1940 Eastern Washington Savages football team

1940 Eastern Washington Savages football
Conference	Washington Intercollegiate Conference
Record	6–2 (3–1 WINCO)
Head coach	Red Reese (11th season)

1940 Washington Intercollegiate Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
Pacific Lutheran $	4	–	0	–	0			8	–	0	–	0
Eastern Washington	3	–	1	–	0			6	–	2	–	0
Central Washington	2	–	2	–	0			4	–	3	–	0
Western Washington	1	–	3	–	0			3	–	4	–	0
Saint Martin's	0	–	4	–	0			1	–	6	–	0
$ – Conference champion

The 1940 Eastern Washington Savages football team represented Eastern Washington College of Education—now known as Eastern Washington University—as a member of the Washington Intercollegiate Conference (WINCO) during the 1940 college football season. Led by 11th-year head coach Red Reese, Eastern Washington compiled an overall record of 6–2 with a mark of 3–1 in conference play, placing second in the WINCO.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance	Source
September 28	7:00 p.m.	at Montana*	Dornblaser Field Missoula, MN (rivalry)	L 0–9
October 4		Puget Sound*	Cheney, WA	W 13–6
October 12		Central Washington	Cheney, WA	W 14–7
October 18		at Saint Martin's	Lacey, WA	W 7–0
October 25		at Lewiston Normal*	Lewiston, ID	W 40–0
November 2		Pacific Lutheran	Woodward Field Cheney, WA	L 14–20	3,500
November 8		Whitworth*	Cheney, WA	W 47–0
November 16		at Western Washington	Bellingham, WA	W 7–6
*Non-conference game All times are in Pacific time