1940 Mercer Bears football team

The 1940 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season. In their twelfth year under head coach Lake Russell, the team compiled a 1–7 record.

1940 Mercer Bears football
Conference	Dixie Conference
Record	1–7 (0–3 Dixie)
Head coach	Lake Russell (12th season)
Home stadium	Centennial Stadium
Seasons ← 1939 1941 →

1940 Dixie Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Chattanooga +	3	–	0	–	1			7	–	1	–	1
Mississippi College +	3	–	0	–	1			5	–	1	–	1
Howard (AL)	4	–	1	–	0			4	–	5	–	0
Spring Hill	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	5	–	0
Southwestern (TN)	0	–	1	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Millsaps	0	–	3	–	0			4	–	4	–	1
Mercer	0	–	3	–	0			1	–	7	–	0
+ – Conference co-champions

Mercer was ranked at No. 167 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.^[1]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28		at Tennessee*	Shields–Watkins Field Knoxville, TN	L 0–49	20,000	[2]
October 5		at Alabama*	Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	L 0–20	6,000	[3]
October 19		at LSU*	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	L 0–20	10,000	[4]
October 26		Erskine*	Centennial Stadium Macon, GA	W 45–0	1,000	[5]
November 1	9:00 p.m.	vs. Presbyterian*	Municipal Stadium Albany, GA	L 2–3		[6][7][8]
November 9		Mississippi College	Centennial Stadium Macon, GA	L 6–26	2,500	[9]
November 15		Howard (AL)	Centennial Stadium Macon, GA	L 6–14		[10]
November 28		at Chattanooga	Chamberlain Field Chattanooga, TN	L 6–20	5,000	[11]
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Eastern time