1940 New York Giants (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 6-4-1 .600 |
| Head Coach: Steve Owen |
| Bo Molenda | Assistant Coach |
| Ken Strong | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 9/4/1940 | H | Eastern College All-Stars | 7-16 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 39405 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1940 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-10 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 18601 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-21 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34712 | |
| Sat | 9/28/1940 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 26431 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1940 | A | Jersey City Giants | 41-21 | W | Jersey City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | 6504 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1940 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30317 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 12-0 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 19798 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1940 | H | Chicago Bears | 21-37 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 44219 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 32958 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | H | Cleveland Rams | 0-13 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 23614 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-3 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 28262 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | H | Washington Redskins | 21-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 46439 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 6-14 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 54993 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Len Barnum | 10 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 10 | 3 |
| Pete Cole | 55 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 215 | 24 | Trinity (Texas) | 9 | 0 |
| Frank Cope | 36 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 225 | 25 | Santa Clara | 11 | 8 |
| Ward Cuff | 14 | WB-RDH-BB-LDH | 6-1 | 192 | 28 | Marquette | 8 | 8 |
| Johnny Dell Isola | 2 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 201 | 28 | Fordham | 10 | 7 |
| Gerry Dennerlein | 66 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 3 |
| Gil Duggan | 69 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 229 | 26 | Oklahoma | 9 | 0 |
| Kay Eakin | 12 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 180 | 23 | Arkansas | 8 | 1 |
| Monk Edwards | 60 | OT-DT | 6-3 | 213 | 20 | Baylor | 8 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 28 | FB-LB-QB-S | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Santa Clara | 11 | 9 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 29 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 185 | 26 | Mississippi State | 10 | 0 |
| Wen Goldsmith | 41 | C-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Emporia State | 1 | 0 |
| Max Harrison | 31 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 26 | Auburn | 8 | 2 |
| Mel Hein | 7 | C-LB | 6-2 | 225 | 31 | Washington State | 11 | 11 |
| Jack Hinkle | 6 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 23 | Syracuse | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 21 | ROE-RDE | 6-5 | 210 | 26 | Arkansas | 11 | 9 |
| Harry Kline | 27 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 196 | 27 | Emporia State | 6 | 0 |
| Grenny Lansdell | 22 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Pasadena CC; Southern California | 2 | 1 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 4 | FB-LB-WB-RDH-BB-LDH | 6-0 | 195 | 28 | Oregon; George Washington | 9 | 2 |
| Ken Lunday | 5 | C-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | Northeastern Oklahoma JC; Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| Ed McGee | 18/44 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 224 | 24 | Temple | 2 | 0 |
| John McLaughry | 17 | HB-DH | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Brown | 9 | 0 |
| John Mellus | 33 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 214 | 23 | Villanova | 8 | 8 |
| Eddie Miller | 9 | QB-S | 5-10 | 166 | 24 | New Mexico Military Institute JC; New Mexico State | 9 | 6 |
| Ken Moore | 35 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 212 | 23 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 7 | 0 |
| Walt Nielsen | 8 | BB-LDH | 6-2 | 225 | 23 | Arizona | 8 | 5 |
| Doug Oldershaw | 39 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | UC Santa Barbara | 11 | 4 |
| Al Owen | 6 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 194 | 27 | St. Lawrence; Mercer | 4 | 0 |
| Bolo Perdue | 24 | OE-DE | 5-10 | 206 | 24 | Arkansas; Duke | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Poole | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 218 | 25 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Dom Principe | 25 | BB-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Fordham | 6 | 1 |
| Leland Shaffer | 20 | WB-RDH-QB-S | 6-2 | 203 | 28 | Kansas State | 11 | 5 |
| Hank Soar | 15 | BB-LDH | 6-1 | 209 | 26 | Providence | 11 | 3 |
| Carl Tomasello | OE-DE | 6-1 | 215 | 23 | Scranton | 1 | 0 | |
| Orville Tuttle | 42 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 210 | 28 | Phillips; Oklahoma City | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Widseth | 50 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 223 | 30 | Minnesota-Crookston JC; Minnesota | 11 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Grenny Lansdell | E | Southern California |
| 3 | 25 | John McLaughry | B | Brown |
| 5 | 40 | Carl Tomasello | E | Scranton |
| 6 | 50 | Lou Smith | B | California |
| 7 | 60 | Rex Williams | C | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 70 | Win Pedersen | T | Minnesota |
| 9 | 80 | Dom Principe | B | Fordham |
| 10 | 90 | Earle Clark | B | Texas Christian |
| 11 | 100 | John McKibben | E | Tulsa |
| 12 | 110 | Ed McGee | G | Temple |
| 13 | 120 | Joe Payne | G | Clemson |
| 14 | 130 | Bob Smith | B | Oregon |
| 15 | 140 | Othel Turner | T | Tulsa |
| 16 | 150 | Ned Swan | C | Drake |
| 17 | 160 | Johnny Rogalla | B | Scranton |
| 18 | 170 | Monk Edwards | T | Baylor |
| 19 | 180 | Cecil Walden | G | Oregon |
| 20 | 190 | John Sullivan | E | San Francisco |
| 21 | 195 | Weenie Bynum | B | Centenary |
| 22 | 200 | Myron Claxton | T | Whittier |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 44 | 16 | 45 | 26 | 131 |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 36 | 21 | 38 | 133 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 127 | / % | / % | 349 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 119 | / % | / % | 405 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 9 | 9 | 100.0 | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 0 | 36 |
| Jim Poole | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Leland Shaffer | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Lee Howell | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Hank Soar | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 12 | |
| Len Barnum | 0 | 6 | 7 | 85.7 | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| John Mellus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Eddie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Walt Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 16 | 15 | 16 | 93.8 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 1 | 131 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 16 | 18 | 88.9 | 3 | 0 | 133 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward Cuff | 5 | 8 | 62.5 | 1 | 37 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 3/5 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 4 | 25.0 | 1 | 32 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Hank Soar | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 2 | 37 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 4/6 | 0/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuffy Leemans | 132 | 474 | 3.6 | 1 | |
| Walt Nielsen | 73 | 269 | 3.7 | 1 | |
| Hank Soar | 80 | 246 | 3.1 | 1 | |
| Eddie Miller | 65 | 206 | 3.2 | 1 | |
| Len Barnum | 48 | 128 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Ward Cuff | 15 | 86 | 5.7 | 1 | |
| Kay Eakin | 14 | 20 | 1.4 | 0 | |
| Leland Shaffer | 7 | 20 | 2.9 | 1 | |
| Al Owen | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Grenny Lansdell | 7 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | |
| Dom Principe | 11 | 8 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 454 | 1476 | 3.3 | 6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 413 | 977 | 2.4 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Miller | 73 | 35 | 47.9 | 31 | 505 | 6.9 | 14.4 | 60 | 3 | 4.1 | 7 | 9.6 | 45.0 | |||
| Kay Eakin | 43 | 17 | 39.5 | 23 | 199 | 4.6 | 11.7 | 51 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 7.0 | 25.2 | |||
| Tuffy Leemans | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 13 | 159 | 5.1 | 10.6 | 13 | 2 | 6.5 | 3 | 9.7 | 45.7 | |||
| Len Barnum | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 12 | 150 | 6.5 | 16.7 | 47 | 3 | 13.0 | 2 | 8.7 | 65.2 | |||
| Grenny Lansdell | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 23 | 7.7 | 11.5 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 129.2 | ||||
| Walt Nielsen | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 174 | 78 | 44.8 | 81 | 1036 | 6.0 | 13.3 | 9 | 5.2 | 15 | 8.6 | 45.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 91 | 38.9 | 120 | 1242 | 5.3 | 13.6 | 7 | 3.0 | 23 | 9.8 | 27.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leland Shaffer | 15 | 121 | 8.1 | 2 | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 14 | 255 | 18.2 | 2 | |
| Ward Cuff | 13 | 220 | 16.9 | 1 | |
| Jim Poole | 10 | 156 | 15.6 | 3 | |
| Chuck Gelatka | 6 | 56 | 9.3 | 0 | |
| Max Harrison | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 0 | |
| Hank Soar | 4 | 36 | 9.0 | 12t | 1 |
| Jack Hinkle | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 8 | 0 |
| Walt Nielsen | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Bolo Perdue | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| John McLaughry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Al Owen | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 78 | 1036 | 13.3 | 9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 91 | 1242 | 13.6 | 7 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Oldershaw | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Leland Shaffer | 4 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Len Barnum | 2 | 48 | 24.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Hank Soar | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Ward Cuff | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Mel Hein | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Eddie Miller | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Nello Falaschi | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Johnny Dell Isola | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dom Principe | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jim Lee Howell | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 224 | 9.7 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 15 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walt Nielsen | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Kay Eakin | 11 | 454 | 41.3 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Len Barnum | 39 | 1571 | 40.3 | 64 | 0 | |||||
| Eddie Miller | 19 | 731 | 38.5 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 70 | 2798 | 40.0 | 68 | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 448 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 448 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 282 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Mellus | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 28 | 11 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 0 |
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