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1940 Brooklyn Dodgers (NFL) 2nd place Eastern Division 8-3-0 .727

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sun	9/1/1940	A	Stratford Rams	20-0	W	Stratford, CT	Longwood Stadium	6500
Sat	9/7/1940	N	Jersey City Giants	35-0	W	Hershey, PA	Hershey Stadium	8000
Sun	9/15/1940	A	Washington Redskins	17-24	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	32763
Sun	9/22/1940	A	Paterson Panthers	27-7	W	Paterson, NJ	Hinchliffe Stadium	10000
Sun	9/29/1940	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	10-3	W	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	26618
Fri	10/4/1940	H	Philadelphia Eagles	30-17	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	24008
Sun	10/13/1940	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	21-0	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	19468
Sun	10/20/1940	A	Chicago Bears	7-16	L	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	31101
Sat	10/26/1940	A	Philadelphia Eagles	21-7	W	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	6500
Sun	11/3/1940	H	New York Giants	7-10	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	32958
Sun	11/10/1940	H	Washington Redskins	16-14	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	33846
Sun	11/17/1940	H	Cleveland Rams	29-14	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	19212
Sun	11/24/1940	H	Chicago Cardinals	14-9	W	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	16619
Sun	12/1/1940	A	New York Giants	14-6	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	54993

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

No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
22	Bill Bailey	ROE-DE	6-2	213	24	Duke	10	1
16	Sherrill Busby	OE-DE	6-2	195	26	Troy	2	0
66	Wendell Butcher	BB-DB	6-1	197	26	Gustavus Adolphus	5	0
23	George Cafego	HB-DB	5-10	183	25	Tennessee	10	4
2	Dick Cassiano	TB-DB	5-11	175	23	Pittsburgh	10	1
8	Ty Coon	OG-DG	6-0	210	25	North Carolina State	9	0
10	Sam Francis	HB-DB	6-0	207	27	Nebraska	11	0
17	John Golemgeske	ROT-DT	6-2	215	26	Wisconsin	10	5
3	Mike Gussie	OG-DG	6-0	200	23	West Virginia	8	0
5	Red Heater	OT-DT	6-2	220	22	Syracuse	8	0
14	Harold Hill	OE-DE	6-1	200	26	Samford	9	0
13	Herman Hodges	OE-DE	6-1	198	26	Samford	9	0
27	Art Jocher	LOG-DG	6-1	207	25	Manhattan	10	5
1	Ralph Kercheval	HB-DB	6-1	193	29	Kentucky	10	0
25	Bruiser Kinard	LOT-DT	6-1	216	26	Mississippi	9	8
20	Ben Kish	BB-DB	6-0	207	23	Pittsburgh	11	3
19	Frank Kristufek	LOT-DT	6-0	209	25	Pittsburgh	11	4
4	Bill Leckonby	TB-DB	6-0	185	23	St. Lawrence	9	0
9	Pug Manders	FB-LB	6-0	200	27	Minnesota; Drake	11	11
12	Lou Mark	C-LB	6-0	196	26	North Carolina State	11	1
26	Banks McFadden	TB-DB	6-2	180	23	Clemson	11	7
29	Walt Merrill	ROT-DT	6-2	219	23	Alabama	11	5
7	Ace Parker	TB-DB	5-11	178	28	Duke	11	10
31	Steve Petro	LOG-DG	5-10	197	26	Pittsburgh	11	6
99	Perry Schwartz	LOE-DE	6-2	199	25	Sacramento CC; California	11	11
30	Rhoten Shetley	BB-DB	5-11	208	22	Furman	11	8
28	Jim Sivell	ROG-DG	5-9	205	26	Auburn	11	11
18	Earl Svendsen	C-LB	6-1	190	25	Minnesota	11	10
15	Si Titus	C-LB	6-0	195	22	Holy Cross	4	0
24	Bobby Winslow	OE-DE	6-2	205	24	Modesto JC; Southern California	2	0
6	Waddy Young	ROE-DE	6-3	205	24	Oklahoma	11	10
21	Frank Zadworney	HB-DB	6-2	200	24	Ohio State	3	0

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Banks McFadden	1	4	B	Clemson
Nile Kinnick	2	14	B	Iowa
Rhoten Shetley	3	19	B	Furman
Bill Bailey	4	29	E	Duke
Walt Merrill	5	34	T	Alabama
Jack Murray	6	44	C	Wisconsin
Ty Coon	7	54	T	North Carolina State
Frank Zadworney	8	64	B	Ohio State
Art Jocher	9	74	T	Manhattan
Jim Turner	10	84	G	Holy Cross
Nick Cutlich	11	94	T	Northwestern
George Daugherty	12	104	B	Samford
Mike Gussie	13	114	G	West Virginia
Len Coffman	14	124	B	Tennessee
Jim Conlin	15	134	C	New York University
Dennis Donovan	16	144	B	Oregon
Frank Funair	17	154	B	Bucknell
Walt Strosser	18	164	B	St. Vincent
Steve Hydock	19	174	E	Albright
Milt Howell	20	184	G	Auburn

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	42	25	64	55
Opponents Totals	26	29	14	51

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		115				/ %	/ %		285
Opponents Totals		148				/ %	/ %		268

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ace Parker	5	19	22	86.4	0	0		0	49
Pug Manders	6	0	0		0	0		0	36
Banks McFadden	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Perry Schwartz	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ralph Kercheval	0	3	3	100.0	4	11	36.4	0	15
Dick Cassiano	2	0	0		0	0		1	14
Bill Leckonby	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Sam Francis	1	0	0		0	1	0.0	0	6
Mike Gussie	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Art Jocher	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Rhoten Shetley	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Team Totals	25	22	25	88.0	4	12	33.3	1	186
Opponents Totals	15	12	15	80.0	6			0	120

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Sam Francis	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
Ralph Kercheval	4	11	36.4	0/	1/	2/	1/	0/
Team Totals	4	12	33.3	0/	1/	2/	1/	0/
Opponents Totals	6			1/	3/	0/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Banks McFadden	85	411	4.8		1
Pug Manders	80	311	3.9		5
Ace Parker	89	306	3.4		2
Sam Francis	44	217	4.9		1
George Cafego	41	109	2.7		0
Dick Cassiano	35	84	2.4		0
Bill Leckonby	19	53	2.8		0
Rhoten Shetley	7	30	4.3		0
Ralph Kercheval	11	19	1.7		0
Frank Zadworney	2	5	2.5		0
Waddy Young	1	1	1.0	1	0
Team Totals	414	1546	3.7		9
Opponents Totals	429	1391	3.2		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Ace Parker	111	49	44.1	55	817	7.4	16.7		10	9.0	7	6.3	73.3
Dick Cassiano	30	9	30.0	19	128	4.3	14.2		1	3.3	2	6.7	28.2
Bill Leckonby	13	7	53.8	6	74	5.7	10.6		0	0.0	0	0.0	70.7
George Cafego	17	7	41.2	8	105	6.2	15.0		1	5.9	2	11.8	42.2
Ralph Kercheval	7	4	57.1	3	38	5.4	9.5		1	14.3	0	0.0	111.9
Banks McFadden	8	3	37.5	4	103	12.9	34.3		1	12.5	1	12.5	85.4
Rhoten Shetley	4	1	25.0	2	2	0.5	2.0	2	0	0.0	1	25.0	0.0
Pug Manders	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Team Totals	191	80	41.9	98	1267	6.6	15.8		14	7.3	13	6.8	60.7
Opponents Totals	259	113	43.6	128	1445	5.6	12.8		8	3.1	18	6.9	43.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Perry Schwartz	21	370	17.6		3
George Cafego	9	105	11.7		0
Ben Kish	9	124	13.8		0
Banks McFadden	9	97	10.8		2
Rhoten Shetley	8	126	15.8		1
Waddy Young	7	85	12.1		0
Herman Hodges	3	38	12.7		0
Ace Parker	3	139	46.3		2
Wendell Butcher	2	21	10.5		0
Dick Cassiano	2	67	33.5		2
Bill Bailey	1	12	12.0	12	0
Mike Gussie	1	9	9.0	9t	1
Harold Hill	1	9	9.0	9	0
Art Jocher	1	2	2.0	2t	1
Ralph Kercheval	1	17	17.0	17	0
Bill Leckonby	1	8	8.0	8t	1
Pug Manders	1	38	38.0	38t	1
Team Totals	80	1267	15.8		14
Opponents Totals	113	1445	12.8		8

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ace Parker	6	146	24.3		1
Bill Leckonby	3	29	9.7		0
Banks McFadden	2	40	20.0		0
Earl Svendsen	2	13	6.5		0
Ben Kish	2	0	0.0		0
Rhoten Shetley	1	37	37.0	37	0
Pug Manders	1	15	15.0	15	0
Sam Francis	1	7	7.0	7	0
Team Totals	18	287	15.9		1
Opponents Totals	13				0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			408			0
Opponents Totals						0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Team Totals	23			14			0
Opponents Totals		14					0