| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | Louisiana Tech Bulldogs |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference |
| Short Conf: | LIC |
| Record: | 6–4 |
| Conf Record: | 3–2 |
| Head Coach: | Joe Aillet |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Captain: | Pickle Vise |
The 1940 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team was an American football team that represented the Louisiana Polytechnic Institute (now known as Louisiana Tech University) as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their first year under head coach Joe Aillet, the team compiled a 6–4 record.
Louisiana Tech was ranked at No. 148 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]