| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Arizona Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Border Conference |
| Short Conf: | Border |
| Record: | 7–2 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1 |
| Head Coach: | Mike Casteel |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Captain: | John Black |
| Stadium: | Varsity Stadium |
The 1940 Arizona Wildcats football team represented the University of Arizona in the Border Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Mike Casteel, the Wildcats compiled a 7–2 record (3–1 against Border opponents), finished in second place in the conference, and outscored their opponents, 204 to 83. The team captain was John Black.[1] [2]
Arizona was ranked at No. 76 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[3]
The team played home games at Varsity Stadium in Tucson, Arizona.