1940 Boston Bears (AFL) |
| 3rd place • 5-4-1 .556 |
| Head Coach: Eddie Casey |
| Joe Zapustas | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | A | Bridgeport Redskins | 20-0 | W | Bridgeport, CT | Scharr Field | 3000 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | H | Columbus Bullies | 0-17 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 29-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | New York Yankees | 28-7 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 7700 | |
| Wed | 10/16/1940 | A | Buffalo Indians | 10-0 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5592 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | H | Buffalo Indians | 20-0 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 9500 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-14 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 7500 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-10 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl | 8000 | |
| Wed | 11/6/1940 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | 14-17 | L | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | 4000 | |
| Mon | 11/11/1940 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-17 | L | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Columbus Bullies | 0-0 | T | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 4015 | |
| Sat | 11/23/1940 | A | New York Yankees | 20-7 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 4730 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/11/1940 | Cincinnati Bengals | Moved from 11/10 at Cinncinnati, OH |
| 11/23/1940 | New York Yankees | Postponed from 10/23 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Vito Ananis | 11 | LH | 5-10 | 195 | 25 | Boston College | 7 | 2 |
| Wayland Becker | LT | 6-0 | 198 | 30 | Marquette | 1 | 0 | |
| Fe Bohan | 16 | RE-LE | 5-10 | 192 | 25 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Cory | 22 | LE-RE-RT | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Utah | 10 | 1 |
| Jerry Donnell | 35 | LH-RH | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | Citrus JC; Loyola Marymount; Oregon | 9 | 5 |
| Thell Fisher | 30 | LH-RH-QB-FB | 5-9 | 172 | 22 | Drake | 10 | 4 |
| Bob Holmstrom | 44 | QB-LH | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Minnesota; Detroit Mercy; Detroit Tech | 10 | 0 |
| Carl Kaplanoff | 15 | RT-LT | 6-0 | 235 | 23 | Ohio State | 7 | 1 |
| Andy Karpus | 20 | RH-LH-FB | 5-11 | 180 | 26 | Detroit Mercy | 10 | 2 |
| Morrie Kohler | 27 | FB | 5-9 | 178 | 23 | Hastings; Oregon State | 10 | 7 |
| Les Lane | 13/39 | LT | 6-3 | 193 | 24 | South Dakota | 8 | 7 |
| Luke Lindon | 47 | LT-RT | 5-10 | 243 | 25 | Kentucky | 9 | 5 |
| Vic Marino | 50 | RG-LG | 5-8 | 205 | 22 | Ohio State | 10 | 10 |
| Joel Mason | 36 | LE | 6-0 | 199 | 28 | Western Michigan | 9 | 9 |
| Fred Mastrolia | 33 | LG-RG | 5-9 | 205 | 27 | North Carolina State | 6 | 0 |
| Tom Nash | 24 | RE-LE | 5-9 | 185 | 25 | Brown | 5 | 0 |
| Red Negri | 26 | LG-RG | 6-0 | 205 | 29 | Vermont; Virginia Tech | 10 | 8 |
| Vic Obeck | 45 | RT | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Springfield | 10 | 8 |
| Frank Padjen | 32 | C | 5-11 | 196 | 26 | St. Louis | 9 | 4 |
| Frank Patrick | 38 | FB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 5 | 3 |
| Keith Ranspot | 37 | RE | 6-3 | 205 | 27 | Southern Methodist | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Ratica | 21 | C | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | St. Vincent | 9 | 6 |
| Sterling Shipla | 61 | LG-RG-T | 5-9 | 210 | 21 | St. Norbert | 8 | 1 |
| Leo Slotnick | 55 | RH-QB | 5-9 | 170 | 22 | North Carolina | 3 | 0 |
| Ernie Wheeler | 31 | RH-LH | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | North Dakota State | 10 | 7 |
| Joe Yablonski | 34 | QB-RH | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Holy Cross | 10 | 10 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 24 | 27 | 46 | 120 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 14 | 17 | 35 | 79 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Negri | 0 | 11 | 14 | 78.6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Andy Karpus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Morrie Kohler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Vito Ananis | 2 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| Ernie Wheeler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Frank Patrick | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Fe Bohan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Thell Fisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joel Mason | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Keith Ranspot | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Yablonski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 13 | 16 | 81.3 | 3 | 1 | 120 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 3 | 0 | 79 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Karpus | 3 | ||||
| Morrie Kohler | 3 | ||||
| Ernie Wheeler | 2 | ||||
| Thell Fisher | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andy Karpus | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Tom Nash | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Frank Patrick | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Leo Slotnick | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 6 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vito Ananis | 1 | ||||
| Fe Bohan | 1 | ||||
| Joel Mason | 1 | ||||
| Frank Patrick | 1 | ||||
| Keith Ranspot | 1 | ||||
| Joe Yablonski | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vito Ananis | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| 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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