The 1940 Yale Bulldogs football team represented

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in the

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. The Bulldogs were led by seventh-year head coach Ducky Pond, played their home games at the

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and finished the season with a 1–7 record. Yale was ranked at No. 110 (out of 697 college football teams) in the final rankings under the Litkenhous Difference by Score system for 1940.

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