1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team

1940 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	3–7 (1–5 SEC)
Head coach	William Alexander (21st season)
Home stadium	Grant Field

1940 Southeastern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
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 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team represented the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets of the Georgia Institute of Technology during the 1940 college football season.

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
October 5	Howard (AL)*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 19–0
October 12	at Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium South Bend, IN	L 20–26	32,492
October 19	Vanderbilt	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	W 19–0
October 26	Auburn	Grant Field Atlanta, GA (rivalry)	L 7–16
November 2	at No. 18 Duke*	Duke Stadium Durham, NC	L 7–41
November 9	at Kentucky	Louisville, KY	L 7–26
November 16	No. 14 Alabama	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 13–14	25,000
November 23	Florida	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	L 7–16
November 30	at Georgia	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA (Clean, Old-Fashioned Hate)	L 19–21
December 28	California*	Grant Field Atlanta, GA	W 13–0
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game