1940 Niagara Purple Eagles football team
{{short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| sport = football
| year = 1940
| team = Niagara Purple Eagles
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| conference = Western New York Little Three Conference
| short_conf = Little Three
| record = 6–1–1
| conf_record = 2–0
| head_coach = Joe Bach
| hc_year = 4th
| captain =
| stadium =
| champion = Little Three champion
}}
The 1940 Niagara Purple Eagles football team was an American football team that represented Niagara University in the Western New York Little Three Conference (Little Three) during the 1940 college football season. Niagara compiled a 6–1–1 record (2–0 in the Little Three), won the Little Three championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 102 to 31.{{cite web|title=1940 - Niagara (NY)|publisher=College Football Data Warehouse|access-date=June 29, 2020|url=http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=2253&year=1940|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911070804/http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/incomplete_data/game_by_game_discontinued.php?teamid=2253&year=1940|archive-date=2015-09-11}} Joe Bach was the head coach for the fourth year.
Niagara was ranked at No. 155 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.{{cite news|title=Final 1940 Litkenhous Ratings|newspaper=The Boston Globe|author=Dr. E. E. Litkenhous|date=December 19, 1940|page=22|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/123126338/final-1940-litkenhous-ratings/|via=Newspapers.com}}
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
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|September 22||La Salle
|September 29|at|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Saint Vincent Bearcats|title=Saint Vincent}}
|October 6||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Canisius Golden Griffins|title=Canisius}}||Niagara Falls, NY|W 26-7||{{cite news|title=Eagles Rout Canisius by 26-7 Margin|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=October 7, 1940|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54424389/eagles-rout-canisius-by-26-7-margin/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|October 13||Providence
|October 20|vs|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=St. Bonaventure Bonnies|title=St. Bonaventure}}||Buffalo, NY|W 20-0||{{cite news|title=Niagara Wins 'Little 3' Title|newspaper=Rochester Democrat and Chronicle|date=October 21, 1940|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/54423989/niagara-wins-little-3-title/|via=Newspapers.com}}
|November 2|at|{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Detroit Tech Dynamics|title=Detroit Tech}}
|November 9||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Waynesburg Yellow Jackets|title=Waynesburg}}
|November 17||{{cfb link|year=1940|team=Scranton Royals|title=Scranton}}
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References
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