1940 Chicago Bears (NFL) - The Pro Football Archives

Home	Teams	Players	Coaches
Drafts	Awards	Leaders	Email

1940 Chicago Bears (NFL) 1st place Western Division 8-3-0 .727

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Fri	8/23/1940	N	East Chicago Calumet Indians	39-6	W	Iron Mountain, MI	Kingsford High School Field
Fri	8/30/1940	N	Pittsburgh Steelers	9-10	L	Erie, PA	Memorial Stadium	8000
Thu	9/5/1940	A	Philadelphia Eagles	27-21	W	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	35000
Sun	9/8/1940	A	Newark Bears	34-14	W	Newark, NJ	Schools Stadium	11000
Thu	9/12/1940	A	East Chicago Calumet Indians	40-7	W	East Chicago, IN	Roosevelt High School Field	12000
Sat	9/14/1940	N	St. Louis Gunners	59-0	W	Kalamazoo, MI	Waldo Stadium	5000
Sun	9/22/1940	A	Green Bay Packers	41-10	W	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	22557
Wed	9/25/1940	A	Chicago Cardinals	7-21	L	Chicago, IL	Comiskey Park	23181
Sun	10/6/1940	A	Cleveland Rams	21-14	W	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	18988
Sun	10/13/1940	H	Detroit Lions	7-0	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	34217
Sun	10/20/1940	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	16-7	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	31101
Sun	10/27/1940	A	New York Giants	37-21	W	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	44219
Sun	11/3/1940	H	Green Bay Packers	14-7	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	45434
Sun	11/10/1940	A	Detroit Lions	14-17	L	Detroit, MI	University of Detroit Stadium	21735
Sun	11/17/1940	A	Washington Redskins	3-7	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	35231
Sun	11/24/1940	H	Cleveland Rams	47-25	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	20717
Sun	12/1/1940	H	Chicago Cardinals	31-23	W	Chicago, IL	Wrigley Field	13902
Sun	12/8/1940	A	Washington Redskins	73-0	W	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	36034	League Championship
Sun	12/29/1940	A	National Football League All-Stars	28-14	W	Los Angeles, CA	Gilmore Stadium	21624

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
35	Lee Artoe	ROT-DT	6-2	234	23	Santa Clara; California	11	7
26	Al Baisi	LOG-DG	6-0	215	23	West Virginia	7	1
24	Frank Bausch	C-LB	6-2	220	32	Kansas	10	2
82	Ray Bray	ROG-DG	6-0	237	23	Western Michigan	6	1
28	Chet Chesney	C-LB	6-2	227	24	DePaul	3	0
4	Harry Clarke	LOH-DB	6-0	186	24	West Virginia	11	0
2	Gary Famiglietti	FB-LB	5-11	225	27	Boston University	11	2
23	Aldo Forte	ROG-DG	6-0	213	22	Montana	10	4
21	Danny Fortmann	LOG-DG	6-0	210	24	Colgate	10	10
51	Ken Kavanaugh	LOE-DE	6-3	207	24	Louisiana State	11	0
29	Ed Kolman	ROT-DT	6-2	232	25	Temple	10	6
42	Sid Luckman	QB-DB	5-11	197	24	Columbia	11	7
10	Jack Manders	ROH-DB	6-1	203	31	Minnesota	10	2
11	Joe Maniaci	FB-LB	6-1	212	26	Fordham	11	4
7	Ed Manske	ROE-DE	6-0	185	28	Northwestern	9	0
19	Phil Martinovich	ROE-DE	5-10	220	25	Pacific	2	0
33	Bernie Masterson	QB-DB	6-3	195	29	Nebraska	7	2
5	George McAfee	ROH-DB	6-0	178	22	Duke	10	8
57	Ray McLean	ROH-DB	5-10	168	25	St. Anselm	10	0
27	Joe Mihal	ROH-DB	6-2	234	24	Purdue	11	1
16	George Musso	ROG-DG	6-1	262	30	Millikin	6	6
25	Ray Nolting	LOH-DB	5-11	185	27	Cincinnati	11	11
20	Bob Nowaskey	LOE-DE	6-0	205	22	George Washington	9	2
9	Bill Osmanski	FB-LB	5-11	197	25	Holy Cross	8	6
14	Dick Plasman	LOE-DE	6-3	218	26	Vanderbilt	10	8
76	Hamp Pool	ROE-DE	6-3	221	25	California; Stanford	8	4
22	Sollie Sherman	QB-DB	6-1	190	23	Chicago	6	2
6	Johnny Siegal	ROE-DE	6-1	205	22	Columbia	8	3
17	Bob Snyder	QB-DB	6-0	205	27	Ohio University	11	0
13	Joe Stydahar	LOT-DT	6-4	233	28	West Virginia	10	7
48	Bob Swisher	LOH-DB	5-11	163	26	Northwestern	9	0
34	Jack Torrance	ROT-DT	6-3	285	28	Louisiana State	7	1
66	Bulldog Turner	C-LB	6-1	237	21	Hardin-Simmons	11	9
30	George Wilson	ROE-DE	6-1	199	26	Northwestern	11	5

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
Bulldog Turner	1	7	C	Hardin-Simmons
Ken Kavanaugh	3	22	E	Louisiana State
Ed Kolman	5	37	T	Temple
John Woudenberg	6	47	T	Denver
Len Akin	7	57	G	Baylor
Jim Fordham	8	67	B	Georgia
Hamp Pool	9	77	E	Stanford
Tom Pace	10	87	B	Utah
Lee Artoe	11	97	T	California
Bill McCubbin	12	107	E	Kentucky
Harry Clarke	13	117	B	West Virginia
Frank Crisci	14	127	T	Case Western Reserve
Sherman Barnes	15	137	E	Baylor
Al Christiansen	16	147	B	Knox
Wilbur White	17	157	T	Bradley
Ralph Schlosser	18	167	C	Gonzaga
Johnny Popov	19	177	B	Cincinnati
Young Bussey	20	187	B	Louisiana State
Ray McLean	21	192	B	St. Anselm
Walt Kichefski	22	197	E	Miami (Florida)

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	61	89	56	32
Opponents Totals	20	38	55	49

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		141				/ %	/ %	62	605
Opponents Totals						/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Ray McLean	4	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	25
Gary Famiglietti	4	0	0		0	0		0	24
Jack Manders	0	17	18	94.4	2	3	66.7	0	23
Joe Maniaci	3	1	2	50.0	0	0		0	19
Harry Clarke	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Ken Kavanaugh	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
George McAfee	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Bill Osmanski	3	0	0		0	0		0	18
Dick Plasman	2	3	3	100.0	0	0		0	15
Ray Nolting	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Nowaskey	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bernie Masterson	1	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	7
Bob Snyder	0	4	5	80.0	1	4	25.0	0	7
Phil Martinovich	0	0	0		2	2	100.0	0	6
Johnny Siegal	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Wilson	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Lee Artoe	0	1	2	50.0	1	1	100.0	0	4
Team Totals	32	28	32	87.5	6	10	60.0	0	238
Opponents Totals	21	18	21	85.7	2			1	152

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Lee Artoe	1	1	100.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1
Jack Manders	2	3	66.7	0/	1/	1/	0/	0/
Phil Martinovich	2	2	100.0	1/	0/	1/	0/	0/
Bob Snyder	1	4	25.0	0/	0/	0/	1/	0/
Team Totals	6	10	60.0	1/	1/	2/	1/	1/
Opponents Totals	2			0/	2/	0/	0/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ray Nolting	78	373	4.8		1
Joe Maniaci	84	368	4.4		2
Gary Famiglietti	93	320	3.4		4
Harry Clarke	56	258	4.6		2
George McAfee	47	253	5.4		2
Bill Osmanski	50	192	3.8		3
Bob Swisher	15	70	4.7		0
Jack Manders	8	20	2.5		0
Bob Snyder	7	12	1.7		0
Ray McLean	14	10	0.7		1
Sollie Sherman	8	10	1.3		0
Bob Nowaskey	1	4	4.0	4	0
Bernie Masterson	10	-7	-0.7		1
Sid Luckman	23	-65	-2.8		0
Team Totals	494	1818	3.7		16
Opponents Totals	372	1003	2.7		7

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Sid Luckman	105	48	45.7	48	941	9.0	19.6		4	3.8	9	8.6	54.5
Bernie Masterson	23	9	39.1	11	212	9.2	23.6		2	8.7	3	13.0	62.5
Bob Snyder	22	5	22.7	16	145	6.6	29.0		1	4.5	1	4.5	50.8
George McAfee	11	4	36.4	7	50	4.5	12.5		2	18.2	0	0.0	90.9
Ray Nolting	2	1	50.0	1	38	19.0	38.0	38	0	0.0	0	0.0	95.8
Sollie Sherman	4	1	25.0	3	15	3.8	15.0	15t	1	25.0	0	0.0	82.3
Bob Swisher	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	39.6
Harry Clarke	3	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	2	66.7	0.0
Team Totals	171	68	39.8	88	1401	8.2	20.6		10	5.8	15	8.8	52.3
Opponents Totals	269	133	49.4	109	1747	6.5	13.1		14	5.2	27	10.0	48.1

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ken Kavanaugh	12	276	23.0		3
Dick Plasman	11	245	22.3		2
George McAfee	7	117	16.7		0
Ed Manske	6	81	13.5		0
Ray McLean	6	138	23.0		2
Bob Nowaskey	5	105	21.0		2
Johnny Siegal	4	53	13.3		0
George Wilson	4	90	22.5		1
Harry Clarke	3	80	26.7		0
Ray Nolting	3	36	12.0		0
Hamp Pool	2	55	27.5		0
Bob Swisher	2	106	53.0		0
Gary Famiglietti	1	11	11.0	11	0
Joe Maniaci	1	-5	-5.0	-5	0
Bill Osmanski	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	68	1401	20.6		10
Opponents Totals	133	1747	13.1		14

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Harry Clarke	4	62	15.5		1
George McAfee	4	50	12.5		0
Gary Famiglietti	4	18	4.5		0
Ray Nolting	3	18	6.0		0
Sid Luckman	3	17	5.7		0
Joe Maniaci	2	38	19.0		1
Sollie Sherman	2	0	0.0		0
Jack Manders	1	27	27.0	27	0
Johnny Siegal	1	20	20.0	20	0
Bulldog Turner	1	9	9.0	9	0
Danny Fortmann	1	7	7.0	7	0
Ray McLean	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	27	271	10.0		2
Opponents Totals	15				0