1940 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 8-3-0 .727 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Hunk Anderson | Line |
| Carl Brumbaugh | Assistant Coach |
| Red Grange | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/23/1940 | N | East Chicago Calumet Indians | 39-6 | W | Iron Mountain, MI | Kingsford High School Field | ||
| Fri | 8/30/1940 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 9-10 | L | Erie, PA | Memorial Stadium | 8000 | |
| Thu | 9/5/1940 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 27-21 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 35000 | |
| Sun | 9/8/1940 | A | Newark Bears | 34-14 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | 11000 | |
| Thu | 9/12/1940 | A | East Chicago Calumet Indians | 40-7 | W | East Chicago, IN | Roosevelt High School Field | 12000 | |
| Sat | 9/14/1940 | N | St. Louis Gunners | 59-0 | W | Kalamazoo, MI | Waldo Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | A | Green Bay Packers | 41-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 22557 | |
| Wed | 9/25/1940 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 23181 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | Cleveland Rams | 21-14 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 18988 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34217 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 31101 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | A | New York Giants | 37-21 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 44219 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45434 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-17 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 21735 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-7 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35231 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Cleveland Rams | 47-25 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20717 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 31-23 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13902 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/8/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 73-0 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 36034 | |
| Sun | 12/29/1940 | A | National Football League All-Stars | 28-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 21624 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lee Artoe | 35 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 23 | Santa Clara; California | 11 | 7 |
| Al Baisi | 26 | LOG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 23 | West Virginia | 7 | 1 |
| Frank Bausch | 24 | C-LB | 6-2 | 220 | 32 | Kansas | 10 | 2 |
| Ray Bray | 82 | ROG-DG | 6-0 | 237 | 23 | Western Michigan | 6 | 1 |
| Chet Chesney | 28 | C-LB | 6-2 | 227 | 24 | DePaul | 3 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 4 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | West Virginia | 11 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 27 | Boston University | 11 | 2 |
| Aldo Forte | 23 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 213 | 22 | Montana | 10 | 4 |
| Danny Fortmann | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 24 | Colgate | 10 | 10 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 51 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 207 | 24 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Kolman | 29 | ROT-RDTLOT-LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 25 | Temple | 10 | 6 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 24 | Columbia | 11 | 7 |
| Jack Manders | 10 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 203 | 31 | Minnesota | 10 | 2 |
| Joe Maniaci | 11 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 212 | 26 | Fordham | 11 | 4 |
| Ed Manske | 7 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 185 | 28 | Northwestern | 9 | 0 |
| Phil Martinovich | 19 | K | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | Pacific | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Masterson | 33 | QB-S | 6-3 | 195 | 29 | Nebraska | 7 | 2 |
| George McAfee | 5 | ROH-RDH-LOH-RDH | 6-0 | 178 | 22 | Duke | 10 | 8 |
| Ray McLean | 57 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 168 | 25 | St. Anselm | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Mihal | 27 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 24 | Purdue | 11 | 1 |
| George Musso | 16 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 262 | 30 | Millikin | 6 | 6 |
| Ray Nolting | 25 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Cincinnati | 11 | 11 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 20 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | George Washington | 10 | 2 |
| Bill Osmanski | 9 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Holy Cross | 8 | 6 |
| Dick Plasman | 14 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 218 | 26 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 8 |
| Hamp Pool | 76 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 25 | California; Stanford | 8 | 4 |
| Sollie Sherman | 22 | QB-S | 6-1 | 190 | 23 | Chicago | 6 | 2 |
| Johnny Siegal | 6 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 205 | 22 | Columbia | 8 | 3 |
| Bob Snyder | 17 | QB-S-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 205 | 27 | Ohio University | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Stydahar | 13 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 233 | 28 | West Virginia | 10 | 7 |
| Bob Swisher | 48 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 163 | 26 | Northwestern | 9 | 0 |
| Jack Torrance | 34 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-3 | 285 | 28 | Louisiana State | 7 | 1 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 21 | Hardin-Simmons | 11 | 9 |
| George Wilson | 30 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 26 | Northwestern | 11 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Bulldog Turner | C | Hardin-Simmons |
| 3 | 22 | Ken Kavanaugh | E | Louisiana State |
| 5 | 37 | Ed Kolman | T | Temple |
| 6 | 47 | John Woudenberg | T | Denver |
| 7 | 57 | Len Akin | G | Baylor |
| 8 | 67 | Jim Fordham | B | Georgia |
| 9 | 77 | Hamp Pool | E | Stanford |
| 10 | 87 | Tom Pace | B | Utah |
| 11 | 97 | Lee Artoe | T | California |
| 12 | 107 | Bill McCubbin | E | Kentucky |
| 13 | 117 | Harry Clarke | B | West Virginia |
| 14 | 127 | Frank Crisci | T | Case Western Reserve |
| 15 | 137 | Sherman Barnes | E | Baylor |
| 16 | 147 | Al Christiansen | B | Knox |
| 17 | 157 | Wilbur White | T | Bradley |
| 18 | 167 | Ralph Schlosser | C | Gonzaga |
| 19 | 177 | Johnny Popov | B | Cincinnati |
| 20 | 187 | Young Bussey | B | Louisiana State |
| 21 | 192 | Ray McLean | B | St. Anselm |
| 22 | 197 | Walt Kichefski | E | Miami (Florida) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 89 | 56 | 32 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 38 | 55 | 49 | 152 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 141 | / % | / % | 62 | 605 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McLean | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Manders | 0 | 17 | 18 | 94.4 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 23 |
| Joe Maniaci | 3 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | |
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| George McAfee | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bill Osmanski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Dick Plasman | 2 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | |
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Nowaskey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bernie Masterson | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Bob Snyder | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Phil Martinovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Johnny Siegal | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Artoe | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 28 | 32 | 87.5 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 0 | 238 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 18 | 21 | 85.7 | 2 | 1 | 152 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 33 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Phil Martinovich | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 36 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 47 | 0/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 52 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 |
| Team Totals | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 1 | 52 | 0/1 | 2/3 | 2/3 | 1/2 | 1/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 25 | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Nolting | 78 | 373 | 4.8 | 1 | |
| Joe Maniaci | 84 | 368 | 4.4 | 2 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 93 | 320 | 3.4 | 4 | |
| Harry Clarke | 56 | 258 | 4.6 | 2 | |
| George McAfee | 47 | 253 | 5.4 | 2 | |
| Bill Osmanski | 50 | 192 | 3.8 | 3 | |
| Bob Swisher | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | |
| Jack Manders | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Bob Snyder | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 1 | |
| Sollie Sherman | 8 | 10 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bernie Masterson | 10 | -7 | -0.7 | 1 | |
| Sid Luckman | 23 | -65 | -2.8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 494 | 1818 | 3.7 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 372 | 1003 | 2.7 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 105 | 48 | 45.7 | 48 | 941 | 9.0 | 19.6 | 74 | 4 | 3.8 | 9 | 8.6 | 54.5 | |||
| Bernie Masterson | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 11 | 212 | 9.2 | 23.6 | 58 | 2 | 8.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 62.5 | |||
| Bob Snyder | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 16 | 145 | 6.6 | 29.0 | 49 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 50.8 | |||
| George McAfee | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 7 | 50 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 13 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 90.9 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 38 | 19.0 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Sollie Sherman | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 15 | 3.8 | 15.0 | 15t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 82.3 | |||
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 171 | 68 | 39.8 | 88 | 1401 | 8.2 | 20.6 | 10 | 5.8 | 15 | 8.8 | 52.3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 269 | 133 | 49.4 | 109 | 1747 | 6.5 | 13.1 | 14 | 5.2 | 27 | 10.0 | 48.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Kavanaugh | 12 | 276 | 23.0 | 3 | |||||
| Dick Plasman | 11 | 245 | 22.3 | 2 | |||||
| George McAfee | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Manske | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | |||||
| Ray McLean | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 2 | |||||
| Bob Nowaskey | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 2 | |||||
| Johnny Siegal | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 0 | |||||
| George Wilson | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 1 | |||||
| Harry Clarke | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 33 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | |||||
| Hamp Pool | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Swisher | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 51 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Maniaci | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 68 | 1401 | 20.6 | 10 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 133 | 1747 | 13.1 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 1 | |
| George McAfee | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | |
| Ray Nolting | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 1 |
| Sollie Sherman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |
| Jack Manders | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Johnny Siegal | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Danny Fortmann | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 271 | 10.0 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 27 | 1147 | 42.5 | 70 | ||||||
| George McAfee | 22 | 851 | 38.7 | 79 | ||||||
| Bob Snyder | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 48 | ||||||
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 38 | ||||||
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 39.9 | 79 | |||||||
| Opponents Totals | 500 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McLean | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 500 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 1 | |||||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 798 | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 435 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Siegal | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 35 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 1 |
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