1940 Providence Steam Roller (AA) |
| 6th place • 2-8-0 .200 |
| Head Coach: Joe McGee |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | A | New Bedford Whalers | 38-0 | W | New Bedford, MA | Sargent Field | 4000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | A | Paterson Panthers | 19-20 | L | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 5500 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 0-7 | L | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 5000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | H | Jersey City Giants | 7-6 | W | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | 7000 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | A | Haverhill | 26-6 | W | Haverhill, MA | St. James Park | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | Churchill Pros | 13-6 | W | West Springfield, MA | Crescent Kennel Club | 5500 | |
| Thu | 10/10/1940 | A | Hartford Blues | 33-6 | W | Hartford, CT | Municipal Stadium | 2500 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Paterson Panthers | 0-13 | L | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Jersey City Giants | 0-31 | L | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 5917 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | Newark Bears | 0-23 | L | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 8-7 | W | Wilmington, DE | Wilmington Park | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | Long Island Indians | 7-20 | L | New York, NY | Dexter Park | 4500 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | Newark Bears | L | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Lake View Golden Bears | 6-7 | L | Worcester, MA | Worcester Oval | 6000 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Long Island Indians | L | East Providence, RI | East Providence Stadium | |||
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Churchill Pros | - | Springfield, MA | Pychon Park | |||
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Lake View Golden Bears | - | |||||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/8/1940 | New Bedford Whalers | Murphys? |
| 11/17/1940 | Newark Bears | Forfeit |
| 11/24/1940 | Long Island Indians | Forfeit |
| 11/24/1940 | Churchill Pros | Canceled |
| 12/1/1940 | Lake View Golden Bears | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Vito Ananis | RH | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Boston College | 2 | 0 | |
| Whit Baker | LH | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Cornell | 3 | 3 | |
| John Barnini | C | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Providence | 2 | 0 | |
| Hugo Bonino | 30 | LT-RT | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Washington & Lee | 8 | 7 |
| Tom Carey | 62 | C | 5-11 | 195 | Brown | 8 | 4 | |
| Pete Cignetti | 7 | FB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Boston College | 5 | 0 |
| Jim Connolly | 8 | FB-RH | 205 | 22 | Northeastern | 4 | 3 | |
| Bobby Cragan | B | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Rhode Island | 1 | 0 | |
| Earl Crompton | 2 | LH-QB | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | Boston University | 5 | 1 |
| Emilio Daddario | 3 | RH-LH | 6-1 | 185 | 22 | Wesleyan | 8 | 7 |
| Joe Delaney | 24 | RT-LT | 6-4 | 230 | 23 | Holy Cross | 7 | 1 |
| Ralph Freeman | 59 | C | 5-11 | 188 | 25 | Northeastern; Massachusetts-Lowell | 5 | 4 |
| Fella Gintoff | 88 | LH-RH | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | Boston College | 8 | 4 |
| Dick Harrison | 16 | LE-RE | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Boston College | 8 | 3 |
| Warren Huston | 12 | RH | 6-0 | 176 | 27 | Springfield | 4 | 1 |
| John Janusas | 23 | RT-LT | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | Boston College | 8 | 7 |
| George Larkowich | 26 | LT-RT | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | Brown | 7 | 1 |
| Rocco LaSala | 4 | RG-LG | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | St. Anselm | 8 | 2 |
| Jim Leo | 17 | LE | 6-0 | 210 | 23 | Providence | 8 | 5 |
| Max Miller | 43 | LG-RG | 5-10 | 181 | Boston University | 8 | 7 | |
| Jim Moffitt | LT | 6-4 | 230 | 25 | Manhattan | 1 | 0 | |
| Tom Nash | 12 | RE | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Brown | 1 | 0 |
| Charlie O'Keefe | FB-RH | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Providence | 7 | 5 | |
| Art Pariseau | 13 | QB-LH | 5-10 | 185 | Providence | 7 | 2 | |
| Ben Polak | 15 | RE | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Providence | 8 | 5 |
| Jim Reardon | 14 | RE-LE | 6-3 | 205 | Holy Cross | 8 | 3 | |
| Carlo Sarno | 42 | LG | 5-10 | 198 | 24 | Holy Cross | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Schwotzer | 38 | LG-RG | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Boston College | 7 | 2 |
| Paul Sweeney | 22 | QB | 6-1 | 193 | 25 | Providence | 8 | 6 |
| Jim Turner | RG-LG | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Holy Cross | 7 | 5 | |
| Ralph Worth | C | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | Boston College | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 22 | 21 | 42 | 127 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilio Daddario | 1 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ben Polak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Jim Reardon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Charlie O'Keefe | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Jim Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 5 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 2 | 1 | 41 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 14 | 17 | 82.4 | 3 | 1 | 127 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emilio Daddario | 72 | 350 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 784 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Crompton | 59 | 15 | 25.4 | 210 | 3.6 | 14.0 | 2 | 3.4 | ||||||||
| Fella Gintoff | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 123 | 2.8 | 6.8 | 0 | 0.0 | ||||||||
| Warren Huston | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Reardon | 2 | ||||
| Ben Polak | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ben Polak | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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