1940 Tulane Green Wave football team

1940 Tulane Green Wave football
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Record5–5 (1–3 SEC)
Head coach
Captains
Home stadiumTulane Stadium
1940 Southeastern Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Tennessee $ 5 0 010 1 0
No. 9 Mississippi State 4 0 110 0 1
Ole Miss 3 1 09 2 0
Alabama 4 2 07 2 0
Auburn 3 2 16 4 1
LSU 3 3 06 4 0
Georgia 2 3 15 4 1
Florida 2 3 05 5 0
Kentucky 1 2 25 3 2
Tulane 1 3 05 5 0
Vanderbilt 1 5 13 6 1
Georgia Tech 1 5 03 7 0
Sewanee 0 1 03 5 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1940 Tulane Green Wave football team was an American football team that represented Tulane University as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth year under head coach Red Dawson, Tulane compiled a 5–5 record (1–3 in conference games), finished tenth in the SEC, and outscored opponents by a total of 144 to 126. Tulane was ranked at No. 28 out of 697 college football teams in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

Back James Thibault and tackle Charles Dufour received first-team honors on the 1940 All-SEC football team.

The Green Wave played its home games at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans.