The 1940 Georgetown Hoyas football team represented Georgetown University during the 1940 college football season.
The Hoyas were led by ninth-year head coach Jack Hagerty and played their home games at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C.
The team carried into the year a two-year, 16-game unbeaten streak, which ended at 23 games after a tightly contested loss to eventual co-national champion Boston College.
[1] Georgetown ended the regular season with a record of 8–1, ranked 13th in the AP Poll, the only ranked finish in Hoyas team history.
[2] They were invited to the 1941 Orange Bowl, where they lost to Mississippi State, 7–14.