1940 LSU Tigers football team

1940 LSU Tigers football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	6–4 (3–3 SEC)
Head coach	Bernie Moore (6th season)
Home stadium	Tiger Stadium

1940 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Tennessee $	5	–	0	–	0			10	–	1	–	0
No. 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	Louisiana Tech*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 39–7
September 28	Ole Miss	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 6–19
October 5	Holy Cross*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 25–0
October 12	at Rice*	Rice Field Houston, TX	L 0–23
October 19	Mercer*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 20–0
October 26	Vanderbilt	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	W 7–0
November 2	at No. 7 Tennessee	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–28
November 9	No. 19 Mississippi State	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	L 7–22
November 16	at Auburn	Legion Field Birmingham, AL (rivalry)	W 21–13
November 30	Tulane	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (Battle for the Rag)	W 14–0
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game