1940 Temple Owls football team

The 1940 Temple Owls football team was an American football team that represented Temple University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its first season under head coach Ray Morrison, the team compiled a 4–4–1 record and outscored opponents by a total of 155 to 113.^[1][2] Charles Drulis was the team captain.^[3]

1940 Temple Owls football
Conference	Independent
Record	4–4–1
Head coach	Ray Morrison (1st season)
Captain	Charles Drulis
Home stadium	Temple 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

Temple was ranked at No. 35 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[4]

The team played its home games at Temple Stadium in Philadelphia.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 27	Muhlenberg	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 64–7	12,000	[5]
October 4	Georgetown	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–14	20,000	[6]
October 12	at Boston College	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 20–33	28,000	[7]
October 18	Michigan State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 21–19	15,000	[8]
October 26	Penn State	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	L 0–18	25,000	[9]
November 2	at Bucknell	Lewisburg, PA	W 10–7	10,000	[10]
November 9	Villanova	Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 28–0	20,000	[11]
November 16	at Holy Cross	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	T 6–6	5,000	[12]
November 23	at Oklahoma	Owen Field Norman, OK	L 6–9	7,000	[13]