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1940 New York Yankees (AFL)

4th place • 4-5-0 .500

1940 AFL • Next Season

Roster Key • Stat Key

Head Coach: Jack McBride

Assistant Coach

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result				Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	10/6/1940	H	Columbus Bullies	13	23	L		New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	5312
Wed	10/9/1940	H	Cincinnati Bengals	40	13	W		New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	4296
Sun	10/13/1940	A	Boston Bears	7	28	L		Boston, MA	Fenway Park	7700
Wed	10/16/1940	A	Cincinnati Bengals			-		Cincinnati, OH	Crosley Field
Wed	10/16/1940	A	Bridgeport Redskins	19	0	W		Bridgeport, CT	Scharr Field	1500
Sun	10/20/1940	H	Milwaukee Chiefs	30	7	W		New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	6327
Sun	10/27/1940	A	Churchill Pros	13	6	W		Springfield, MA	Pychon Park	6000
Sun	11/3/1940	H	Buffalo Indians	17	0	W		New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	7594
Sun	11/10/1940	A	Milwaukee Chiefs	7	30	L		West Allis, WI	Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl	5000
Wed	11/13/1940	A	Kenosha Cardinals	0	14	L		Kenosha, WI	Lake Front Stadium
Sun	11/17/1940	A	Buffalo Indians			L		Buffalo, NY	Civic Stadium
Thu	11/21/1940	A	Columbus Bullies	16	17	L		Columbus, OH	Red Bird Stadium	6828
Sat	11/23/1940	H	Boston Bears	7	20	L		New York, NY	Yankee Stadium	4730

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Schedule Notes
10/16/1940	Cincinnati Bengals	Canceled

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Vannie Albanese	4	QB	6-0	187	28	Syracuse	4	0
Connie Mack Berry		LE	6-3	215	25	North Carolina State	3	3
Frank Bohlmann	16	T-RG	5-11	212	23	none	6	0
Eddie Britt	31	LH	6-2	205	28	Holy Cross
Bill Dokas	28	RE-LE-T	6-3	220	23	Villanova
Ev Elkins	3	FB	5-10	190	23	Marshall
Bill Everly		T-G	6-0	218	23	Tarkio	2	0
Les Fischer	11	C	5-10	180	29	New York University
Bob Goodman	21	LG-RG	6-0	210	29	Duquesne
Harlan Gustafson	17	RE-LE	6-3	200	23	Pennsylvania	8	8
Charles Harte	22	RG-LG	5-11	205	24	Scranton
Joe Hoctor	7	FB	5-11	185	27	Notre Dame; John Carroll
Bill Hutchinson	20	LH-RH	5-9	180	24	Dartmouth	8	7
Lloyd Ickes	15	FB-HB	5-11	185	24	Penn State	7
Wally Kilbourne		RT	6-3	240	24	Minnesota	2	0
Herb Kirschner	29	LG	6-0	205	25	North Carolina State		0
George Lenc	18	LE-RE	6-3	204	23	Augustana (Illinois)
Spencer Manrodt	5	LG-RG	5-9	195	22	Brown
Ed McGee	30	G	6-1	224	24	Temple	4	4
Joe Migdal	25	QB	5-10	190	23	Manhattan	3	0
Harry Novotny	19	C-T	6-2	215	28	Syracuse	8
Hank Reese		RG-LT	5-11	214	31	Temple	2	0
George Seabury	30/32	RT-LT	6-6	245	23	Yale	8	8
Tony Shamis	26	LT-RT	6-3	215	23	Manhattan	8	8
Steve Simonovich		T	6-2	215	22	Fordham; Long Island	1	0
Don Starr	8	QB	5-11	200	24	Western Reserve	8	8
Walt Strosser	4	RH-LH	5-11	180	22	St. Vincent	8	8
Johnny Urban	10	RH	5-11	185	24	Pittsburgh	8
Rex Williams	16	C	6-1	204	22	Texas Tech	2	2

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	20	40	40	37	138
Opponents Totals	13	20	37	68	138

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Bill Hutchinson	2	8			3			0	41
Harlan Gustafson	6	0			0			0	36
Connie Mack Berry	2	0			0			0	12
Johnny Urban	2	0			0			0	12
Bill Dokas	1	0			0			0	6
Joe Hoctor	1	0			0			0	6
George Lenc	1	0			0			0	6
Ed McGee	1	0			0			0	6
Walt Strosser	1	0			0			0	6
Ev Elkins	0	3			0			0	3
Lloyd Ickes	0	2			0			0	2
Eddie Britt	0	1			0			0	1
Team Totals	19	14	19	73.7	3			0	137
Opponents Totals	19	15	19	78.9	3			0	138

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Hutchinson					2
Joe Hoctor					1
Walt Strosser					1
Johnny Urban					1
Team Totals					5
Opponents Totals					10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bill Hutchinson									5
Eddie Britt									1
Walt Strosser									1
Johnny Urban									1
Team Totals									8
Opponents Totals									6

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harlan Gustafson					6
Connie Mack Berry					1
Bill Dokas					1
Team Totals					8
Opponents Totals					6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Hutchinson					1
Johnny Urban					1
Team Totals					2
Opponents Totals					2

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Bill Hutchinson						1
Team Totals						1
Opponents Totals						1

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals						0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
George Lenc							1
Ed McGee							1
Team Totals							2
Opponents Totals							0

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