The 1940 NYU Violets football team was an

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team that represented

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as an independent during the

1940 college football season The 1940 college football season was the 72nd season of college football, intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the 1940 Big Ten Conference football season, Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conferen ...

. In their seventh year under head coach

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, the team compiled a 2–7 record. NYU was ranked at No. 131 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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NYU Violets football seasons

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