The 1940 Centenary Gentlemen football team was an American football team that represented the Centenary College of Louisiana as a member of the Louisiana Intercollegiate Conference during the 1940 college football season.
In their first year under head coach Jake Hanna, the team compiled a 3–7 record.
Centenary was ranked at No.
139 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
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