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1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football
MOCC co-champion
ConferenceMichigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference
Record6–3 (3–1 MOCC)
Head coach
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Lawrence Tech + 3 – 1 – 0 6 – 3 – 0
Assumption (ON) + 3 – 1 – 0 ? – ? – ?
DeSales (OH) + 3 – 1 – 0 4 – 4 – 0
St. Mary's (MI) 1 – 3 – 0 2 – 3 – 0
Ferris Institute 0 – 4 – 0 1 – 7 – 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team represented the Lawrence Institute of Technology of Highland Park, Michigan, as a member of the Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference (MOCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Ridler,[1] the Blue Devils compiled a 6–3 record, tied for the MOCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 147 to 96.[2]

Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to the MOCC all-conference first team: end Fred Dupke; tackle Walter Nowacki; guard Al Schrecke; halfback Harry Awdey; and halfback Jackie Coogan.[3]

Paul Ribbentrop, a cousin of Germany's Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, played at the tackle position for the 1930 Lawrence Tech team.[4]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 20at Hillsdale*Hillsdale, MIW 19–9[5]
September 28at Indiana State*Terre Haute, INL 7–20[6]
October 5at Assumption (ON)
W 10–01,500[7]
October 12Grand Rapids*
W 27–12[8]
October 19Ferris InstituteBig Rapids, MIW 20–01,000[9]
October 26Wittenberg*
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 0–20[10][11][12]
November 2St. Mary's (MI)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
W 31–0[13]
November 9DeSales (OH)
  • Ives Field
  • Highland Park, MI
L 7–331,000[14][15]
November 16at Defiance*Defiance, OHW 26–2[16][17]
  • *Non-conference game

References

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  1. ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 2, 1940). "Lawrence Tech Freshman Nearly Created Incident". The Detroit Free Press. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Lawrence Tech (MI) Records by Year". College Football Data Warehouse. Archived from the original on September 7, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2023.
  3. ^ "All-Stars Led by Lawrence: Five Players Get Positions on M-O Conference Eleven". Detroit Free Press. December 3, 1940. p. 19 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Tom Lobaugh (November 30, 1940). "Once More It's Proved There's Nothing in a Name". Detroit Free Press. p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Lawrence Tech Bearrs Dales, 19-9". Detroit Free Press. September 21, 1940. p. 15 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ "Sycamores Triumph". The Indianapolis Sunday Star. September 29, 1940. pp. 41, 42 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Purple Loses To Lawrence: Assumption Boys Drop Opening M-O Tilt by Score of 10-0". The Windsor Daily Star. October 7, 1940. p. 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Blue Devils Victors, 27-12: Coogan and Utter Run Through Grand Rapids for Regular Gains". Detroit Free Press. October 13, 1940. p. Sport 2 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Blue Devils Defeat Ferris: Utter Stars as Tech Spurts in Last Half to 20-0 Triumph". Detroit Free Press. October 20, 1940. p. Sport 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Wittenberg Eleven Plays In Homecoming Program At Lawrence Tech Next Week". The Springfield News-Sun. October 20, 1940. p. Sports 3 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Blue Devils Lose, 20-0: Fumbles Spoil Their Scoring Chances in Last Period". The Detroit Free Press. October 27, 1940. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "Lutherans Stay in Unbeaten Ranks, 20-0: Johnny Kostyo Runs Wild Against Lawrence Tech In Fourth Win Of Wittenberg". The Springfield News-Sun. October 27, 1940. p. Sports 1 – via Newspapers.com.
  13. ^ "Lawrence Tech Downs St. Mary's: Blue Devils Victors, 31 to 0". Detroit Free Press. November 3, 1940. p. Sport 4 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ "Lawrence Tech Seeks to Clinch M-O Grid Title by Beating DeSales Saturday". The Detroit Free Press. November 8, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ Bob Latshaw (November 10, 1940). "DeSales Blasts Blue Devils: Sailors Win, 33-7, to Throw M.O.O.C. Race into Three-Way Tie". The Detroit Free Press. p. Sport 5 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "Blue Devils Expect Victory: Lawrence Tech Aims to Defeat Defiance in Season Finale". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. 16 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "Early Touchdowns Win for Lawrence Tech, 26 to 2". Detroit Free Press. November 17, 1940. p. Sport 7 – via Newspapers.com.
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