Record	6–2
Head coach	Jim Henry (1st season)
Home stadium	McCarthy Stadium
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

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 22	at Niagara	Varsity Stadium Lewiston, NY	L 6–21	5,500	[1]
September 27	at West Chester	Wayne Field West Chester, PA	W 13–0	9,000	[2]
October 13	at Canisius	Civic Stadium Buffalo, NY	L 0–6	8,189	[3]
October 19	Davis & Elkins	McCarthy Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 19–6	2,000	[4]
October 27	Mount St. Mary's	McCarthy Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 13–0	2,000	[5]
November 3	Scranton	McCarthy Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 12–6	3,000	[6]
November 10	at Providence	LaSalle Field Providence, RI	W 13–7	3,000	[7]
November 23	at Pennsylvania Military College	P.M.C. Stadium Chester, PA	W 31–6		[8]