1939 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Eastern Division • 4-6-1 .400 |
| Head Coach: Potsy Clark |
| George Christensen | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/3/1939 | A | Danbury Trojans | 10-3 | W | Danbury, CT | Lee Stadium | 3300 | |
| Wed | 9/6/1939 | A | Valley Stream Red Riders | 14-0 | W | Freeport, NY | Municipal Stadium | 5000 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1939 | A | Wilmington Clippers | 16-9 | W | Wilmington, DE | Pennsy Field | 5500 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1939 | A | Union City Rams | - | Union City, NJ | Roosevelt Stadium | |||
| Thu | 9/14/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12-7 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19444 | |
| Wed | 9/20/1939 | H | Cleveland Rams | 23-12 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 12423 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1939 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-27 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 15515 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1939 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 0-0 | T | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 1880 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1939 | A | Washington Redskins | 13-41 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 27092 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1939 | A | Portsmouth Cubs | 41-7 | W | Portsmouth, VA | Sewanee Stadium | 4500 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1939 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 23-14 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 13051 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1939 | H | New York Giants | 6-7 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 34032 | |
| Mon | 11/6/1939 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 17-13 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 8951 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1939 | H | Washington Redskins | 0-42 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 28541 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1939 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-28 | L | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 19843 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1939 | A | New York Giants | 7-28 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30144 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/3/1939 | Danbury Trojans | Potsponed 8/30 |
| 9/10/1939 | Union City Rams | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 8 | FB-LB-TB-S | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Duquesne | 5 | 1 |
| Wendell Butcher | 66 | BB-LDH-TB-S | 6-1 | 197 | 25 | Gustavus Adolphus | 10 | 5 |
| Ray Carnelly | 2 | BB-LDH-WB-RDH | 6-2 | 190 | 23 | Carnegie Mellon | 9 | 3 |
| Leo Disend | 27 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 224 | 24 | Albright | 11 | 8 |
| Ed Farrell | 20 | FB-LB | 5-9 | 204 | 24 | Muhlenberg | 2 | 0 |
| Beattie Feathers | 48/44 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 185 | 30 | Tennessee | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Folk | 22 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Arkansas State; Illinois Wesleyan | 2 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 10 | FB-LB-WB-RDH | 6-0 | 207 | 26 | Nebraska | 5 | 2 |
| John Golemgeske | 17 | ROG-RDG-LOG0-LDG-OT-DT | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Wisconsin | 11 | 4 |
| Ace Gutowsky | 11 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 201 | 30 | Oklahoma City | 9 | 4 |
| Bob Haak | 19 | LOG-LDG-LOT-LDT-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 245 | 23 | Indiana | 10 | 6 |
| Ralph Heikkinen | 18/4 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 180 | 22 | Michigan | 3 | 0 |
| Harold Hill | 14 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 200 | 25 | Samford | 9 | 4 |
| Herman Hodges | 13 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 198 | 25 | Samford | 10 | 2 |
| Paul Humphrey | 16/24 | C-LB | 6-0 | 195 | 22 | Purdue | 11 | 1 |
| Len Janiak | 3 | BB-LDH-FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Ohio University | 10 | 1 |
| Carl Kaplanoff | 15 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 235 | 22 | Ohio State | 11 | 6 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | WB-RDH | 6-1 | 193 | 28 | Kentucky | 9 | 8 |
| Bruiser Kinard | 25 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 216 | 25 | Mississippi | 11 | 11 |
| Stan Kosel | 5 | WB-RDH | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Albright | 5 | 1 |
| Les Lane | 16 | OG-DG | 6-3 | 193 | 23 | South Dakota | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Leckonby | 4 | TB-S | 6-0 | 185 | 22 | St. Lawrence | 5 | 0 |
| George Lenc | 10/30 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 204 | 22 | Augustana (Illinois) | 2 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 9 | FB-LB-BB-LDH | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Minnesota; Drake | 11 | 9 |
| Lou Mark | 12 | C-LB | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | North Carolina State | 11 | 8 |
| Ed Merlin | 29 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 200 | 23 | Vanderbilt | 5 | 3 |
| Dick Nardi | 5 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 200 | 24 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 7 | TB-S | 5-11 | 178 | 27 | Duke | 11 | 10 |
| Joe Ratica | 21 | C-LB-LOG-LDG0-ROG0RDG | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | St. Vincent | 7 | 4 |
| Bill Reissig | 0 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 195 | 24 | Fort Hays State | 4 | 0 |
| Perry Schwartz | 99 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 199 | 24 | Sacramento CC; California | 11 | 11 |
| Alec Shellogg | 26/29 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Notre Dame | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Sivell | 28 | ROG-RDG | 5-9 | 205 | 25 | Auburn | 10 | 2 |
| Johnny Tosi | 26 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 225 | 26 | Niagara | 1 | 0 |
| Waddy Young | 6 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 205 | 23 | Oklahoma | 11 | 5 |
| Gust Zarnas | 26 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 220 | 26 | Ohio State | 4 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Bob MacLeod | B | Dartmouth |
| 2 | 11 | Pug Manders | B | Drake |
| 2 | 15 | Bob Haak | T | Indiana |
| 3 | 20 | Waddy Young | E | Oklahoma |
| 4 | 30 | Vic Bottari | B | California |
| 5 | 35 | Jack Kinnison | C | Missouri |
| 6 | 45 | Len Janiak | B | Ohio University |
| 6 | 46 | Ed Beinor | T | Notre Dame |
| 7 | 55 | Alex Schoenbaum | T | Ohio State |
| 8 | 65 | Dan Hill | C | Duke |
| 9 | 75 | Forrest Kline | G | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 85 | Kimble Bradley | B | Mississippi |
| 11 | 95 | George Lenc | E | Augustana (Illinois) |
| 12 | 105 | Ralph Heikkinen | G | Michigan |
| 12 | 109 | Carl Kaplanoff | T | Ohio State |
| 13 | 115 | George Gembis | B | Wayne State (Michigan) |
| 14 | 125 | Ray Carnelly | B | Carnegie Mellon |
| 15 | 135 | Lou Trunzo | G | Wake Forest |
| 16 | 145 | Charley Gross | G | Bradley |
| 17 | 155 | Johnny Siegal | E | Columbia |
| 18 | 165 | Paul Morin | T | Iowa State |
| 19 | 175 | Ferrell Anderson | G | Kansas |
| 20 | 185 | Tony Popp | E | Toledo |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 23 | 34 | 24 | 108 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 59 | 37 | 89 | 219 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 113 | / % | / % | 210 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 33 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 21 |
| Perry Schwartz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Pug Manders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Frank Kinard | 0 | 7 | 7 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| Herman Hodges | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Stan Kosel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Reissig | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Harold Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ray Carnelly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 12 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 1 | 108 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 2 | 0 | 219 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 6 | 13 | 46.2 | 0 | 47 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 1/2 | 3/8 | 0/1 |
| Ace Parker | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 0 | 28 | 0/1 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Bill Reissig | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 14 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Ray Carnelly | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 0 | 47 | 1/2 | 3/3 | 1/4 | 3/10 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 37 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pug Manders | 114 | 482 | 4.2 | 2 | |
| Ace Parker | 104 | 271 | 2.6 | 5 | |
| Ace Gutowsky | 58 | 202 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 34 | 99 | 2.9 | 0 | |
| Ray Carnelly | 15 | 64 | 4.3 | 0 | |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 25 | 61 | 2.4 | 0 | |
| Sam Francis | 21 | 59 | 2.8 | 0 | |
| Len Janiak | 18 | 56 | 3.1 | 0 | |
| Beattie Feathers | 8 | 21 | 2.6 | 0 | |
| Stan Kosel | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Nardi | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | |
| Wendell Butcher | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Bill Leckonby | 4 | -1 | -0.3 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 407 | 1327 | 3.3 | 7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 427 | 1488 | 3.5 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 157 | 72 | 45.9 | 72 | 977 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 4 | 2.5 | 13 | 8.3 | 40.2 | ||||
| Ray Carnelly | 14 | 3 | 21.4 | 8 | 35 | 2.5 | 11.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21.4 | 0.0 | ||||
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 7 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 95.8 | |||
| Ace Gutowsky | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 87.5 | |||
| Bill Leckonby | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 176 | 77 | 43.8 | 83 | 1024 | 5.8 | 13.3 | 4 | 2.3 | 16 | 9.1 | 32.5 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 92 | 47.2 | 81 | 1599 | 8.2 | 17.4 | 14 | 7.2 | 22 | 11.3 | 59.9 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Schwartz | 33 | 550 | 16.7 | 3 | |
| Wendell Butcher | 9 | 73 | 8.1 | 0 | |
| Waddy Young | 8 | 100 | 12.5 | 0 | |
| Harold Hill | 7 | 150 | 21.4 | 48 | 0 |
| Herman Hodges | 4 | 45 | 11.3 | 0 | |
| Pug Manders | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kercheval | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | |
| Stan Kosel | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Len Janiak | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Beattie Feathers | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Boyd Brumbaugh | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Carnelly | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Dick Nardi | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 77 | 1024 | 13.3 | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 92 | 1599 | 17.4 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herman Hodges | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 22 | 1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 40 | 1678 | 42.0 | 65 | ||||||
| Ralph Kercheval | 28 | 1081 | 38.6 | 60 | ||||||
| Sam Francis | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 65 | |||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 370 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 370 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 21 | 6 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 1 |
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