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1940 Portsmouth Cubs (DFL)

1st place • 8-1-1 .889

1940 DFL • Previous Season • Next Season

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Head Coach: Larry Weldon

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Result			Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/22/1940	H	Norfolk Shamrocks	7-0	W		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium	4000
Sun	9/29/1940	A	Newport News Builders	13-7	W		Hampton, VA	Darling Memorial Stadium	2100
Sun	10/13/1940	H	Roanoke Travelers	14-7	W		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium	4000
Sun	10/20/1940	A	Richmond Arrows	7-27	L		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	6000
Sun	10/27/1940	H	Washington Presidents	21-3	W		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium	3500
Sun	11/3/1940	H	Newport News Builders	9-0	W		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium	3500
Sun	11/10/1940	A	Roanoke Travelers	10-0	W		Roanoke, VA	Maher Field	2913
Sun	11/17/1940	A	Richmond Arrows	13-7	W		Richmond, VA	City Stadium	2500
Sun	12/1/1940	A	Norfolk Shamrocks	7-0	W		Norfolk, VA	Norfolk Ball Park	3599
Sun	12/8/1940	H	Washington Presidents	0-0	T		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium	2500
Sun	12/15/1940	A	Norfolk Shamrocks	0-7	L		Norfolk, VA	Norfolk Ball Park	5000
Sun	12/22/1940	H	Richmond Arrows	0-17	L		Portsmouth, VA	Sewanee Stadium

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

Schedule Notes
12/8/1940	Washington Presidents	Postponed from 11/24

ROSTER
Player	No	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
Elmore Barnes		LH-RH	5-8	155	32	Old Dominion	10	7
Joe Barnett		LT-RT		235		Virginia Tech	8	2
Doug Berry		LT-RT		217		Duke	7	7
Buddy Beverly		E		186		none	1	0
Gene Brown		LT-RT	6-2	225	31	Virginia Tech	9	8
Byers							1	0
Irvin Byrd		HB	5-9	175	22	Wake Forest	3	0
Dave Fuller		RH-QB	6-0	195	25	Wake Forest	9	5
Lyle Graham		C	6-3	210	25	Richmond	8	7
Jack Grimes		LE-RE	6-0	190	27	none	10	10
Sam Herbner		B		165	23	none	4	0
Jimmy Johnson		RT-LT-C		200		East Carolina	7	5
Walter Lakin		RG-LG	5-10	205	27	Virginia Tech	10	10
Melvin Pearce		LG-RG		200		none	5	5
Frank Pierce		RE-LE	5-11	190		Virginia Tech	10	10
Flinky Piland		KG-C-B		215	26	Virginia Tech	10	7
John Pitzer		FB	5-10	205	27	Roanoke	9	9
Joe Serner		RH-LH		185		Cincinnati	9	9
Jess Tatum			6-1	215	26	North Carolina State	1	0
Bob Watson		RH	5-10	175		none	5	1
Maxie Welch		FB	6-0	185	34	Clemson	4	1
Larry Weldon		QB	6-0	198	25	Louisburg JC; Presbyterian	10	8
Williams							1	0

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	PTS
Team Totals	7	41	20	33	101
Opponents Totals	6	12	30	13	51

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Frank Pierce	4	2	2	100.0	0			0	26
Larry Weldon	1	10	11	90.9	3			0	25
Dave Fuller	3	0	0		0			0	18
Elmore Barnes	2	0	0		0			0	12
John Pitzer	2	0	0		0			0	12
Flinky Piland	1	0	0		0			0	6
Lyle Graham	0	0	0		0			1	2
Team Totals	13	12	13	92.3	3			1	101
Opponents Totals	7	3	7	42.9	2			0	51

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dave Fuller					1
Frank Pierce					1
Flinky Piland					1
John Pitzer					1
Larry Weldon					1
Team Totals					5
Opponents Totals					3

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Larry Weldon									7
Dave Fuller									1
Team Totals									8
Opponents Totals									4

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Frank Pierce					3
Elmore Barnes					2
Dave Fuller					2
John Pitzer					1
Team Totals					8
Opponents Totals					4

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals					0
Opponents Totals					0

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						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals							0
Opponents Totals							0

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