1940 LSU Tigers football team

1940 SEC football standings
	Conf					Overall
Team	W		L		T	W		L		T
#4 Tennessee $	5	–	0	–	0	10	–	1	–	0
#9 Mississippi State	4	–	0	–	1	10	–	0	–	1
Ole Miss	3	–	1	–	0	9	–	2	–	0
Alabama	4	–	2	–	0	7	–	2	–	0
Auburn	3	–	2	–	1	6	–	4	–	1
LSU	3	–	3	–	0	6	–	4	–	0
Georgia	2	–	3	–	1	5	–	4	–	1
Florida	2	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Kentucky	1	–	2	–	2	5	–	3	–	2
Tulane	1	–	3	–	0	5	–	5	–	0
Vanderbilt	1	–	5	–	1	3	–	6	–	1
Georgia Tech	1	–	5	–	0	3	–	7	–	0
Sewanee	0	–	1	–	0	3	–	5	–	0

$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 LSU Tigers football team represented Louisiana State University (LSU) in the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result
September 21, 1940	Louisiana Tech*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 39–7
September 28, 1940	Ole Miss	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Magnolia Bowl)	L 6–19
October 5, 1940	Holy Cross*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 25–0
October 12, 1940	at Rice*	Rice Field • Houston, TX	L 0–23
October 19, 1940	Mercer*	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–0
October 26, 1940	Vanderbilt	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–0
November 2, 1940	at #7 Tennessee	Sheilds-Watkins Field • Knoxville, TN	L 0–28
November 9, 1940	#19 Miss State	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Rivalry)	L 7–22
November 16, 1940	at #9 Auburn	Legion Field • Birmingham, AL (Tiger Bowl)	W 21–13
November 30, 1940	Tulane	Tiger Stadium • Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	W 14–0
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game.

LSU Tigers football

Venues	State Field (1893–1924) Tiger Stadium (1924–present) Charles McClendon Practice Facility LSU Football Operations Center LSU Indoor Practice Facility LSU Academic Center for Student-Athletes

Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Alabama Arkansas Auburn Florida Mississippi State Ole Miss: Magnolia Bowl Texas A&M Tulane: Battle for the Rag

Culture & lore	History Traditions Mike the Tiger LSU Tiger Marching Band Songs of LSU Chinese Bandits Cannon's Halloween Run Earthquake Game Bluegrass Miracle 2011 "Game of the Century"

People	Head coaches All-Americans LSU Hall of Fame inductees College Football Hall of Fame inductees NFL draftees Statistical leaders

Seasons	1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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