1940 Georgetown Hoyas Football Team

The 1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University during the 1940 college football season.

The Hoyas were led by ninth-year head coach Jack Hagerty and played their home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. The team carried into the year a two-year, 16-game unbeaten streak, which ended at 23 games after a tightly contested loss to eventual co-national champion Boston College. Georgetown ended the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 13th in the AP Poll, the only ranked finish in Hoyas team history. They were invited to the 1941 Orange Bowl, where they lost to Mississippi State, 7–14.

1940 Georgetown Hoyas football
ConferenceIndependent
Ranking
APNo. 13
Record8–2
Head coach
CaptainGame captains
Home stadiumGriffith Stadium
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Southern college football independents records
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
No. 17 Hardin–Simmons     9 0 0
No. 13 Georgetown     8 2 0
Navy     6 2 1
Delaware     5 3 0
East Carolina     5 3 0
Western Maryland     5 3 0
George Washington     5 3 1
Catholic University     4 3 1
West Virginia     4 4 1
Virginia     4 5 0
Georgia Teachers     3 5 0
Roanoke     2 6 0
Oklahoma City     1 7 3
William & Mary Norfolk     0 6 0
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28RoanokeW 66–0
October 4at TempleW 14–020,000
October 12Waynesburg
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 26–12
October 198:30 p.m.VPI
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 46–415,000
October 26at NYUNo. 15W 26–011,000
November 2at SyracuseNo. 10W 28–617,000
November 9at MarylandNo. 9W 41–09,000
November 16at No. 8 Boston CollegeNo. 9L 18–1943,000
November 23vs. George WashingtonNo. 9
  • Griffith Stadium
  • Washington, DC
W 8–0
January 1vs. No. 11 Mississippi StateNo. 13L 7–1438,307
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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