1940 Buffalo Indians (AFL) |
| 5th place 2-8-0 .200 |
| Head Coach: Earl Seick (1-4-0); a href="/coaches/nesm00200.html">Ole Nesmith (1-4-0) |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 12448 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8462 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1940 | H | Columbus Bullies | 7-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8110 | |
| Wed | 10/16/1940 | H | Boston Bears | 0-10 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5592 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Boston Bears | 0-20 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 9500 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | New York Yankees | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 7594 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | Columbus Bullies | 7-13 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 3812 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | New York Yankees | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | |||
| Thu | 11/21/1940 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 13-30 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | W | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | |||
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | - | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes |
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 41 | Steve Banas | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Notre Dame | 8 | 2 |
| 19 | Ben Binkowski | FB-QB | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 |
| 40 | Hank Bogacki | C-G | 5-9 | 195 | 28 | Canisius | 8 | 3 |
| 50 | Dan Bukovich | RG | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Toledo | 7 | 2 |
| 37 | Alex Drobnitch | RG | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Denver | 7 | 6 |
| 11 | Jack Farris | RH-FB | 6-2 | 220 | Wyoming | 7 | 2 | |
| 45/19 | Johnny Fedorchak | RH | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Duquesne | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | Steve Gilbert | LE | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 6 |
| 26 | Art Gottlieb | QB-FB-LH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Rutgers | 8 | 4 |
| 28 | Steve Hrycyszyn | QB-FB-E | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 5 |
| 79 | Ed Karpowich | LT | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Catholic | 8 | 8 |
| 20 | Bill Koepsell | QB | 5-8 | 160 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 |
| 43 | Carl Littlefield | LH-FB-RH | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 6 | 0 |
| 32 | Maurey McGrath | RT-C | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Niagara | 8 | 3 |
| 18 | Joe Miller | RE | 6-2 | 185 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 0 | |
| 45 | Johnny Mullen | RH | 6-3 | 187 | 25 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Ole Nesmith | RH | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Kansas | 6 | 0 |
| 39 | Walt Padlo | LG-RG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Duquesne | 8 | 7 |
| 34 | Larry Peace | RH | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 |
| 22 | Hal Pegg | C | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Bucknell | 7 | 5 |
| 44 | Alec Shellogg | RT-LG | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 |
| 30 | Ed Siminski | RERT | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 7 |
| 29 | Dan Snell | RE-LE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Samford | 8 | 5 |
| 7 | John Stylianos | LH-QB | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | Temple | 8 | 5 |
| 14 | Joe Szur | LH-FB | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Canisius | 6 | 1 |
| 22/33 | Russ Wile | RT-RT-LG | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
| Wid Worthington | B | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 21 | 3 | 13 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 40 | 24 | 47 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Littlefield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Alex Drobnitch | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Art Gottlieb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Larry Peace | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 9 | 0 | 137 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Littlefield | 2 | ||||
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| John Stylianos | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Szur | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gilbert | 1 | ||||
| Art Gottlieb | 1 | ||||
| Carl Littlefield | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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