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1940 Chicago Bears

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Record: 8-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1940 NFL Champions

Scored 238 points (21.6/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 152 points (13.8/g), 4th.
 Differential of 86 points (7.8/g), 2nd.
 Expected W-L: 8.2-2.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (2.1/g), 1st.

Coached by George Halas (8-3-0)

1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 22 box W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 41 10 6 288 191 97 3 15 341 192 149 9
2 Wed September 25 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 7 21 17 256 121 135 3 12 256 83 173 2
3 Sun October 6 box W 2-1 @ Cleveland Rams 21 14 13 240 53 187 4 10 233 158 75 3
4 Sun October 13 box W 3-1 Detroit Lions 7 0 10 210 15 195 4 13 173 66 107 2
5 Sun October 20 box W 4-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 16 7 18 417 117 300 2 9 261 187 74 1
6 Sun October 27 box W 5-1 @ New York Giants 37 21 12 245 171 74 21 326 252 74 6
7 Sun November 3 box W 6-1 Green Bay Packers 14 7 13 246 59 187 4 11 208 156 52 5
8 Sun November 10 box L 6-2 @ Detroit Lions 14 17 14 299 167 132 3 14 253 155 98 1
9 Sun November 17 box L 6-3 @ Washington Redskins 3 7 16 297 148 149 3 11 169 125 44 2
10 Sun November 24 box W 7-3 Cleveland Rams 47 25 15 429 295 134 2 11 282 209 73 4
11 Sun December 1 box W 8-3 Chicago Cardinals 31 23 8 254 63 191 4 11 240 139 101 2
Playoffs
Championship December 8 box W 9-3 @ Washington Redskins 73 0 17 519 138 381 1 17 231 226 5 9

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 238 3219 665 4.8 141 68 171 1401 10 15 8.2 494 1818 16 3.7 141 15 0
Team Defense 152 2750 641 4.3 133 269 1747 14 27 6.5 372 1003 7 2.7 38 11
Lg Rank Offense 2 3 3 10 5 5 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 4 5 1 9 9 9 3 8 2 2 2 3 5 7

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. 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%
Sid Luckman* 24 QB 11 7 48 105 45.7 941 4 3.8 9 8.6 74 9.0 5.9 19.6 85.5 54.5
Bernie Masterson* 29 7 2 9 23 39.1 212 2 8.7 3 13.0 0 9.2 5.1 23.6 30.3 62.5
Bob Snyder* 27 11 0 5 22 22.7 145 1 4.5 1 4.5 39 6.6 5.5 29.0 13.2 50.8
George McAfee 22 RH 10 8 4 11 36.4 50 2 18.2 0 0.0 0 4.5 8.2 12.5 5.0 90.9
Solly Sherman* 23 7 2 1 4 25.0 15 1 25.0 0 0.0 15 3.8 8.8 15.0 2.1 82.3
Harry Clarke* 24 11 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 66.7 0 0.0 -30.0 0.0 0.0
Ray Nolting* 27 LH 11 11 1 2 50.0 38 0 0.0 0 0.0 38 19.0 19.0 38.0 3.5 95.8
Bob Swisher* 26 9 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.3 11 68 171 39.8 1401 10 5.8 15 8.8 74 8.2 5.4 20.6 127.4 52.3
Opp Total 11 133 269 49.4 1747 14 5.2 27 10.0 6.5 3.0 13.1 158.8 48.1 0 0 6.5 3.0

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
Gary Famiglietti* 27 fb 11 2 93 320 4 0 3.4 29.1 8.5 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 1.0 331 4 0
Joe Maniaci* 26 fb 11 4 84 368 2 0 4.4 33.5 7.6 1 -5 -5.0 0 -5 0.1 -0.5 363 2 0
Ray Nolting* 27 LH 11 11 78 373 1 0 4.8 33.9 7.1 3 36 12.0 0 0 0.3 3.3 409 1 0
Harry Clarke* 24 11 0 56 258 2 0 4.6 23.5 5.1 3 80 26.7 0 0 0.3 7.3 338 2 0
Bill Osmanski* 25 FB 8 6 50 192 3 68 3.8 24.0 6.3 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.6 205 3 0
George McAfee 22 RH 10 8 47 253 2 0 5.4 25.3 4.7 7 117 16.7 0 0 0.7 11.7 370 2 0
Sid Luckman* 24 QB 11 7 23 -65 0 0 -2.8 -5.9 2.1 -65 0 0
Bob Swisher* 26 9 0 15 70 0 0 4.7 7.8 1.7 2 106 53.0 0 0 0.2 11.8 176 0 0
Ray McLean* 25 10 0 14 10 1 5 0.7 1.0 1.4 6 138 23.0 2 0 0.6 13.8 148 3 0
Bernie Masterson* 29 7 2 10 -7 1 0 -0.7 -1.0 1.4 -7 1 0
Jack Manders 31 K 10 2 8 20 0 0 2.5 2.0 0.8 20 0 0
Solly Sherman* 23 7 2 8 10 0 0 1.3 1.4 1.1 10 0 0
Bob Snyder* 27 11 0 7 12 0 0 1.7 1.1 0.6 12 0 0
Bob Nowaskey* 22 10 2 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 5 105 21.0 2 0 0.5 10.5 109 2 0
Ken Kavanaugh* 24 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 276 23.0 3 74 1.1 25.1 276 3 0
Dick Plasman* 26 LE 11 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 245 22.3 2 0 1.0 22.3 245 2 0
Eggs Manske* 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 81 13.5 0 0 0.7 9.0 81 0 0
John Siegal* 22 8 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 53 13.3 0 0 0.5 6.6 53 0 0
George Wilson* 26 RE 11 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 90 22.5 1 0 0.4 8.2 90 1 0
Hampton Pool* 25 5 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 55 27.5 0 35 0.4 11.0 55 0 0
Team Total 25.3 11 494 1818 16 68 3.7 165.3 44.9 68 1401 20.6 10 74 6.2 127.4 3219 26 0
Opp Total 11 372 1003 7 2.7 91.2 33.8 133 1747 13.1 14 12.1 158.8 2750 21 0

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
Sid Luckman* 24 QB 11 7 27 1147 70 0 42.5
George McAfee 22 RH 10 8 22 851 79 0 38.7
Jack Manders 31 K 10 2 3 2 66.7% 18 17 94.4%
Bob Snyder* 27 11 0 4 1 25.0% 5 4 80.0% 5 176 48 0 35.2
Lee Artoe* 23 RT 11 7 1 1 100.0% 2 1 50.0%
Dick Plasman* 26 LE 11 8 3 3 100.0%
Joe Maniaci* 26 fb 11 4 2 1 50.0%
Phil Martinovich* 25 2 0 2 2 100.0%
Ray Nolting* 27 LH 11 11 2 68 38 0 34.0
Harry Clarke* 24 11 0 1 30 30 0 30.0
Bernie Masterson* 29 7 2 1 1 100.0%
Ray McLean* 25 10 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.3 11 10 6 60.0% 32 28 87.5% 57 2272 79 0 39.9
Opp Total 11 2 21 18 85.7%

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Harry Clarke* 24 11 0 4 62 1 0
Gary Famiglietti* 27 fb 11 2 4 18 0 0
Danny Fortmann*+ 24 LG 10 10 1 7 0 7
Sid Luckman* 24 QB 11 7 3 17 0 0
Jack Manders 31 K 10 2 1 27 0 27
Joe Maniaci* 26 fb 11 4 2 38 1 0
George McAfee 22 RH 10 8 4 50 0 0
Ray McLean* 25 10 0 1 5 0 5
Ray Nolting* 27 LH 11 11 3 18 0 0
Solly Sherman* 23 7 2 2 0 0 0
John Siegal* 22 8 3 1 20 0 20
Bulldog Turner* 21 C 11 9 1 9 0 9
Team Total 25.3 11 27 271 2 27
Opp Total 11 0 -11 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ray McLean* 25 10 0 1 2 1 4 1 25
Gary Famiglietti* 27 fb 11 2 4 4 24
Jack Manders 31 K 10 2 17 2 23
Joe Maniaci* 26 fb 11 4 2 1 3 1 19
Harry Clarke* 24 11 0 2 1 1 -1 3 18
Ken Kavanaugh* 24 11 0 3 3 18
George McAfee 22 RH 10 8 2 1 3 18
Bill Osmanski* 25 FB 8 6 3 3 18
Dick Plasman* 26 LE 11 8 2 2 3 15
Ray Nolting* 27 LH 11 11 1 1 2 12
Bob Nowaskey* 22 10 2 2 2 12
Bernie Masterson* 29 7 2 1 1 1 7
Bob Snyder* 27 11 0 4 1 7
Phil Martinovich* 25 2 0 2 6
John Siegal* 22 8 3 1 1 6
George Wilson* 26 RE 11 5 1 1 6
Lee Artoe* 23 RT 11 7 1 1 4
Team Total 25.3 11 16 10 1 2 2 2 -1 32 28 6 238
Opp Total 11 7 14 18 2 1 152