1940 Langston Lions football team

1940 Langston Lions football
SWAC co-champion
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
Record6–3 (5–1 SWAC)
Head coach
Home stadiumAnderson Field
1940 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southern + 5 1 0 8 1 0
Langston + 5 1 0 6 3 0
Prairie View 4 2 0 6 3 0
Texas College 3 2 1 4 2 1
Bishop 2 4 0 4 4 0
Wiley 1 4 1 3 5 1
Arkansas AM&N 0 6 0 3 8 0
  • + – Conference co-champions

The 1940 Langston Lions football team represented Langston University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Caesar Felton Gayles, the Lions compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a conference record of 5–1, and finished as SWAC co-champion.