1940 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) |
| 6th place • 1-7-0 .125 |
| Head Coach: Dana King |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | A | Buffalo Indians | 7-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8462 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | Boston Bears | 7-29 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 5000 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1940 | A | New York Yankees | 13-40 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 4296 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-49 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl | 6500 | |
| Wed | 10/16/1940 | H | New York Yankees | - | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | |||
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | Columbus Bullies | 7-17 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 5620 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Columbus Bullies | 2-21 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 4891 | |
| Mon | 11/11/1940 | H | Boston Bears | 17-13 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Buffalo Indians | L | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | |||
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | - | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/16/1940 | New York Yankees | Canceled |
| 11/11/1940 | Boston Bears | Moved from 11/10 at Cinncinnati, OH |
| 11/24/1940 | Buffalo Indians | Forfeit |
| 12/1/1940 | Milwaukee Chiefs | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Balestrieri | 83 | LE | 6-2 | 180 | 24 | Earlham | 7 | 0 |
| Dave Bernard | 80 | QB | 5-9 | 194 | 28 | St. Viator; Mississippi | 6 | 4 |
| Inman Blackaby | 90 | RH-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 24 | Butler | 7 | 4 |
| Bob Bohrer | 65 | C | 5-11 | 180 | 21 | Cincinnati | 6 | 4 |
| Wilce Carnes | 39 | FB | 6-1 | 190 | 24 | Kentucky | 7 | 4 |
| Bill Gerdes | 87 | LT | 6-0 | 240 | 27 | Nebraska-Kearney | 7 | 7 |
| Jack Gregory | 94 | RT-LE | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Alabama; Tennessee-Chattanooga | 6 | 2 |
| Pete Gudauskas | RG-LG | 6-2 | 222 | 24 | Murray State | 4 | 4 | |
| John Koprowski | B | 6-0 | 180 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | 0 | |
| Joe Kruse | C | 6-2 | 205 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 3 | 2 | |
| Gene LeRoy | 31 | B | 5-10 | 160 | 23 | Denison | 2 | 0 |
| Jack MacKenna | E | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 2 | 0 | |
| Lou Marotti | LG-RG-RE | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Toledo | 6 | 6 | |
| Bill McRaven | 54 | RH | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Murray State | 4 | 3 |
| Bob Mergenthal | 69 | RT | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 6 |
| Charles Metzger | 81 | LH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Miami (Ohio) | 7 | 3 |
| Olgis | 88 | G | 1 | 0 | ||||
| Johnny Popov | 86 | QB-RH-LH | 6-0 | 195 | 26 | Cincinnati | 7 | 5 |
| Tony Popp | 91 | RE | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Wisconsin; Toledo | 3 | 3 |
| LeRoy Rice | C | 5-11 | 205 | 25 | McKendree | 4 | 1 | |
| John Rogers | 51 | LE-LH | 5-10 | 175 | 28 | Duquesne | 7 | 2 |
| Al Schmerge | 74 | RG-E | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | 7 | 3 |
| Al Shelton | 52 | RE-LG-T | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | none | 5 | 4 |
| Paul Shu | LH | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Virginia Military Institute | 3 | 3 | |
| Frank Smith | LG-T | 203 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 | |||
| Boyce Stone | 73 | LG | 5-11 | 211 | 29 | Samford | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Thesing | FB-E | 5-11 | 192 | 29 | Notre Dame | 3 | 2 | |
| Argyle Wakeman | 85 | LE | 6-1 | 200 | 28 | Central Missouri | 4 | 4 |
| Claude Wilson | 82 | RG | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Cincinnati | 3 | 1 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 9 | 17 | 27 | 53 |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 23 | 50 | 64 | 186 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Blackaby | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bill Gerdes | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 9 | |||
| Wilce Carnes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Bill McRaven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| John Rogers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Team Totals | 7 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 1 | 53 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 22 | 26 | 84.6 | 2 | 1 | 186 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Blackaby | 1 | ||||
| Wilce Carnes | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Shu | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Dave Bernard | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Johnny Popov | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Blackaby | 2 | ||||
| Bill McRaven | 1 | ||||
| John Rogers | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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