1940 Langston Lions football team

The 1940 Langston Lions football team represented Langston University as a member of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Caesar Felton Gayles, the Lions compiled an overall record of 6–3, with a conference record of 5–1, and finished as SWAC co-champion.