| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Lawrence Tech Blue Devils |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference |
| Short Conf: | MOCC |
| Record: | 6–3 |
| Conf Record: | 3–1 |
| Head Coach: | Don Ridler |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Champion: | MOCC co-champion |
The 1940 Lawrence Tech Blue Devils football team represented the Lawrence Institute of Technology of Highland Park, Michigan, as a member of the Michigan-Ontario Collegiate Conference (MOCC) during the 1940 college football season. In their third year under head coach Don Ridler,[1] the Blue Devils compiled a 6–3 record, tied for the MOCC championship, and outscored opponents by a total of 147 to 96.[2]
Five Lawrence Tech players were selected by conference coaches to the MOCC all-conference first team: end Fred Dupke; tackle Walter Nowacki; guard Al Schrecke; halfback Harry Awdey; and halfback Jackie Coogan.[3]
Paul Ribbentrop, a cousin of Germany's Nazi foreign minister Joachim von Ribbentrop, played at the tackle position for the 1930 Lawrence Tech team.[4]