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1940 Philadelphia Eagles (NFL) 5th place Eastern Division 1-10-0 .091

Head Coach: Bert Bell

Jim MacMurdo	Assistant Coach
Heinie Miller	Assistant Coach

Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance	Notes
Thu	9/5/1940	H	Chicago Bears	21-27	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	35000	First Round Playoff
Sun	9/15/1940	A	Green Bay Packers	20-27	L	Green Bay, WI	City Stadium	11657
Sun	9/22/1940	A	Cleveland Rams	13-21	L	Cleveland, OH	Cleveland Stadium	15941
Sat	9/28/1940	H	New York Giants	14-20	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	26431
Fri	10/4/1940	A	Brooklyn Dodgers	17-30	L	New York, NY	Ebbets Field	24008
Sun	10/13/1940	A	New York Giants	7-17	L	New York, NY	Polo Grounds	30317
Sun	10/20/1940	H	Washington Redskins	17-34	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	26083
Sat	10/26/1940	H	Brooklyn Dodgers	7-21	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	6500
Thu	10/31/1940	A	Wilmington Clippers	14-16	L	Wilmington, DE	Wilmington Park	6000	Postponed from 10/30
Sun	11/10/1940	A	Pittsburgh Steelers	3-7	L	Pittsburgh, PA	Forbes Field	9556
Sun	11/17/1940	H	Detroit Lions	0-21	L	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	6327
Thu	11/28/1940	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	7-0	W	Philadelphia, PA	Shibe Park	4200
Sun	12/1/1940	A	Washington Redskins	6-13	L	Washington, DC	Griffith Stadium	25838

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
34	Jay Arnold	LOH-DB	6-1	210	28	Texas	9	3
35	Dick Bassi	ROG-DG	5-11	214	25	Santa Clara	11	9
36	Joe Bukant	LOH-DB	5-11	216	25	Washington-St. Louis	11	4
17	Joe Carter	ROE-DE	6-1	201	30	Austin; Jefferson	6	4
21	Chuck Cherundolo	C-LB	6-1	215	24	Penn State	11	5
37	John Cole	ROH-DB	5-9	194	25	St. Joseph's (Pennsylvania)	7	1
44	Frank Emmons	FB-LB	6-1	208	22	Oregon	11	5
23	Ray George	ROT-DT	6-0	229	24	Southern California	2	2
31	Jerry Ginney	OG-DG	5-10	217	24	Santa Clara	1	0
20	Elmer Hackney	FB	6-1	202	24	Kansas State	8	1
10	Maurice Harper	C-LB	6-4	227	26	Austin	9	6
29	Billy Hughes	ROG-DG	6-1	226	25	Texas	7	6
16	Elmer Kolberg	ROH-DB	6-4	201	24	Oregon State	10	5
30	Don Looney	LOE-DE	6-2	182	24	Texas Christian	11	8
76	Les McDonald	LOE-DE	6-4	200	26	Nebraska	9	0
11	Franny Murray	ROH-DB	6-0	204	25	Pennsylvania	11	6
40	Chuck Newton	LOH-DB	6-0	204	24	Washington	3	2
8	Davey O'Brien	QB-DB	5-7	150	23	Texas Christian	11	11
31	Phil Ragazzo	ROT-DT	6-0	216	25	Western Reserve	6	5
12	Herschel Ramsey	LOE-DE	6-0	196	29	Texas Tech	11	8
45	Dick Riffle	FB-LB	6-1	200	25	Albright	11	6
41	Ted Schmitt	LOG-DG	5-11	219	24	Pittsburgh	11	2
48	Elbie Schultz	LOG-DG	6-4	252	23	Oregon State	11	3
19	George Somers	LOT-DT	6-2	253	25	La Salle	11	7
25	Russ Thompson	LOT-DT	6-5	249	28	Chadron State; Nebraska	11	5
27	Milt Trost	LOT-DT	6-1	206	27	Marquette	7	2
39	Foster Watkins	QB-DB	5-9	166	24	West Texas A&M	10	0
59	Joe Wendlick	LOE-DE	6-0	213	25	Oregon State	9	2
15	Clem Woltman	LOT-DT	6-1	214	26	Purdue	10	3

DRAFT LIST	Round	Overall	Pos	College
George McAfee	1	2	B	Duke
Johnny Schiechl	2	13	C	Santa Clara
Dick Favor	3	17	B	Oklahoma
Elbie Schultz	4	28	G	Oregon State
Frank Emmons	5	32	B	Oregon
Saul Singer	6	43	T	Arkansas
Hal Pegg	7	52	C	Bucknell
Don Looney	8	63	E	Texas Christian
Don Jones	9	72	B	Washington
Frank Maher	10	83	B	Toledo
Elmer Hackney	11	92	B	Kansas State
Durwood Horner	12	103	E	Texas Christian
Ted Hennis	13	112	B	Purdue
Bill Bunsen	14	123	B	Kansas
Don Crumbaker	15	132	E	Kansas State
J.R. Green	16	143	T	Rice
Jim Molnar	17	152	B	Bradley
Ernie Schwotzer	18	163	G	Boston College
Bill Schneller	19	172	B	Mississippi
Bill DeBord	20	183	T	Kansas State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	16	27	14	54
Opponents Totals	65	46	64	36

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	Rushing	Passing	Penalty	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	YDS
Team Totals		122	40	72	10	/ %	/ %		215
Opponents Totals		115				/ %	/ %

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Don Looney	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dick Riffle	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Frank Emmons	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
George Somers	0	1	1	100.0	2	9	22.2	0	7
Joe Bukant	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
John Cole	0	3	4	75.0	1	1	100.0	0	6
Elmer Hackney	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Franny Murray	0	6	8	75.0	0	1	0.0	0	6
Davey O'Brien	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Foster Watkins	0	2	2	100.0	0	0		0	2
Team Totals	15	12	15	80.0	3	11	27.3	0	111
Opponents Totals	28	23	28	82.1	6			1	211

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
John Cole	1	1	100.0	0/0	0/0	0/0	1/1	0/0
Franny Murray	0	1	0.0	0/	0/	0/	0/	0/
George Somers	2	9	22.2	0/	0/	1/	1/	0/
Team Totals	3	11	27.3	0/	0/	1/	2/	0/
Opponents Totals	6			0/	0/	4/	2/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Dick Riffle	81	238	2.9		4
Elmer Hackney	32	101	3.2		1
Frank Emmons	29	77	2.7		1
John Cole	26	75	2.9		0
Joe Bukant	18	50	2.8		1
Jay Arnold	3	9	3.0		0
Franny Murray	8	7	0.9		0
Ted Schmitt	1	6	6.0	6	0
Les McDonald	2	-2	-1.0		0
Joe Carter	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Don Looney	2	-4	-2.0		0
Foster Watkins	14	-76	-5.4		0
Davey O'Brien	100	-180	-1.8		1
Team Totals	317	298	0.9		8
Opponents Totals	460	1778	3.9		18

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	RTG
Davey O'Brien	277	124	44.8	136	1290	4.7	10.4	5	1.8	17	6.1	39.2
Foster Watkins	85	28	32.9	54	565	6.6	20.2	1	1.2	3	3.5	46.4
Team Totals	362	152	42.0	190	1855	5.1	12.2	6	1.7	20	5.5	40.9
Opponents Totals	151	80	53.0	59	1012	6.7	12.7	9	6.0	12	7.9	60.9

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Looney	58	707	12.2		4
Herschel Ramsey	17	143	8.4		0
Les McDonald	14	289	20.6		0
Joe Carter	12	201	16.8		0
Franny Murray	12	125	10.4		0
Dick Riffle	8	58	7.3		1
Joe Wendlick	8	67	8.4		0
Jay Arnold	7	145	20.7		0
Elmer Kolberg	6	43	7.2		0
Frank Emmons	3	19	6.3		1
John Cole	2	11	5.5		0
Elmer Hackney	2	4	2.0		0
Joe Bukant	1	13	13.0	13	0
Chuck Newton	1	22	22.0	22	0
Ted Schmitt	1	8	8.0	8	0
Team Totals	152	1855	12.2		6
Opponents Totals	80	1012	12.7		9

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG
Davey O'Brien	4	92	23.0
Franny Murray	2	10	5.0
Elmer Kolberg	1	15	15.0	15
Chuck Newton	1	12	12.0	12
Joe Bukant	1	10	10.0	10
Herschel Ramsey	1	5	5.0	5
Jay Arnold	1	4	4.0	4
Chuck Cherundolo	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	12	148	12.3
Opponents Totals	20

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	RYDS
Davey O'Brien	6	246	41.0	56	0
Elmer Kolberg	10	401	40.1	50	0
Joe Bukant	15	568	37.9	52	0
Franny Murray	30	1098	36.6	50	0
Dick Riffle	14	479	34.2	48	0
John Cole	10	336	33.6	66	0
Foster Watkins	2	45	22.5	35	0
Team Totals	87	3173	36.5	66	0
Opponents Totals	74	2781	37.6	85	2	393

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			393			0
Opponents Totals						0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Team Totals			667			0
Opponents Totals						1