1940 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team

The 1940 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State Teachers College (now known as Sam Houston State University) as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC) during the 1940 college football season. Led by third-year head coach Puny Wilson, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 8–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, and finished second in the LSC.

Sam Houston was ranked at No. 105 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.