In its fourth year under head coach George Sauer, the team compiled a 5–3 record, outscoring their opponents 121–86.

218 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

The 1940 game remains the last time that the Saint Anselm and New Hampshire football programs have met.

[14] New Hampshire captain Matthew Flaherty was inducted to the university's athletic hall of fame in 1983.

[15] Flaherty served in World War II, was a teacher and basketball coach at nearby Dover High School, and later became a high school principal; he died in November 2004 at age 86.