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1939 Brooklyn Dodgers

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Record: 4-6-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 108 points (9.8/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 219 points (19.9/g), 9th.
 Differential of -111 points (-10.1/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 1.7-9.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (1.1/g), 6th.

Coached by Potsy Clark (4-6-1)

1939 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Thu September 14 W 1-0 Pittsburgh Pirates 12 7 12 250 100 150 1 11 215 106 109 3
2 Wed September 20 W 2-0 Cleveland Rams 23 12 9 222 104 118 1 18 262 168 94 5
3 Sun September 24 L 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 7 27 170 106 64 397 136 261
4 Sun October 1 T 2-1-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 0 0 1 23 5 18 12 237 11 226 2
5 Sun October 8 L 2-2-1 @ Washington Redskins 13 41 13 300 259 41 3 10 430 201 229 3
6 Sun October 22 W 3-2-1 Philadelphia Eagles 23 14 10 268 116 152 3 10 170 142 28 3
7 Sun October 29 L 3-3-1 New York Giants 6 7 13 233 97 136 1 9 175 57 118 1
8 Mon November 6 W 4-3-1 Pittsburgh Pirates 17 13 11 284 52 232 13 252 186 66 5
9 Sun November 12 L 4-4-1 Washington Redskins 0 42 7 130 50 80 3 15 389 230 159 2
10 Sun November 19 L 4-5-1 Green Bay Packers 0 28 13 252 83 169 4 12 320 252 68 2
11 Sun November 26 L 4-6-1 @ New York Giants 7 28 14 259 99 160 5 9 235 107 128 3

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 108 2351 583 4.0 113 77 176 1024 4 16 5.8 407 1327 7 3.3 113 16 0
Team Defense 219 3087 622 5.0 92 195 1599 13 22 8.2 427 1488 13 3.5 28 6
Lg Rank Offense 8 6 6 10 9 10 3 5 6 5 7 4 3 1
Lg Rank Defense 9 10 1 2 8 8 6 10 6 6 8 7 7 10

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Ace Parker 27 TB 11 10 72 157 45.9 977 4 2.5 13 8.3 66 6.2 2.8 13.6 88.8 40.2
Ray Carnelly 23 9 3 3 14 21.4 35 0 0.0 3 21.4 0 2.5 -7.1 11.7 3.9 0.0
Boyd Brumbaugh 24 5 1 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Ace Gutowsky 30 9 4 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.6 87.5
Ralph Kercheval 28 WB 9 8 1 1 100.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.8 95.8
Bill Leckonby 22 5 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 24.6 11 77 176 43.8 1024 4 2.3 16 9.1 66 5.8 2.0 13.3 93.1 32.5
Opp Total 11 92 195 47.2 1599 13 6.7 22 11.3 8.2 3.8 17.4 145.4 58.2 0 0 8.2 3.8

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Pug Manders* 26 FB 11 9 114 482 2 0 4.2 43.8 10.4 3 22 7.3 0 0 0.3 2.0 504 2 0
Ace Parker 27 TB 11 10 104 271 5 0 2.6 24.6 9.5 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.5 276 5 0
Ace Gutowsky 30 9 4 58 202 0 0 3.5 22.4 6.4 202 0 0
Ralph Kercheval 28 WB 9 8 34 99 0 0 2.9 11.0 3.8 3 8 2.7 0 0 0.3 0.9 107 0 0
Boyd Brumbaugh 24 5 1 25 61 0 0 2.4 12.2 5.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.2 1.0 66 0 0
Sam Francis 26 5 3 21 59 0 0 2.8 11.8 4.2 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.2 0.0 59 0 0
Len Janiak 24 10 1 18 56 0 0 3.1 5.6 1.8 2 6 3.0 0 0 0.2 0.6 62 0 0
Ray Carnelly 23 9 3 15 64 0 0 4.3 7.1 1.7 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.6 69 0 0
Beattie Feathers 31 4 0 8 21 0 0 2.6 5.3 2.0 1 12 12.0 0 12 0.3 3.0 33 0 0
Bill Leckonby 22 5 0 4 -1 0 0 -0.3 -0.2 0.8 -1 0 0
Wendell Butcher 25 BB 10 5 2 2 0 0 1.0 0.2 0.2 9 73 8.1 0 0 0.9 7.3 75 0 0
Stan Kosel 23 5 1 2 6 0 0 3.0 1.2 0.4 2 40 20.0 1 0 0.4 8.0 46 1 0
Dick Nardi 24 3 0 2 5 0 0 2.5 1.7 0.7 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.3 1.0 8 0 0
Perry Schwartz* 24 LE 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 33 550 16.7 3 66 3.0 50.0 550 3 0
Waddy Young 23 RE 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 100 12.5 0 0 0.7 9.1 100 0 0
Harold Hill 25 9 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 150 21.4 0 0 0.8 16.7 150 0 0
Herman Hodges 25 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 45 11.3 0 0 0.4 4.5 45 0 0
Team Total 24.6 11 407 1327 7 0 3.3 120.6 37.0 77 1024 13.3 4 66 7.0 93.1 2351 11 0
Opp Total 11 427 1488 13 3.5 135.3 38.8 92 1599 17.4 13 8.4 145.4 3087 26 0

Kicking & Punting

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0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Ace Parker 27 TB 11 10 5 1 20.0% 1 0.0% 40 1678 65 0 42.0
Ralph Kercheval 28 WB 9 8 13 6 46.2% 3 3 100.0% 28 1081 60 0 38.6
Bruiser Kinard* 25 RT 11 11 7 7 100.0%
Sam Francis 26 5 3 3 99 42 0 33.0
Bill Reissig 24 11 0 1 1 100.0% 1 0.0%
Ray Carnelly 23 9 3 1 0.0%
Team Total 24.6 11 20 8 40.0% 12 10 83.3% 71 2858 65 0 40.3
Opp Total 11 2 31 27 87.1%

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ace Parker 27 TB 11 10 5 1 33
Ralph Kercheval 28 WB 9 8 3 6 21
Perry Schwartz* 24 LE 11 11 3 18
Pug Manders* 26 FB 11 9 2 12
Bruiser Kinard* 25 RT 11 11 7 7
Herman Hodges 25 10 2 1 6
Stan Kosel 23 5 1 1 6
Bill Reissig 24 11 0 1 3
Team Total 24.6 11 7 4 1 10 8 106
Opp Total 11 13 13 27 2 219