The 1940 Mercer Bears football team was an American football team that represented Mercer University as a member of the Dixie Conference during the 1940 college football season.
In their twelfth year under head coach Lake Russell, the team compiled a 1–7 record.
Mercer was ranked at No.
167 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.
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