1940
| H/A/N | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Games | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .500 |
| Home | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | .875 |
| Away | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | .000 |
| Neutral | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .500 |
| Date | Rank | Opponent | Opp. Rank | Conf. | Site | Location | H/A | OTs | WVU | Opp | W/L | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28 | Westminster | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 47 | 0 | W | 7,109 | ||||
| Oct 5 | Fordham | Randall’s Island Stadium | New York, NY | N | 7 | 20 | L | 17,780 | ||||
| Oct 12 | Penn State | Beaver Field | University Park, PA | A | 13 | 17 | L | 10,574 | ||||
| Oct 19 | West Virginia Wesleyan | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 32 | 0 | W | 3,600 | ||||
| Oct 25 | George Washington | Griffith Stadium | Washington, DC | A | 0 | 19 | L | 10,000 | ||||
| Nov 2 | Washington & Lee | Laidley Field | Charleston, WV | N | 12 | 7 | W | 8,000 | ||||
| Nov 9 | Cincinnati | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 7 | 7 | T | 7,537 | ||||
| Nov 16 | Kentucky | Old Mountaineer Field | Morgantown, WV | H | 9 | 7 | W | 7,573 | ||||
| Nov 23 | Michigan State | Macklin Field | East Lansing, MI | A | 0 | 17 | L | 10,000 |
| Rushing | GP | No. | Rg | Loss | Net | TD | Long | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 416 | 1563 | 228 | 1335 | 11 | 0 | 148.3 |
| Glennis Ellis | 1 | 62 | 286 | 14 | 272 | 1 | 272.0 | |
| John Carliss | 1 | 80 | 239 | 28 | 211 | 3 | 211.0 | |
| Don McCann | 2 | 59 | 235 | 41 | 194 | 2 | 97.0 | |
| Dick McElwee | 1 | 49 | 187 | 17 | 170 | 0 | 170.0 | |
| Kenny Fryer | 46 | 170 | 12 | 158 | 2 | 0.0 | ||
| Bill Gardner | 1 | 40 | 160 | 20 | 140 | 1 | 140.0 | |
| Bob White | 1 | 28 | 123 | 32 | 91 | 1 | 91.0 | |
| Allan "Ike" Martin | 1 | 39 | 125 | 47 | 78 | 0 | 78.0 | |
| Charles Ballato | 1 | 5 | 23 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | |
| John Katchur | 1 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3.0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Robert Mellace | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Passing | GP | Comp | Att | Int | Yds | TD | Long | Sacked | Avg./g |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 22 | 70 | 28 | 355 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 39.4 |
| Dick McElwee | 1 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 139 | 2 | 139.0 | ||
| Bob White | 1 | 6 | 19 | 3 | 88 | 2 | 88.0 | ||
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 79 | 1 | 79.0 | ||
| Kenny Fryer | 1 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 0.0 | |||
| Allan "Ike" Martin | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 18 | 0 | 18.0 | ||
| John Carliss | 1 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 11.0 | ||
| Glennis Ellis | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Receiving | GP | No. | Yds | Avg. | TD | Long | Avg./G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 9 | 20 | 307 | 15.4 | 6 | 0 | 34.1 |
| Robert Mellace | 1 | 10 | 175 | 17.5 | 4 | 175.0 | |
| Glennis Ellis | 1 | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 1 | 47.0 | |
| Charley Seabright | 1 | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 32.0 | |
| Howard Lewellen | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| John Shonk | 1 | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 16.0 | |
| Joe Czajka | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 0 | 9.0 |
| Returns | PR | Yds | Long | KR | Yds | Long | Int | Yds | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 8 | 149 | 0 | 7 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick McElwee | 8 | 149 | |||||||
| Don McCann | 7 | 113 |
| # | Name | Pos | Ht | Wt | Class | Letter | Captain | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Davies | FB | 5' 11" | 180 | * | Morgantown, WV | |||
| Henry Sterle | G | 5' 8" | 183 | Jr | Clarksburg, WV | |||
| 12 | Peter Antolini | G | 5' 8" | 183 | Jr | Elkins, WV | ||
| 15 | John Rockis | G | 5' 11" | 180 | Sr | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 16 | Bob White | FB | 6' 1" | 186 | Sr | * | New Martinsville, WV | |
| 18 | Quentin Barnette | QB | 6' 0" | 185 | So | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 19 | Kenny Fryer | FB | 5' 11" | 187 | So | * | Wellsburg, WV | |
| 21 | Joe Butta | G | 5' 8" | 160 | Jr | Eskdale, WV | ||
| 23 | Don McCann | HB-FB | 5' 10" | 178 | Jr | * | Charleroi, PA | |
| 25 | Howard Lewellen | E | 6' 0" | 180 | So | Wheeling, WV | ||
| 26 | Charley Hockenberry | HB | 6' 0" | 170 | Sr | Nemacolin, PA | ||
| 28 | Glennis Ellis | HB | 5' 11" | 175 | Sr | * | Morgantown, WV | |
| 31 | Sam Mandich | C | 6' 2" | 185 | Sr | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 32 | Allan "Ike" Martin | HB | 6' 0" | 170 | So | * | Elm Grove, WV | |
| 33 | Charley Seabright | QB-FB | 6' 2" | 186 | Sr | * | McMechen, WV | |
| 35 | Dick McElwee | HB | 5' 11" | 163 | So | * | Marlinton, WV | |
| 36 | John Katchur | HB | 5' 9" | 169 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 37 | Joe Czajka | E | 6' 0" | 175 | Sr | * | Carmichaels, PA | |
| 38 | John Carliss | RB | 5' 10" | 185 | Sr | * | Windber, PA | |
| 39 | Bill Gardner | HB | 5' 10" | 182 | So | * | Charleston, WV | |
| 41 | Vincent Cimino | G | 5' 8" | 190 | So | * | Weirton, WV | |
| 42 | Pete Yost | C-QB | 5' 10" | 179 | So | Berkeley Springs, WV | ||
| 46 | Charles Ballato | HB | 5' 9" | 148 | So | Weirton, WV | ||
| 48 | Don Hines | HB | 6' 0" | 165 | So | Osage, WV | ||
| 49 | Dick Spangler | G | 6' 1" | 171 | So | Williamson, WV | ||
| 51 | Victor Peelish | G | 5' 11" | 183 | Fr | * | Raleigh, WV | |
| 52 | Charles Harris | T | 6' 1" | 185 | So | * | Hinton, WV | |
| 53 | Steven Narick | E | 6' 2" | 171 | So | * | Wheeling, WV | |
| 55 | Tom J. Gillooly, Jr. | C | 5' 11" | 195 | Jr | * | Clarksburg, WV | |
| 56 | Henry Goodman | T | 6' 1" | 190 | Jr | * | Bradford, PA | |
| 57 | Doug Phillips | E | 6' 3" | 195 | Jr | Charles Town, WV | ||
| 61 | Bill Grier | G | 5' 10" | 180 | So | Morgantown, WV | ||
| 63 | Norman Laughlin | G | 6' 0" | 185 | So | Fairmont, WV | ||
| 68 | George Sharp | T | 6' 2" | 218 | So | Marlinton, WV | ||
| 71 | Vic A'Hearn | T | 6' 2" | 198 | So | * | Midland, PA | |
| 72 | Charles Stansbury | E | 5' 10" | 181 | Sr | Beckley, WV | ||
| 83 | Robert Mellace | E | 6' 0" | 172 | Sr | * | Parkersburg, WV | |
| 85 | John Shonk | E | 6' 1" | 185 | Sr | * | * | Charleston, WV |
| 86 | Walt Pike | T | 6' 2" | 197 | Sr | * | Northfork, WV | |
| 89 | Frank Kimble | T | 6' 3" | 197 | So | Williamson, WV | ||
| 93 | John Morris | T | 6' 0" | 187 | So | Fairmont, WV |
Not in a conference.