1940 TCU Horned Frogs football team

1940 TCU Horned Frogs football
Conference	Southwest Conference
Record	3–7 (2–4 SWC)
Head coach	Dutch Meyer (7th season)
Home stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium (Capacity: 22,000)

1940 Southwest Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 6 Texas A&M $	5	–	1	–	0			9	–	1	–	0
No. 16 SMU	5	–	1	–	0			8	–	1	–	1
Texas	4	–	2	–	0			8	–	2	–	0
Rice	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	3	–	0
TCU	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	7	–	0
Arkansas	1	–	5	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
Baylor	0	–	6	–	0			4	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 TCU Horned Frogs football team represented Texas Christian University (TCU) in the 1940 college football season. The Horned Frogs finished the season 3–7 overall and 2–4 in the Southwest Conference. The team was coached by Dutch Meyer in his seventh year as head coach. The Frogs played their home games in Amon G. Carter Stadium, which is located on campus in Fort Worth, Texas.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 28	Centenary*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 41–6
October 5	Arkansas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	W 20–0
October 12	at North Carolina*	Kenan Memorial Stadium Chapel Hill, NC	L 14–21
October 19	at No. 2 Texas A&M	Kyle Field College Station, TX (rivalry)	L 7–21
October 26	at Tulsa*	Skelly Field Tulsa, OK	W 0–7
November 2	Baylor	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	W 14–12
November 9	at Detroit*	University of Detroit Stadium Detroit, MI	L 0–3	12,352
November 16	Texas	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX (rivalry)	L 14–21
November 23	at Rice	Rice Stadium Houston, TX	L 6–14
November 30	at SMU	Cotton Bowl Dallas, TX (rivalry)	L 0–16
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game