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1940 Army

1–⁠7–⁠1, coached by William Wood.

Schedule and results

Army in 1940, game by game: won vs. Williams 20–19; lost vs. Cornell 0–45; tied at Harvard 6–6; lost vs. Lafayette 0–19; lost vs. No. 2 Notre Dame 0–7; lost vs. Brown 9–13; lost at Pennsylvania 0–48; lost at Princeton 19–26; lost vs. Navy 0–14+7−48Won 20–19 vs. Williams+1WilliamsLost 0–45 vs. Cornell-45CornellTied 6–6 at Harvard0HarvardLost 0–19 vs. Lafayette-19LafayetteLost 0–7 vs. No. 2 Notre Dame-7No. 2 Notre DameLost 9–13 vs. Brown-4BrownLost 0–48 at Pennsylvania-48PennsylvaniaLost 19–26 at Princeton-7PrincetonLost 0–14 vs. Navy-14Navy
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Oct 5vsWilliamsW 20–⁠1989%
Oct 12vsCornellL 0–⁠4534%
Oct 19atHarvardT 6–⁠643%
Oct 26vsLafayetteL 0–⁠1963%
Nov 2vs2Notre DameL 0–⁠720%
Nov 9vsBrownL 9–⁠1349%
Nov 16atPennsylvaniaL 0–⁠4823%
Nov 23atPrincetonL 19–⁠2625%
Nov 30vsNavyL 0–⁠1430%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Navy 14–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll.

In program history: The 110th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 135 on file).

Record
1–⁠7–⁠1
Conference
—
AP final
Unranked
Points
54–⁠197
Coach
William Wood
Elo
1365 −125 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−5.6 No. 83 of 121 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—
Captain
William Gillis