1940 Dartmouth Indians football team

The 1940 Dartmouth Indians football team was an American football team that represented Dartmouth College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their seventh and final season under head coach Earl Blaik, the Indians compiled a 5–4 record. Louis Young was the team captain.

George Wolfe was the team's leading scorer, with 48 points, from eight touchdowns.

Dartmouth was ranked at No. 72 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Dartmouth played its home games at Memorial Field on the college campus in Hanover, New Hampshire.

Schedule
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 * September 28 |  | {{cfb link|year=1940|team=St. Lawrence Saints|title=St. Lawrence}}
 * Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 36-0


 * October 5 |  | {{cfb link|year=1940|team=Franklin & Marshall Diplomats|title=Franklin & Marshall}}
 * Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 21-23
 * 8,000 |


 * October 12 |  | Columbia
 * Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | L 6-20
 * 10,000|


 * October 19 | @ | Yale
 * Yale Bowl | New Haven, CT | L 7-13
 * 35,000 |


 * October 26 | @ | Harvard
 * Harvard Stadium | Boston, MA (rivalry) | W 7-6
 * 35,000 |


 * November 2 |  | Sewanee
 * Memorial Field | Hanover, NH | W 26-0


 * November 9 | @ | Princeton
 * Palmer Stadium | Princeton, NJ | L 9-14
 * 30,000 |


 * November 16 |  | Cornell
 * Memorial Field | Hanover, NH {Fifth Down Game) (rivalry) | W 3-0
 * 10,000 |

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 * November 23 | @ | Brown
 * Brown Stadium | Providence, RI | W 20-6
 * 15,000 |