1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team

he 1940 Carnegie Tech Tartans football team represented the Carnegie Institute of Technology—now known as Carnegie Mellon University—as an independent during the 1940 college football season. Led by first-year head coach Edward Baker, the Tartans compiled a record of 3–5.

Carnegie Tech was ranked at No. 116 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.