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1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

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1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumPitt Stadium
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW 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

he 1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Edward Baker, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5.[1]

Carnegie Tech was ranked at No. 116 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 282:00 p.m.Geneva
W 21–06,184[3][4]
October 12at Holy Cross
L 0–1818,000[5]
October 19No. 6 Notre Dame
L 0–6129,515[6]
October 262:00 p.m.Case
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
W 14–07,212[7][8]
November 2Cincinnati
L 6–7
November 9Pittsburgh
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 0–626,500[9]
November 16Franklin & MarshallLancaster, PAW 18–6
November 30Duquesne
  • Pitt Stadium
  • Pittsburgh, PA
L 7–1419,907[10]

References

  1. "1940 Carnegie Mellon Tartans Schedule and Results". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved June 30, 2020.
  2. Dr. E. E. Litkenhous (December 19, 1940). "Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings". The Boston Globe. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Tartans Launch Campaign Against Geneva In Stadium". The Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. September 28, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  4. Keck, Harry (September 29, 1940). "Tech, After Slow Start, Jolts Geneva, 21-0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. pp. 2, 5 (part 3). Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  5. Eddie Beachler (October 13, 1940). "Carnegie Tech Bows To Holy Cross, 18-0: Defeat Is Plaid's Fifth in Worcester". The Pittsburgh Press. pp. 9, 11 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "1940 Notre Dame Fighting Irish Schedule and Results".
  7. "Tech Slight Favorite To Defeat Case". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. October 26, 1940. p. 12. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  8. Hopkins, Tom (October 27, 1940). "Tech Hits Comeback Stride, Jolts Case, 14 To 0". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 3, part 3. Retrieved July 29, 2025 – via Newspapers.com Open access icon.
  9. Tom Hopkins (November 10, 1940). "Tech Blocks Kick for Near Tally". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. p. Part 3-2. Retrieved December 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Duquesne Turns Break Into 14-7 Win". The Pittsburgh Press. December 1, 1940. p. 11 – via Newspapers.com.