1940 Columbus Bullies (AFL) |
| 1st place • 8-1-1 .889 |
| Head Coach: Phil Bucklew |
| Ted Livingston | Line |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | A | Little Chute Flying Dutchmen | 48-0 | W | Little Chute, WI | 2000 | ||
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 2-14 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl | 7500 | |
| Wed | 9/18/1940 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | 7-13 | L | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | H | St. Louis Gunners | 51-0 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 3732 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | A | Boston Bears | 17-0 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 3000 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | New York Yankees | 23-13 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 5312 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1940 | A | Buffalo Indians | 17-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8110 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Kenosha Cardinals | 20-7 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 3805 | |
| Wed | 10/16/1940 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | 7-3 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 4292 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-7 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 5620 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 21-2 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 4891 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Buffalo Indians | 13-7 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 3812 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | Boston Bears | 0-0 | T | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 4015 | |
| Thu | 11/21/1940 | H | New York Yankees | 17-16 | W | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 6828 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | - | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | |||
| Sun | 12/15/1940 | A | Hollywood Bears | 31-7 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore | ||
| Sun | 12/22/1940 | A | West Coast All-Stars | 27-14 | W | Portland, OR | Multnomah Stadium | 5000 | |
| Wed | 12/25/1940 | A | Pacific Coast All-Stars | 3-6 | L | Seattle, WA | Civic Stadium | 1000 | |
| Sun | 12/29/1940 | A | Oakland Giants | 24-21 | W | Emeryville, CA | Oakland Baseball Park | 2000 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 12/1/1940 | Kenosha Cardinals | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Aleskus | 35 | C-RT | 6-2 | 220 | 24 | Ohio State | 9 | |
| Julie Alfonse | 10 | QB-RH | 5-11 | 180 | 29 | Minnesota | 9 | |
| Kay Bell | 39 | LT | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Washington State | ||
| Pete Bogden | 24 | LE-R]E-T-C | 6-2 | 202 | 23 | Utah | ||
| Russ Buckley | 19 | LH-E | 5-8 | 180 | 24 | Gustavus Adolphus | ||
| Tom Cory | E | 6-3 | 200 | 23 | Utah | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob Cox | 21 | LE | 6-0 | 194 | 26 | Muskingum | 1 | 1 |
| Bob Davis | 13 | LE-RH-FB | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Kentucky | 10 | |
| Jerry Donnell | 21 | B | 5-11 | 203 | 28 | Citrus JC; Loyola Marymount; Oregon | 1 | 0 |
| Ray Johnson | 29 | LH-FB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Denver | 10 | |
| Jim Karcher | 32/43 | LG | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Ohio State | 9 | |
| Vince Kelley | 23 | RG-C | 5-10 | 188 | 24 | Centenary | 8 | |
| Morrie Kohler | B | 5-9 | 178 | 23 | Hastings; Oregon State | 1 | 0 | |
| Jack LaBay | 15 | QB-FB | 5-11 | 205 | 26 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 8 | |
| Oscar Monday | 20 | RG-LG | 5-9 | 200 | 24 | Carson-Newman | 8 | |
| Glenn Morris | 30 | RE | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Colorado State | 2 | 1 |
| Lee Mulleneaux | 30 | C-LT | 6-1 | 221 | 33 | Northern Arizona | 10 | |
| Glenn Myers | 18 | E | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Ohio Statel South Carolina | ||
| Ralph Niehaus | 27 | LT | 6-4 | 220 | 24 | Dayton | 9 | |
| Declan O'Keefe | 33 | T | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Findlay | ||
| Nick Padgen | C | 5-10 | 190 | 23 | Creighton | 3 | 0 | |
| Nelson Peterson | 11 | RH-FB | 5-8 | 179 | 27 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 10 | |
| Milt Pollack | 38 | RT | 6-2 | 219 | 25 | California | ||
| Gordon Reupke | 28 | FB-RH | 5-11 | 208 | 24 | Iowa State | ||
| Dom Sigillo | 32 | RT-RG | 6-0 | 230 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | 10 | |
| Ed West | 36 | RE | 6-1 | 220 | 27 | Ohio State | 10 | |
| Joe Williams | 22 | LH | 5-9 | 178 | 25 | Ohio State | 9 | |
| Fred Wunderlich | 25 | QB | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | 9 | |
| Joe Zimmerman | 31 | G-T | 5-11 | 227 | 25 | Centenary | 10 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 26 | 27 | 12 | 69 | 134 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 30 | 20 | 13 | 69 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Peterson | 5 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 42 | ||||
| Jack LaBay | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Joe Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Pete Bogden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Bob Davis | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||
| Kay Bell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Russ Buckley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Gordon Reupke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Joe Zimmerman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Team Totals | 17 | 15 | 17 | 88.2 | 5 | 1 | 134 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 7 | 9 | 77.8 | 2 | 1 | 69 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Williams | 3 | ||||
| Pete Bogden | 1 | ||||
| Bob Davis | 1 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | 1 | ||||
| Nelson Peterson | 1 | ||||
| Gordon Reupke | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 8 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 3 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Williams | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Bob Davis | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Ray Johnson | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Peterson | 3 | ||||
| Pete Bogden | 1 | ||||
| Russ Buckley | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Davis | 1 | ||||
| Ray Johnson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Peterson | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 1 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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