1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team

1940 Georgetown Hoyas football
Orange Bowl, L 7–14 vs. Mississippi State
Conference	Independent
Ranking
AP	No. 13
1940 record	8–2
Head coach	Jack Hagerty (9th season)
Home stadium	Griffith Stadium (Capacity: 32,000)
Seasons

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.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result
September 28	Roanoke		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 66–0
October 4	at Temple		Temple Stadium Philadelphia, PA	W 14–0
October 12	[[{{{school}}}|Waynesburg]]		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 26–12
October 19	VPI		Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 46–4
October 26	at NYU	No. 15	Yankee Stadium Bronx, NY	W 26–0
November 2	at Syracuse	No. 10	Archbold Stadium Syracuse, NY	W 28–6
November 9	at Maryland	No. 9	Old Byrd Stadium College Park, MD	W 41–0
November 16	at No. 8 Boston College	No. 9	Fenway Park Boston, MA	L 18–19
November 23	vs. George Washington	No. 9	Griffith Stadium Washington, DC	W 8–0
January 1	vs. No. 11 Mississippi State	No. 13	Burdine Stadium Miami, FL (Orange Bowl)	L 7–14
Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

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