1940 Newark Bears (AA) |
| 4th place • 5-5-1 .444 |
| Head Coach: Gene Ronzani |
| Joe Zeller | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 14-34 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 11000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | H | Wilmington Clippers | 6-24 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 7000 | |
| Thu | 9/26/1940 | A | Long Island Indians | 44-21 | W | New York, NY | Dexter Park | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | H | Long Island Indians | 17-14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 5200 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 7-13 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 7000 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Paterson Panthers | 7-16 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Providence Steam Roller | 23-0 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Jersey City Giants | 10-13 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 10017 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Paterson Panthers | 22-3 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 11200 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Providence Steam Roller | W | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Churchill Pros | 14-7 | W | Springfield, MA | Pychon Park | 5800 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Jersey City Giants | 0-17 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 12000 | |
| Fourth Place Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Long Island Indians | 0-0 | T | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 4500 | |
| Fourth Place Playoff Replay | |||||||||
| Thu | 12/5/1940 | A | Long Island Indians | - | New York, NY | Dexter Park | |||
| Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1940 | A | Jersey City Giants | 6-7 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 12342 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/17/1940 | Providence Steam Roller | Forfeit |
| 12/5/1940 | Long Island Indians | Canceled; Newark advanced on coin tosses |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Ken Armstrong | 24 | LT | 6-1 | 240 | 24 | Tarkio | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Battles | 13 | RE-LT | 6-4 | 220 | 26 | Brown | 7 | 1 |
| Joe Berardelli | 26 | RT | 5-11 | 230 | Ohio State | 10 | 4 | |
| Eddie Berlinski | 22 | LH-RH | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | North Carolina State | 10 | 6 |
| Young Bussey | 11 | QB | 5-10 | 175 | 23 | Louisiana State | 10 | 10 |
| Rudy Choborda | 38 | FB-LH | 5-10 | 201 | 27 | none | 10 | 9 |
| Charley Craig | LT | 220 | Rutgers | 6 | 0 | |||
| Charley Eller | 4 | RE | 6-0 | 179 | 26 | West Virginia | 10 | 10 |
| Charlie Fauser | 31 | T | 6-0 | 215 | 27 | none | 3 | 0 |
| Butch Fortunato | 8 | B | 5-6 | 185 | 21 | Fordham | 6 | 0 |
| Eddie Foy | QB-G | 5-11 | 186 | 22 | Holy Cross | 3 | 0 | |
| Irving Friedenthal | B | 5-11 | 210 | Long Island | 1 | 0 | ||
| Leo Hirsch | 48 | C | 5-10 | 193 | 26 | St. Francis (New York); Long Island | 7 | 0 |
| Pete Holovak | 30 | RH-FB | 6-1 | 191 | 22 | Fordham | 10 | 2 |
| Al Hoptowit | 31 | RT-G | 6-1 | 217 | 25 | Washington State | 8 | 6 |
| Billy Hughes | 48 | C | 6-1 | 226 | 25 | Texas | 3 | 2 |
| Mike Kochel | 82 | LG | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Fordham | 10 | 2 |
| Bronko Malesevich | 16 | RG | 5-10 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin | 10 | 2 |
| Phil Martinovich | 29 | RH | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | Pacific | 7 | 0 |
| John Miskinis | 12 | LH | 5-11 | 167 | 23 | none | 9 | 2 |
| Sam Monaco | 33 | E | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Villanova | 9 | 0 |
| Ray Otlowski | 10 | C | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Bucknell | 10 | 8 |
| Ralph Qualmann | 20 | FB | 6-4 | 203 | 22 | Detroit Tech | 7 | 1 |
| Bill Raizik | 28 | LG-RG | 6-1 | 224 | 27 | Cincinnati | 10 | 8 |
| Tom Randazzo | 35 | LE | 6-2 | 203 | St. Francis | 4 | 1 | |
| Al Robillard | C | 5-10 | 199 | 28 | St. Bonaventure | 1 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 6 | B | 5-9 | 200 | 31 | Marquette | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 7 | RH-LH | 6-0 | 182 | 26 | none | 7 | 7 |
| Harry Stevenson | 5 | LH-RH | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Notre Dame | 7 | 2 |
| Milt Trost | 16 | LT | 6-1 | 206 | 27 | Marquette | 3 | 3 |
| Eddie Turecki | 33 | RH | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | none | 3 | 1 |
| Joe Zeller | 17 | RG-LG | 6-1 | 203 | 32 | Indiana | 10 | 8 |
| Bob Zwank | 7 | LE | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Loyola Marymount | 10 | 9 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 38 | 3 | 47 | 136 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 23 | 51 | 27 | 121 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Holovak | 5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 31 | ||
| Rudy Choborda | 3 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 0 | 0 | 29 | ||
| Eddie Berlinski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Phil Martinovich | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 4 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Bob Zwank | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charley Eller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Butch Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Miskinis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Tom Randazzo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Battles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 18 | 14 | 18 | 77.8 | 4 | 1 | 136 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 13 | 13 | 100.0 | 10 | 0 | 121 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Choborda | 110 | 404 | 3.7 | 3 | |
| Dick Schweidler | 46 | 162 | 3.5 | 1 | |
| John Miskinis | 35 | 123 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Eddie Berlinski | 35 | 112 | 3.2 | 2 | |
| Pete Holovak | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1094 | 7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Bussey | 159 | 61 | 38.4 | 992 | 6.2 | 16.3 | 9 | 5.7 | ||||||||
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Harry Stevenson | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 11 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Holovak | 4 | ||||
| Eddie Berlinski | 2 | ||||
| Bob Zwank | 2 | ||||
| Charley Eller | 1 | ||||
| John Miskinis | 1 | ||||
| Tom Randazzo | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 11 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| 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 | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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