1940 Rutgers Queensmen football team

The 1940 Rutgers Queensmen football team represented Rutgers University in the 1940 college football season. In their third season under head coach Harvey Harman, the Queensmen compiled a 5–3 record and outscored their opponents 211 to 56.

Rutgers was ranked at No. 100 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.