1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Eastern Division • 8-3-0 .727 |
| Head Coach: Jock Sutherland |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/1/1940 | A | Stratford Rams | 20-0 | W | Stratford, CT | Longwood Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1940 | N | Jersey City Giants | 35-0 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 17-24 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 32763 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | A | Paterson Panthers | 27-7 | W | Paterson, NJ | Hinchliffe Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1940 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-3 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26618 | |
| Fri | 10/4/1940 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 30-17 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 24008 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19468 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Chicago Bears | 7-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 31101 | |
| Sat | 10/26/1940 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | New York Giants | 7-10 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 32958 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Washington Redskins | 16-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 33846 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | Cleveland Rams | 29-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19212 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 14-9 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 16619 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | New York Giants | 14-6 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 54993 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bill Bailey | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 213 | 24 | Duke | 10 | 1 |
| Sherrill Busby | 16 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Troy | 2 | 0 |
| Wendell Butcher | 66 | BB-DB | 6-1 | 197 | 26 | Gustavus Adolphus | 5 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 23 | WB-RDH | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | Tennessee | 10 | 4 |
| Dick Cassiano | 2 | TB-LDH | 5-11 | 175 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 10 | 1 |
| Ty Coon | 8 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | North Carolina State | 9 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 10 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 207 | 27 | Nebraska | 11 | 0 |
| John Golemgeske | 17 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Wisconsin | 10 | 5 |
| Mike Gussie | 3 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | West Virginia | 8 | 0 |
| Red Heater | 5 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 220 | 22 | Syracuse | 8 | 0 |
| Harold Hill | 14 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Samford | 9 | 0 |
| Herman Hodges | 13 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 198 | 26 | Samford | 9 | 0 |
| Art Jocher | 27 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 207 | 25 | Manhattan | 10 | 5 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 193 | 29 | Kentucky | 10 | 0 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 25 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 26 | Mississippi | 9 | 8 |
| Ben Kish | 20 | BB-S | 6-0 | 207 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 3 |
| Frank Kristufek | 19 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 209 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 4 |
| Bill Leckonby | 4 | TB-LDH | 6-0 | 185 | 23 | St. Lawrence | 9 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 9 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Minnesota; Drake | 11 | 11 |
| Lou Mark | 12 | C-LB | 6-0 | 196 | 26 | North Carolina State | 11 | 1 |
| Banks McFadden | 26 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 180 | 23 | Clemson | 11 | 7 |
| Walt Merrill | 29 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 219 | 23 | Alabama | 11 | 5 |
| Ace Parker | 7 | TB-LDH-WB-RDH-QB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 28 | Duke | 11 | 10 |
| Steve Petro | 31 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 197 | 26 | Pittsburgh | 11 | 6 |
| Perry Schwartz | 99 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 25 | Sacramento CC; California | 11 | 11 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 30 | BB-S | 5-11 | 208 | 22 | Furman | 11 | 8 |
| Jim Sivell | 28 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 26 | Auburn | 11 | 11 |
| Earl Svendsen | 18 | C-LB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Minnesota | 11 | 10 |
| Si Titus | 15 | C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Holy Cross | 4 | 0 |
| Bobby Winslow | 24 | OE-DE | 6-2 | 205 | 24 | Modesto JC; Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Waddy Young | 6 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Oklahoma | 11 | 10 |
| Frank Zadworney | 21 | HB-DH | 6-2 | 200 | 24 | Ohio State | 3 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 4 | Banks McFadden | B | Clemson |
| 2 | 14 | Nile Kinnick | B | Iowa |
| 3 | 19 | Rhoten Shetley | B | Furman |
| 4 | 29 | Bill Bailey | E | Duke |
| 5 | 34 | Walt Merrill | T | Alabama |
| 6 | 44 | Jack Murray | C | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 54 | Ty Coon | T | North Carolina State |
| 8 | 64 | Frank Zadworney | B | Ohio State |
| 9 | 74 | Art Jocher | T | Manhattan |
| 10 | 84 | Jim Turner | G | Holy Cross |
| 11 | 94 | Nick Cutlich | T | Northwestern |
| 12 | 104 | George Daugherty | B | Samford |
| 13 | 114 | Mike Gussie | G | West Virginia |
| 14 | 124 | Len Coffman | B | Tennessee |
| 15 | 134 | Jim Conlin | C | New York University |
| 16 | 144 | Dennis Donovan | B | Oregon |
| 17 | 154 | Frank Funair | B | Bucknell |
| 18 | 164 | Walt Strosser | B | St. Vincent |
| 19 | 174 | Steve Hydock | E | Albright |
| 20 | 184 | Milt Howell | G | Auburn |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 25 | 64 | 55 | 186 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 29 | 14 | 51 | 120 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 115 | / % | / % | 285 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 148 | / % | / % | 268 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 5 | 19 | 22 | 86.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 49 | |
| Pug Manders | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Banks McFadden | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Perry Schwartz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ralph Kercheval | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 0 | 15 |
| Dick Cassiano | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | ||
| Bill Leckonby | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sam Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Mike Gussie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Art Jocher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rhoten Shetley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 22 | 25 | 88.0 | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 1 | 186 |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 12 | 15 | 80.0 | 6 | 0 | 120 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 1 | 45 | 0/2 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Sam Francis | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 1 | 45 | 0/3 | 1/2 | 2/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks McFadden | 85 | 411 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Pug Manders | 80 | 311 | 3.9 | 5 | |
| Ace Parker | 89 | 306 | 3.4 | 2 | |
| Sam Francis | 44 | 217 | 4.9 | 1 | |
| George Cafego | 41 | 109 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Dick Cassiano | 35 | 84 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Bill Leckonby | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Frank Zadworney | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Waddy Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 414 | 1546 | 3.7 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 429 | 1391 | 3.2 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 111 | 49 | 44.1 | 55 | 817 | 7.4 | 16.7 | 53 | 10 | 9.0 | 7 | 6.3 | 73.3 | |||
| Dick Cassiano | 30 | 9 | 30.0 | 19 | 128 | 4.3 | 14.2 | 31 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 28.2 | |||
| Bill Leckonby | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 6 | 74 | 5.7 | 10.6 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 70.7 | |||
| George Cafego | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 8 | 105 | 6.2 | 15.0 | 36 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 42.2 | |||
| Ralph Kercheval | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 3 | 38 | 5.4 | 9.5 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 111.9 | ||||
| Banks McFadden | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 4 | 103 | 12.9 | 34.3 | 71t | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 85.4 | |||
| Rhoten Shetley | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Pug Manders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 191 | 80 | 41.9 | 98 | 1267 | 6.6 | 15.8 | 14 | 7.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 60.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 259 | 113 | 43.6 | 128 | 1445 | 5.6 | 12.8 | 8 | 3.1 | 18 | 6.9 | 43.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Schwartz | 21 | 370 | 17.6 | 3 | |
| George Cafego | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 0 | |
| Ben Kish | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 0 | |
| Banks McFadden | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 2 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 1 | |
| Waddy Young | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 0 | |
| Herman Hodges | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | |
| Ace Parker | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 2 | |
| Wendell Butcher | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | |
| Dick Cassiano | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 44t | 2 |
| Bill Bailey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Gussie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9t | 1 |
| Harold Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Art Jocher | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Leckonby | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 80 | 1267 | 15.8 | 14 | |
| Opponents Totals | 113 | 1445 | 12.8 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 68t | 1 |
| Bill Leckonby | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Banks McFadden | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Earl Svendsen | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Rhoten Shetley | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 287 | 15.9 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 8 | 369 | 46.1 | 66 | ||||||
| Sam Francis | 16 | 719 | 44.9 | 69 | ||||||
| Ben Kish | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 50 | ||||||
| Ace Parker | 49 | 1875 | 38.3 | 59 | ||||||
| Bill Leckonby | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 | ||||||
| George Cafego | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 66 | |||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 408 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 408 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Leckonby | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 793 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 23 | 14 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 0 |
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