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Providence Friars football, 1930–1941

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The Providence Friars football program, 1930–1941 represented the Providence College of Providence, Rhode Island, in college football as an independent from 1930 through the program's termination after the 1941 season. The program was led three head coaches: Archie Golembeski (1925–1933), Joe McGee (1934–1937), and Hugh Devore (1938–1941).

1930–1941 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Head coach
Seasons

Highlights of the decade included:

  • The 1931 team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 95.
  • The 1932 team compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 44.
  • The 1935 team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 98 to 44.
  • In January 1942, the university dropped its football program for the duration of the emergency resulting from the United States' entry into World War II, and would not resume it after the war.

1930

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1930 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–4–1
Head coach
Home stadiumCycledrome
Seasons
← 1929
1931 →
1930 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Colgate – 9–1–0
Fordham – 8–1–0
No. 9 Army – 9–1–1
No. 8 Dartmouth – 7–1–1
St. John's – 7–1–0
NYU – 7–3–0
Cornell – 6–2–0
Pittsburgh – 6–2–1
Washington & Jefferson – 6–2–1
Tufts – 5–2–0
Temple – 7–3–0
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Carnegie Tech – 6–3–0
Duquesne – 6–3–0
Syracuse – 5–2–2
Yale – 5–2–2
CCNY – 5–2–1
Brown – 6–3–1
Drexel – 6–3–1
Franklin & Marshall – 5–3–1
Manhattan – 4–3–1
Columbia – 5–4–0
Penn – 5–4–0
Boston College – 5–5–0
Villanova – 5–5–0
Penn State – 3–4–2
Harvard – 3–4–1
Providence – 3–4–1
Princeton – 1–5–1
Boston University – 1–7–1
Vermont – 1–7–1
Massachusetts – 1–8–0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1930 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1930 college football season. In their sixth year under head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 3–4–1 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultSource
September 27at Rutgers
W 12–6[1]
October 4at Holy Cross
L 0–27[2]
October 11Coast Guard
L 12–14[3]
October 18Clarkson
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
W 19–0[4]
October 25at CanisiusBuffalo, NYT 0–0[5]
November 1Lowell Textile
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
W 20–0[6]
November 15at St. John's (NY)
L 6–13[7]
November 27at Duquesne
L 6–15[8]

1931

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1931 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record7–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1930
1932 →
1931 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Bucknell – 6–0–3
Colgate – 8–1–0
No. 9 Pittsburgh – 8–1–0
Cornell – 7–1–0
Drexel – 7–1–0
No. 7 Harvard – 7–1–0
Temple – 8–1–1
Columbia – 7–1–1
Massachusetts State – 7–1–1
Syracuse – 7–1–1
Fordham – 6–1–2
No. 8 Yale – 5–1–2
Army – 8–2–1
Franklin & Marshall – 6–2–0
Manhattan – 4–2–1
Brown – 7–3–0
Providence – 7–3–0
Penn – 6–3–0
NYU – 6–3–1
Boston College – 6–4–0
Washington & Jefferson – 6–4–0
Tufts – 3–2–2
Villanova – 4–3–2
La Salle – 4–4–0
Duquesne – 3–5–3
Carnegie Tech – 3–5–1
St. John's – 3–5–1
CCNY – 2–5–1
Boston University – 2–7–0
Penn State – 2–8–0
Princeton – 1–7–0
Vermont – 1–8–0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1931 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1931 college football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 7–3 record and outscored opponents by a total of 141 to 95.[9]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26at Rutgers
L 0–199,000[10]
October 3at Holy Cross
L 6–26
October 10Vermont
W 27–13[11]
October 17at ClarksonPotsdam, NYW 6–0
October 24NorwichProvidence, RIW 24–0
October 31at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 19–6
November 7at NiagaraNiagara, NYW 13–6
November 14St. John'sProvidence, RIW 33–12[12]
November 21at Catholic University
L 7–13[13]
November 28Rhode Island StateProvidence, RIW 6–0

1932

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1932 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–2–2
Head coach
Seasons
← 1931
1933 →
1932 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Colgate – 9–0–0
Brown – 7–1–0
Columbia – 7–1–1
Pittsburgh – 8–1–2
No. 8 Army – 8–2–0
Drexel – 5–1–1
Massachusetts State – 7–2–0
Villanova – 7–2–0
Duquesne – 7–2–1
Fordham – 6–2–0
Penn – 6–2–0
Temple – 5–1–2
Tufts – 5–1–2
Cornell – 5–2–1
Franklin & Marshall – 4–2–1
Boston College – 4–2–2
La Salle – 4–2–2
Harvard – 5–3–0
NYU – 5–3–0
Washington & Jefferson – 5–3–1
Manhattan – 6–3–2
Carnegie Tech – 4–3–2
Bucknell – 4–4–1
Syracuse – 4–4–1
Princeton – 2–2–3
Yale – 2–2–3
Boston University – 2–3–2
Vermont – 2–4–1
CCNY – 2–5–0
Penn State – 2–5–0
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1932 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1932 college football season. Led by eighth-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 4–2–2 record and outscored opponents by a total of 110 to 44.[14]

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Rutgers
T 6–66,500[15]
October 12:30 p.m.at Holy Cross
L 6–26[16][17]
October 8at Vermont
W 13–0[18]
October 15at Boston UniversityBoston MAW 25–6
October 22at St. LawrenceCanton, NYW 14–0
October 29at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAT 0–0
November 5CCNYProvidence, RIW 46–0[19]
November 12Catholic UniversityProvidence, RIL 0–6[20]

1933

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1933 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–4
Head coach
Seasons
← 1932
1934 →
1933 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 7 Princeton – 9–0–0
Duquesne – 10–1–0
No. 9 Army – 9–1–0
Boston College – 8–1–0
Columbia – 8–1–0
Pittsburgh – 8–1–0
Colgate – 6–1–1
Bucknell – 7–2–0
Fordham – 6–2–0
Tufts – 6–2–0
Villanova – 7–2–1
Harvard – 5–2–1
Drexel – 5–3–0
Massachusetts State – 5–3–0
Temple – 5–3–0
Manhattan – 5–3–1
Cornell – 4–3–0
Carnegie Tech – 4–3–2
La Salle – 3–3–2
Syracuse – 4–4–0
Yale – 4–4–0
Penn State – 3–3–1
Brown – 3–5–0
Vermont – 3–5–0
Franklin & Marshall – 4–5–0
NYU – 2–4–1
Penn – 2–4–1
Northeastern – 1–3–1
Boston University – 2–5–0
Washington & Jefferson – 2–7–1
CCNY – 1–5–1
Rankings from Dickinson System

The 1933 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1933 college football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Archie Golembeski, the team compiled a 2–4 record and was outscored by a total of 68 to 63.[21]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 7at Rutgers
L 0–215,000[22]
October 14at Holy Cross
L 0–14
October 21at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAL 0–7
November 4NiagaraProvidence, RIL 6–7
November 11at CCNY
W 39–61,500[23]
November 18at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 18–13

1934

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1934 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record4–3
Head coach
Seasons
← 1933
1935 →
1934 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Tufts – 8–0–0
Trinity (CT) – 7–0–0
La Salle – 7–0–1
Washington College – 5–0–1
Franklin & Marshall – 8–1–0
No. 4 Pittsburgh – 8–1–0
No. 8 Colgate – 7–1–0
Columbia – 7–1–0
No. 5 Princeton – 7–1–0
Duquesne – 8–2–0
Holy Cross – 8–2–0
No. 15 Temple – 7–1–2
No. 10 Syracuse – 6–2–0
Bucknell – 7–2–2
No. 14 Army – 7–3–0
Northeastern – 6–1–1
Rochester – 5–2–0
Dartmouth – 6–3–0
Saint Anselm – 6–3–0
Amherst – 5–3–0
Fordham – 5–3–0
Yale – 5–3–0
Massachusetts State – 5–3–1
CCNY – 4–3–0
Providence – 4–3–0
Drexel – 4–3–1
Boston College – 5–4–0
Bates – 3–3–1
Middlebury – 3–3–1
Penn – 4–4–0
Penn State – 4–4–0
Williams – 4–4–0
Carnegie Tech – 4–5–0
Washington & Jefferson – 4–5–0
Villanova – 3–4–2
NYU – 3–4–1
Boston University – 3–4–0
Colby – 3–4–0
Springfield – 2–3–3
Manhattan – 3–5–1
Harvard – 3–5–0
Vermont – 2–4–2
Wesleyan – 3–5–0
Brown – 3–6–0
Geneva – 2–5–2
Saint Joseph's – 2–5–1
Cornell – 2–5–0
Lafayette – 2–6–0
Norwich – 2–6–0
Bowdoin – 0–6–1
Lowell Textile – 0–7–1
Rankings from Associated Press

The 1934 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1934 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 4–3 record and was outscored by a total of 100 to 66.[24]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 6at Holy Cross
L 0–25
October 13CCNY
W 19–6800[25]
October 20Springfield
  • Cycledrome
  • Providence, RI
L 13–14
October 27at Boston College
W 13–7
November 4at NiagaraLewiston, NYL 0–7
November 12at Lowell TextileLowell, MAW 34–0
November 24Rhode Island State
  • Brown Field
  • Providence, RI
W 21–7[26]

1935

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1935 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record6–2
Head coach
CaptainOmer Landry
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Seasons
← 1934
1936 →
1935 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 3 Princeton – 9–0–0
No. 14 Holy Cross – 9–0–1
NYU – 7–1–0
Dartmouth – 8–2–0
Northeastern – 5–0–3
Syracuse – 6–1–1
No. 10 Pittsburgh – 7–1–2
No. 11 Fordham – 6–1–2
Villanova – 7–2–0
Franklin & Marshall – 7–2–1
Providence – 6–2–0
No. 18 Army – 6–2–1
Colgate – 7–3–0
Temple – 7–3–0
Boston College – 6–3–0
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Duquesne – 6–3–0
Yale – 6–3–0
CCNY – 4–3–0
Manhattan – 5–3–1
Massachusetts State – 5–4–0
La Salle – 4–4–1
Penn – 4–4–0
Penn State – 4–4–0
Columbia – 4–4–1
Vermont – 4–5–0
Boston University – 3–4–2
Harvard – 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech – 2–5–1
Buffalo – 2–6–0
Tufts – 1–5–2
Brown – 1–8–0
Cornell – 0–6–1
Rankings from United Press

The 1935 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College during the 1934 college football season. The team compiled a 6–2 record, shut out four of eight opponents, and outscored all opponents by a total of 98 to 44.[27] The team played its home games at Hendricken Field in Providence, Rhode Island.[28]

Joe McGee was the head coach for the second year. His assistant coaches were Phil Couhig, Charles Burdge, and Oliver Roberge.[28] Quarterback Omer Landry was the team captain.[29] After the successful 1935 season, Providence signed McGee to a three-year contract.[28]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Holy Cross
L 0–123,000[30]
October 5at Saint AnselmManchester, NHW 7–6[31]
October 12at CCNY
W 14–0[32]
October 19at ColbyWaterville, MEW 26–0
October 26at SpringfieldSpringfield, MAW 12–0[33]
November 2at Boston College
L 6–20[34]
November 9Niagara
W 20–6[35]
November 16Rhode Island State
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 13–0[36]

1936

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1936 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record1–7
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Seasons
← 1935
1937 →
1936 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Middlebury – 8–0–0
Saint Anselm – 6–0–1
No. 3 Pittsburgh – 8–1–1
No. 10 Penn – 7–1–0
No. 12 Yale – 7–1–0
No. 13 Dartmouth – 7–1–1
Franklin & Marshall – 7–1–1
No. 14 Duquesne – 8–2–0
Boston College – 6–1–2
Boston University – 5–1–2
No. 15 Fordham – 5–1–2
Holy Cross – 7–2–1
Villanova – 7–2–1
Army – 6–3–0
Colgate – 6–3–0
Drexel – 6–3–0
Temple – 6–3–2
La Salle – 6–3–1
Buffalo – 5–3–0
Columbia – 5–3–0
Princeton – 4–2–2
Saint Vincent – 5–3–0
NYU – 5–3–1
Manhattan – 6–4–0
Northeastern – 5–4–0
Bucknell – 4–4–1
CCNY – 4–4–0
Tufts – 3–3–1
Harvard – 3–4–1
Cornell – 3–5–0
Penn State – 3–5–0
Westminster (PA) – 2–4–1
Brown – 3–7–0
Carnegie Tech – 2–6–0
Massachusetts State – 2–6–0
Providence – 1–7–0
Syracuse – 1–7–0
Vermont – 1–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1936 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1936 college football season. In their third year under head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 1–7 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 26Colby
W 27–0[37]
October 3at Holy Cross
L 6–2110,000[38]
October 10Western Maryland
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–13[39]
October 18Saint Anselm
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 2–74,000[40]
October 24at Boston College
L 0–2610,000[41]
October 31at Springfield
L 0–19[42]
November 8at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 6–19[43]
November 13vs. Rhode Island State
L 0–1910,000[44]

1937

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1937 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record2–6
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Cranston Stadium
Seasons
← 1936
1938 →
1937 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 1 Pittsburgh – 9–0–1
No. 6 Villanova – 8–0–1
No. 3 Fordham – 7–0–1
No. 7 Dartmouth – 7–0–2
No. T–14 Holy Cross – 8–0–2
St. Thomas (PA) – 6–1–1
No. 12 Yale – 6–1–1
Army – 7–2–0
Boston University – 6–2–0
Cornell – 5–2–1
Harvard – 5–2–1
Syracuse – 5–2–1
CCNY – 5–2–0
No. 12 Manhattan – 6–3–1
Penn State – 5–3–0
Duquesne – 6–4–0
Brown – 5–4–0
NYU – 5–4–0
Temple – 3–2–4
Boston College – 4–4–1
Bucknell – 3–3–2
Buffalo – 4–4–0
Princeton – 4–4–0
Tufts – 3–4–1
Colgate – 3–5–0
Columbia – 2–5–2
Hofstra – 2–4–0
Carnegie Tech – 2–5–1
Penn – 2–5–1
Providence – 2–6–0
Vermont – 2–6–0
La Salle – 2–7–0
Massachusetts State – 1–7–1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1937 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1937 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Joe McGee, the team compiled a 2–6 record.

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 2at Holy Cross
L 0–7[45]
October 8Xavier
W 7–68,000[46]
October 16at Saint Anselm
L 0–26
October 23Springfield
W 9–6[47]
October 30at CCNY
L 6–8[48]
November 7Niagara
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 6–17[49]
November 12vs. Rhode Island State
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
L 0–134,000[50]
November 25Western Maryland
L 0–20[51]

1938

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1938 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
LaSalle Field
Seasons
← 1937
1939 →
1938 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Worcester Tech – 6–0–0
No. 18 Villanova – 8–0–1
No. 9 Holy Cross – 8–1–0
Boston College – 6–1–2
No. 15 Fordham – 6–1–2
No. 12 Cornell – 5–1–1
Army – 8–2–0
No. 8 Pittsburgh – 8–2–0
No. 6 Carnegie Tech – 7–2–0
No. 20 Dartmouth – 7–2–0
Vermont – 4–2–1
Brown – 5–3–0
Bucknell – 5–3–0
Syracuse – 5–3–0
CCNY – 4–3–0
Penn – 3–2–3
Manhattan – 5–4–0
Harvard – 4–4–0
La Salle – 4–4–0
NYU – 4–4–0
Boston University – 3–4–1
Penn State – 3–4–1
Princeton – 3–4–1
Hofstra – 2–3–1
Duquesne – 4–6–0
Temple – 3–6–1
Providence – 3–5–0
Columbia – 3–6–0
Massachusetts State – 3–6–0
Colgate – 2–5–0
Buffalo – 2–6–0
Yale – 2–6–0
Tufts – 1–6–1
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1938 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1938 college football season. In their first year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–5 record. In January 1938, Devore was appointed as head coach of the Friars.[52]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 24at Holy Cross
L 0–2812,000[53]
October 2Saint Anselm
L 0–9[54]
October 9at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 7–20[55]
October 15Manhattan
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–203,000[56]
October 22at Springfield
W 7–3[57]
October 30at Xavier
L 7–3312,000[58]
November 5CCNY
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
W 25–6[59]
November 11vs. Rhode Island State
W 19–7

1939

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1939 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–5
Head coach
Home stadiumHendricken Field
Cranston Stadium
Seasons
← 1938
1940 →
1939 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Cornell – 8–0–0
No. 10 Duquesne – 8–0–1
Swarthmore – 6–0–1
Scranton – 7–0–2
Princeton – 7–1–0
La Salle – 6–1–1
Penn State – 5–1–2
No. 11 Boston College – 9–2–0
No. 17 Fordham – 6–2–0
Villanova – 6–2–0
Boston University – 5–3–0
Brown – 5–3–1
Dartmouth – 5–3–1
Hofstra – 4–3–0
NYU – 5–4–0
Pittsburgh – 5–4–0
Harvard – 4–4–0
Manhattan – 4–4–0
Penn – 4–4–0
Syracuse – 3–3–2
Vermont – 3–3–2
Tufts – 3–4–1
Yale – 3–4–1
Army – 3–4–2
Bucknell – 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech – 3–5–0
Providence – 3–5–0
Columbia – 2–4–2
Massachusetts State – 2–5–2
Colgate – 2–5–1
Temple – 2–7–0
CCNY – 1–7–0
Buffalo – 0–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1939 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1939 college football season. In their second year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–5 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 203 (out of 609 teams) in the final Litkenhous Ratings for 1939.[60]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 22Rhode Island State
W 6–0[61][62][63]
September 29St. Bonaventure
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
L 0–6[64]
October 6at Long Island
L 0–710,000[65]
October 15Niagara
W 14–63,500[66]
October 20American International
  • Cranston Stadium
  • Cranston, RI
W 27–02,000[67]
October 28Springfield
  • Hendricken Field
  • Providence, RI
L 0–13
November 4at Holy Cross
L 0–4610,000[68]
November 18at Saint Anselm
L 13–04,000[69]

1940

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1940 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–6
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
Seasons
← 1939
1941 →
1940 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 5 Boston College – 11–0–0
Duquesne – 7–1–0
No. 14 Penn – 6–1–1
Penn State – 6–1–1
No. 12 Fordham – 7–2–0
No. 15 Cornell – 6–2–0
La Salle – 6–2–0
Princeton – 5–2–1
Columbia – 5–2–2
Brown – 6–3–1
Bucknell – 4–2–2
Boston University – 5–3–0
Colgate – 5–3–0
Hofstra – 4–3–0
Harvard – 3–2–3
Dartmouth – 5–4–0
Temple – 4–4–1
Tufts – 4–4–0
Vermont – 4–4–0
Villanova – 4–5–0
Pittsburgh – 3–4–1
Syracuse – 3–4–1
Buffalo – 3–5–0
Carnegie Tech – 3–5–0
Manhattan – 3–6–0
Providence – 3–6–0
NYU – 2–7–0
Yale – 1–7–0
Army – 1–7–1
CCNY – 1–5–1
Massachusetts State – 1–8–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–6 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 195 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[70]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 28at Holy Cross
L 6–3415,000[71]
October 6at Long Island
L 0–6[72]
October 13at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–14[73]
October 20Canisius
W 13–2[74]
October 23vs. Rhode Island State
W 25–07,000[75]
November 2at Springfield
W 20–0[76]
November 10La Salle
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–133,000[77]
November 17Saint Anselmdagger
  • LaSalle Field
  • Providence, RI
L 7–85,000[78]
November 23at Catholic University
L 7–40[79]
  • daggerHomecoming

1941

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1941 Providence Friars football
ConferenceIndependent
Record3–3–2
Head coach
Home stadiumLaSalle Field
Seasons
← 1940
1941 Eastern college football independents records
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 8 Duquesne – 8–0–0
Thiel – 7–0–0
Saint Francis (PA) – 6–0–1
No. 6 Fordham – 8–1–0
Rochester – 6–1–0
Trinity (CT) – 6–1–0
Wagner – 5–1–0
Franklin & Marshall – 5–1–1
Penn State – 7–2–0
Temple – 7–2–0
Coast Guard – 6–2–0
Norwich – 6–2–0
Hofstra – 5–2–0
Boston College – 7–3–0
Syracuse – 5–2–1
Bucknell – 6–3–0
Drexel – 4–2–1
Boston University – 5–3–0
La Salle – 5–3–0
Tufts – 5–3–0
Army – 5–3–1
CCNY – 4–4–0
Villanova – 4–4–0
Manhattan – 4–4–1
Holy Cross – 4–4–2
Colgate – 3–3–2
Providence – 3–3–2
Buffalo – 3–4–1
Massachusetts State – 3–4–1
Pittsburgh – 3–6–0
Vermont – 2–6–0
NYU – 2–7–0
Carnegie Tech – 1–7–0
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1941 Providence Friars football team represented Providence College as an independent during the 1941 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Hugh Devore, the team compiled a 3–3–2 record.

Providence was ranked at No. 209 (out of 681 teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score System.[80]

Schedule

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DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
October 4at Holy Cross
L 0–1315,000[81]
October 12at Canisius
T 12–1212,000[82]
October 17at Saint AnselmManchester, NHW 25–19
October 22Rhode Island State
T 0–012,000[83]
November 1at Springfield
W 18–0[84]
November 9at NiagaraNiagara Falls, NYL 0–11[85]
November 16at La Salle
W 20–7[86]
November 20at Xavier
L 0–336,500[87]

Discontinuance of program

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On January 22, 1942, Providence College president, the Very Rev. John J. Dillon, announced that the college was dropping football for the duration of World War II. He stated that the decision was influenced by heavy expenses, schedule difficulties and the lack of a suitable stadium.[88] Providence's decision, alongside that of Gonzaga the same year, started a trend among Catholic universities during the war and immediate post-war years to terminate their football programs. The trend would encompass Manhattan (1942); Creighton (1942); Saint Louis (1949); Portland (1949); Saint Mary's (1950);[a] Mount St. Mary's (1950);[89] Niagara (1950);[90] Loyola (1951); San Francisco (1951);[b] St. Bonaventure (1951)[91] and Santa Clara (1952).[c]

Notes

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  1. ↑ Saint Mary's did make a comeback to football at "College Division" (ancestor of NCAA Division II and III) level between 1959 and 1992, and would play as an independent in NCAA division I-AA (ancestor of today's Football Championship Subdivision) between 1993 and 2003, before dropping football again after 2003.
  2. ↑ San Francisco did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1982, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1983.
  3. ↑ Santa Clara did make a comeback to football at "College Division" level between 1959 and 1992, but has not fielded a varsity football team since 1993.

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