1940 Tampa Spartans football team

The 1940 Tampa Spartans football team was an American football team that represented the University of Tampa as a member of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association during the 1940 college football season. In their eighth year under head coach Nash Higgins, the Spartans compiled an overall record of 3–6, with a mark of 2–4 in conference play, and finished 20th in the SIAA.

Tampa was ranked at No. 223 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.