1940 National Football League All-Star Game (January)

The 1940 National Football League All-star Game was the professional football league's second all-star game. The game pitted the Green Bay Packers, the league's champion for the 1939 season, against a team of all-stars. The game was played on Sunday, January 14, 1940, at Gilmore Stadium in Los Angeles, California in front of 18,000 fans. The Packers defeated the all-stars by a score of 16–7. The game was originally scheduled to be played on the previous Sunday, but it was delayed due to rain.

This article is about the NFL All-Star Game that followed the 1939 season, played on January 14, 1940. For the game that followed the 1940 season, played on December 29, 1940, see 1940 National Football League All-Star Game (December).

1940 NFL All-Star Game (January)
Green Bay Packers NFL All-stars
16 7
Head coach:
Curly Lambeau
(Green Bay Packers)		 Head coach:
Steve Owen
(New York Giants)
1234 Total
Green Bay Packers 31003 16
NFL All-stars 0070 7
DateJanuary 14, 1940
StadiumGilmore Stadium, Los Angeles, California
MVPnone selected
RefereeWilbur G. Crowell
Attendance18,000
TV in the United States
Networknot televised

The players on the all-star squad were selected by a national poll of fans. Wilbur Crowell was the referee for the game.

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