| Year: | 1940 |
| Team: | West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| Short Conf: | SIAA |
| Record: | 5–5 |
| Conf Record: | 4–3 |
| Head Coach: | Cecil C. Humphreys |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Captain: | Jerry Burns, Hank Farino |
| Stadium: | Crump Stadium |
| Next: | 1941 |
The 1940 West Tennessee State Teachers Tigers football team was an American football team that represented the West Tennessee State Teachers College (now known as the University of Memphis), as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1940 college football season. In their second season under head coach Cecil C. Humphreys, West Tennessee State Teachers compiled a 5–5 record.
West Tennessee was ranked at No. 285 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.[1]