1940 Mercer Bears football team

1940 Mercer Bears football
ConferenceDixie Conference
Record1–7 (0–3 Dixie)
Head coach
Home stadiumCentennial Stadium
1940 Dixie Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
Chattanooga + 3 0 17 1 1
Mississippi College + 3 0 15 1 1
Howard (AL) 4 1 04 5 0
Spring Hill 1 3 03 5 0
Southwestern (TN) 0 1 03 5 1
Millsaps 0 3 04 4 1
Mercer 0 3 01 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions

The 1940 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Lake Russell, the team compiled a 1–7 record.

Mercer was ranked at No. 167 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.