1940 Jersey City Giants (AA) |
| 1st place • 6-3-1 .667 |
| Head Coach: Bill Owen |
| Ken Strong | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 9/7/1940 | N | Brooklyn Dodgers | 0-35 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 8000 | |
| Thu | 9/19/1940 | A | Long Island Indians | 0-3 | L | New York, NY | Dexter Park | 5100 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | A | Providence Steam Roller | 6-7 | L | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | 7000 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1940 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 0-0 | T | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 5400 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | H | New York Giants | 21-41 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 6504 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Long Island Indians | 7-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 6257 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 31-0 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 5917 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Paterson Panthers | 7-16 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 11457 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | Newark Bears | 13-10 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10017 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 16-10 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12152 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-0 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 11620 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Newark Bears | 17-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 12000 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Mount Vernon Cardinals | 23-14 | W | Mount Vernon, NY | Memorial Field | 2500 | |
| First Round Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1940 | H | Newark Bears | 7-6 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12342 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/15/1940 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 17-7 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 15245 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/1/1940 | Mount Vernon Cardinals | Postponed from 9/25 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Sam Aills | 55 | RG | 6-1 | 220 | 24 | Centenary | 9 | 9 |
| Whit Baker | 54 | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Cornell | 3 | 0 |
| Johnny Bateman | 35 | G | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Columbia | 2 | 0 |
| John Bovi | 21 | LG-T-C | 5-8 | 220 | 25 | Bucknell | 9 | 0 |
| Al Caruso | 32 | QB | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Manhattan | 10 | 1 |
| Enio Conti | 17 | LG | 5-11 | 204 | 27 | Bucknell | 10 | 10 |
| Perry Crumley | 26 | QB | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Roanoke | 7 | 1 |
| Jack Daly | 53 | RE | 6-0 | 188 | 26 | Manhattan | 10 | 10 |
| Ed Danowski | 22 | LH | 6-1 | 200 | 29 | Fordham | 7 | 7 |
| Paul Enders | C-G | 6-1 | 225 | 26 | Penn State | 3 | 0 | |
| Stan Galazin | 55 | G | 6-3 | 213 | 31 | Villanova | 1 | 0 |
| Wen Goldsmith | 24 | C | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Emporia State | 8 | 8 |
| Irv Hall | 25 | LH | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Brown | 10 | 2 |
| LeRoy Harper | 60 | G | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Emporia State | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Hinkle | 13 | RH | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Syracuse | 6 | 5 |
| Bernie Kaplan | 27 | RG | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | McDaniel | 10 | 1 |
| Duce Keahey | 39 | LT | 6-2 | 215 | 23 | George Washington | 10 | 9 |
| Bobby Kellogg | 54 | LH | 5-8 | 165 | 23 | Northeast Louisiana JC; Tulane | 7 | 0 |
| Grenny Lansdell | 13 | B | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Pasadena CC; Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Don Lieberum | 45 | LH | 6-0 | 175 | 22 | Manchester | 10 | 1 |
| Harry Mattos | 11 | FB | 6-0 | 198 | 29 | St. Mary's (California) | 6 | 2 |
| Jim Moffitt | 30 | RT | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Manhattan | 3 | 2 |
| Paul Morrison | 7 | HB | 5-10 | 200 | 22 | Notre Dame | 10 | 5 |
| Marty O'Hagan | 19 | RE | 6-2 | 190 | 25 | Portland | 10 | 0 |
| Al Owen | HB | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | St. Lawrence; Mercer | 4 | 0 | |
| Win Pedersen | 48 | RT | 6-3 | 225 | 25 | Minnesota | 8 | 8 |
| Johnny Rogalla | 23 | QB | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | Scranton | 9 | 8 |
| Milt Singer | 36 | C | 6-1 | 198 | 29 | Syracuse | 7 | 2 |
| Saul Singer | 43 | T | 6-4 | 251 | 22 | Arkansas | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Singer | 37 | LE | 6-0 | 198 | 29 | Syracuse | 10 | 10 |
| Bob Smith | 66 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Oregon | 10 | 8 |
| Al Sprague | 24 | E | 197 | Bakersfield JC; UC Santa Barbara | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ken Strong | 30 | LH | 6-0 | 206 | 34 | New York University | 6 | 0 |
| Mickey Sullivan | 38 | E | 5-11 | 198 | 24 | North Carolina State | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Tomasello | 50 | LE | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Scranton | 8 | 0 |
| Rex Williams | 34 | C | 6-1 | 204 | 22 | Texas Tech | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Yurcic | 34 | LT | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | New Mexico State | 9 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 34 | 27 | 28 | 15 | 104 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 46 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Strong | 0 | 5 | 5 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 17 | ||
| Johnny Rogalla | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Jack Daly | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Irv Hall | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Smith | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Grenny Lansdell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Paul Morrison | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Win Pedersen | 0 | 6 | 6 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Singer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 13 | 12 | 13 | 92.3 | 4 | 1 | 104 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 4 | 0 | 46 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Smith | 84 | 276 | 3.3 | 2 | |
| Irv Hall | 69 | 192 | 2.8 | 2 | |
| Grenny Lansdell | 45 | 136 | 3.0 | 1 | |
| Don Lieberum | 46 | 120 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Johnny Rogalla | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 947 | 6 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Danowski | 101 | 63 | 62.4 | 732 | 7.2 | 11.6 | 7 | 6.9 | ||||||||
| Don Lieberum | 38 | 14 | 36.8 | 149 | 3.9 | 10.6 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Grenny Lansdell | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 140 | 8.8 | 23.3 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Bobby Kellogg | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 22 | 4.4 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | |||||||
| Jack Hinkle | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 17 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 90.3 | ||||
| Bob Smith | 6 | 3 | 50.0 | 11 | 1.8 | 3.7 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Harry Mattos | 0 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Daly | 2 | ||||
| Paul Morrison | 1 | ||||
| Johnny Rogalla | 1 | ||||
| Walt Singer | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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