1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team

1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football
LIC champion
ConferenceLouisiana Intercollegiate Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Record6–3–1 (4–0 LIC, 4–1 SIAA)
Head coach
Home stadiumMcNaspy Stadium
1940 Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Southwestern Louisiana $ 4 0 0 6 3 1
Louisiana Normal 3 1 1 6 3 1
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 6 4 0
Louisiana College 0 2 1 2 5 2
Centenary 0 2 0 3 7 0
Southeastern Louisiana 0 3 0 3 6 1
  • $ – Conference champion
1940 Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association football standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   T W   L   T
Rollins $ 6 0 0 8 1 0
Newberry 4 0 0 7 2 1
Mississippi College 2 0 0 5 1 1
Eastern Kentucky 1 0 0 8 0 0
Western Kentucky State Teachers 4 1 1 7 1 1
Louisiana Normal 4 1 1 6 3 1
SW Louisiana 4 1 0 6 3 1
Union (TN) 3 1 0 6 3 0
Georgetown (KY) 2 1 0 5 3 2
Murray State 4 2 1 4 3 2
Centre 2 1 0 3 6 0
Miami (FL) 2 1 0 3 7 0
Presbyterian 5 3 0 6 4 0
Mississippi Southern 3 2 0 7 4 0
Louisiana Tech 3 2 0 6 4 0
West Tennessee State Teachers 4 3 0 5 5 0
Morehead State 1 1 2 3 3 2
Wofford 2 2 1 3 4 2
Middle Tennessee State Teachers 2 4 0 4 4 0
Tampa 2 4 0 3 6 0
Oglethorpe 2 4 0 2 6 0
Tennessee Tech 1 2 0 2 6 0
Transylvania 1 2 1 5 3 1
Stetson 2 5 1 2 5 1
Troy State 1 3 0 3 6 0
Louisiana College 1 4 2 2 5 2
Union (KY) 0 1 1 5 1 1
Centenary 0 2 0 3 7 0
Louisville 0 2 0 3 5 1
Jacksonville State 0 2 0 3 5 0
Erskine 0 5 0 1 8 0
Delta State 0 5 1 0 8 2
  • $ – Conference champion

The 1940 Southwestern Louisiana Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Southwestern Louisiana Institute of Liberal and Technical Learning (now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference (LIC) and the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association (SIAA) during the 1940 college football season. In their fourth year under head coach Johnny Cain, the Bulldogs compiled an overall record of 6–3–1.

Southwestern Louisiana was ranked at No. 293 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.