The 1940 Santa Clara Broncos football team represented Santa Clara University as an independent during the 1940 college football season. In its fifth season under head coach Buck Shaw, the team compiled a 6âÂÂ1âÂÂ1 record, outscored opponents by a total of 155 to 46, and was ranked No. 11 in the final AP poll.
The following Bronco was selected in the 1941 NFL draft following the season.
Johnson played in the January 1941 edition of the EastâÂÂWest Shrine Game, as it was then known; in 2025, he was named to the All-Century Team of the EastâÂÂWest Shrine Bowl. Johnson died in an airplane crash in Germany in May 1945 while serving in the U.S. Ninth Army. He was inducted to the Broncos' athletic hall of fame in 1975.