OK, it is a strange thing to post. But where else are you going to find this kind of information on the internet. If some graduate of Lowell Textile yearns to know when the big game with Panzer took place in 1940 this is the ideal place to find out. Maybe the only place left.
If any of these games greatly interests you let me know and I can look for Times coverage when the time comes. Otherwise, college football coverage won’t be exactly comprehensive
I don’t think any other regular season game attracts as much attention on FR as the Army/Navy game. According to your schedule it was November 30 in 1940.
ML/NJ
I think it’s great you post these articles. They combine two of my favorite subjects: history and sports.
This makes you appreciate how the college game has changed over the years. Some examples from cruising through the schedules:
Looks like most of what is now the Big 10 only play 8 games, while the SEC teams play 10. Some teams, like Pittsburgh, play almost everyone at home (main exception being a short trip to Columbus to play the Buckeyes). On the other hand, some teams like Arkansas and Florida, only play two games on their home fields.
I would say that the business aspect of college football has not yet taken hold. And perhaps that socialist president at Chicago (and yes, to this day they do not compete in any NCAA sport) may have had a point. Sports is a major distraction, and not wholly suited to academic endeavor.
But on the other hand, I had Indiana football season tickets many years and dutifully went to my six home games (so I could watch Indiana get their yearly ration of 3-4 wins). It was a distraction I enjoyed while I was there (culminating in Bob Knight’s gift to my senior class in 1981) and which I still enjoy with my sons today.
http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/
Pick a year
http://homepages.cae.wisc.edu/~dwilson/rsfc/history/howell/cf1940gms.txt
By school
http://www.jhowell.net/cf/scores/byName.htm