| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Davidson Wildcats |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SoCon |
| Record: | 5–5 |
| Conf Record: | 1–5 |
| Head Coach: | Gene McEver |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Stadium: | Richardson Field |
The 1940 Davidson Wildcats football team was an American football team that represented Davidson College during the 1940 college football season as a member of the Southern Conference. In their fifth year under head coach Gene McEver, the team compiled an overall record of 5–5, with a mark of 1–5 in conference play, and finished in 14th place in the SoCon.[1]
Davidson was ranked at No. 125 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[2]