1941 Cincinnati Bengals (AFL) |
| 5th place • 1-5-2 .167 |
| Head Coach: Dana King |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 9/17/1941 | N | Columbus Bulls | 6-17 | L | Wheeling, WV | 3000 | ||
| Sun | 10/5/1941 | H | Buffalo Tigers | 29-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Stadium | 2000 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | H | New York Americans | 14-23 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Stadium | 4000 | |
| Wed | 10/15/1941 | H | Columbus Bulls | 6-35 | L | Akron, OH | 8341 | ||
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | A | Buffalo Tigers | 0-16 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 6-26 | L | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 350 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-0 | T | West Allis, WI | Dairy Bowl | 2500 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | A | Columbus Bulls | 7-7 | T | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 6273 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1941 | A | New York Americans | 7-13 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 11117 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hank Aloia | FB-RH | 5-11 | 205 | 23 | Niagara | 4 | 4 | |
| Leo Benson | 44 | C | 5-10 | 193 | 23 | Nebraska; Illinois Wesleyan | ||
| Dave Bernard | 30 | QB-LH | 5-9 | 194 | 29 | St. Viator; Mississippi | ||
| Kim Darragh | 6-0 | 180 | 26 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||||
| Bob Eckl | T | 6-1 | 233 | 24 | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | |
| Jim Garvey | RT | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Colgate | 5 | 4 | |
| Bill Gerdes | 37 | LT-RT | 6-0 | 240 | 28 | Nebraska-Kearney | 8 | |
| Pete Gudauskas | 29 | LG-RG | 6-2 | 222 | 25 | Murray State | ||
| Pat Harrison | T | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Samford | |||
| Harold Hulsbeck | 47 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Ohio Wesleyan | ||
| Wally Kilbourne | 41 | G | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | Minnesota | ||
| Bill Kopp | G | 23 | Xavier (Ohio) | |||||
| John Koprowski | 23 | RH | 6-0 | 180 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||
| Joe Kruse | 48 | C-LE | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Xavier (Ohio) | ||
| Dick Lass | HB | 6-1 | 175 | 22 | Wisconsin-La Crosse | 4 | 0 | |
| Cobbie Lee | 39 | FB | 6-1 | 190 | 22 | Murray State | ||
| Bronko Malesevich | B | 5-10 | 210 | 25 | Wisconsin | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill McGannon | 33 | LH-RH-QB | 5-9 | 180 | 22 | Notre Dame | ||
| Ralph McGowan | 87 | T | 5-10 | 275 | Ohio State | |||
| Art McSorley | 42 | FB | 5-10 | 195 | St. Joseph's | |||
| Bob Mergenthal | 46 | RT-LT | 6-2 | 215 | 30 | Miami (Ohio) | ||
| Joe Milinovich | B | 5-9 | 180 | 23 | Minnesota; Niagara | 1 | 0 | |
| Herman Morris | 28 | RG-LG | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Murray State | ||
| Max Padlow | 40 | LE | 6-0 | 199 | 29 | Ohio State | ||
| Basil Petry | C | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Purdue | |||
| Johnny Popov | 26 | QB-HB | 6-0 | 195 | 27 | Cincinnati | 4 | |
| Ray Rebol | T | 6-1 | 215 | 21 | Ohio Wesleyan | 2 | 0 | |
| John Rogers | 45 | RE-LE | 5-10 | 175 | 29 | Duquesne | ||
| Harry Shelby | G | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Cincinnati | |||
| Al Shelton | 36 | RE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | none | ||
| Paul Shu | HB | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Virginia Military Institute | |||
| Chuck Slagle | 32 | RG-LG | 5-11 | 220 | 24 | North Carolina | ||
| Gene Tornquist | RH | 5-6 | 155 | 22 | Cornell (Iowa) | 5 | 4 | |
| Bob Wainscott | 38 | LE | 6-0 | 180 | Cincinnati | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed West | 43 | RE-LE-FB | 6-1 | 220 | 28 | Ohio State | 8 | |
| Jim Wills | 35 | LH | 6-1 | 202 | 23 | Dayton | ||
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 20 | 16 | 33 | 69 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 45 | 26 | 13 | 120 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McGannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Johnny Popov | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||
| Bill Gerdes | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Leo Benson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| John Koprowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Cobbie Lee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Ed West | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||
| Team Totals | 10 | 6 | 10 | 60.0 | 1 | 0 | 69 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 12 | 16 | 75.0 | 4 | 0 | 120 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McGannon | 3 | ||||
| Cobbie Lee | 1 | ||||
| Johnny Popov | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Popov | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Gene Tornquist | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Koprowski | 1 | ||||
| Ed West | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Popov | 1 | ||||
| Leo Benson | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Popov | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
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