1940 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-3-0, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (8-3-0)

Points For: 238 (21.6/g) 2nd of 10

Points Against: 152 (13.8/g) 4th of 10

Expected W-L: 8.2-2.8

SRS: 9.03 (1st of 10), SOS: 1.21

Playoffs:
Won Championship 73-0 vs. Washington Redskins

Other Notable Asst.: Hunk Anderson (Line Coach) and Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Training Camp: St. John's Military Academy (Delafield, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	238	3219	665	4.8	15	0	141	68	171	1401	10	15	8.2		494	1818	16	3.7		0	605
Opp. Stats	152	2750	641	4.3	38	11		133	269	1747	14	27	6.5		372	1003	7	2.7		0	0
Lg Rank Offense	2	3			2	1	3		10	5	5	2	1		1	1	1	2
Lg Rank Defense	4	5			5	7	1		9	9	9	3	8		2	2	2	3

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
3	Sun	September 22	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	41	10	6	290	191	99	3	15	333	226	107	9
3	Wed	September 25	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	7	21	17	256	121	135	3	12	252	79	173	2
5	Sun	October 6	boxscore	W		2-1	@	Cleveland Rams	21	14	13	246	52	194	4	10	244	160	84
6	Sun	October 13	boxscore	W		3-1		Detroit Lions	7	0	10	210	15	195	4	13	173	66	107	2
7	Sun	October 20	boxscore	W		4-1		Brooklyn Dodgers	16	7	18	417	117	300	2	9	260	187	73	1
8	Sun	October 27	boxscore	W		5-1	@	New York Giants	37	21	12	246	171	75		21	326	252	74	6
9	Sun	November 3	boxscore	W		6-1		Green Bay Packers	14	7	13	246	59	187	4	11	202	146	56	5
10	Sun	November 10	boxscore	L		6-2	@	Detroit Lions	14	17	14	299	167	132	3	14	253	155	98	1
11	Sun	November 17	boxscore	L		6-3	@	Washington Redskins	3	7	16	300	151	149	3	11	169	125	44	2
12	Sun	November 24	boxscore	W		7-3		Cleveland Rams	47	25	15	440	295	145	2	11	280	203	77	4
13	Sun	December 1	boxscore	W		8-3		Chicago Cardinals	31	23	8	269	62	207	4	11	257	147	110
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		9-3	@	Washington Redskins	73	0	17	519	138	381	1	17	231	226	5	9

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	GWD	Awards
1	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	1	PB
2	Bernie Masterson	29		7	2	9	23	39.1	212	2	8.7	3	13.0		9.2	5.1	23.6	30.3	62.5	0	PB
3	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	0	PB
4	George McAfee	22	RH	10	8	4	11	36.4	50	2	18.2	0	0.0		4.5	8.2	12.5	5.0	90.9	0
5	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	0	PB
6	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	0	PB
7	Harry Clarke	24		11	0	0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	2	66.7		0.0	-30.0		0.0	0.0	0	PB
8	Bob Swisher	26		9	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	PB
	Team Totals			11	11	68	171	39.8	1401	10	5.8	15	8.8	74	8.2	5.4	20.6	127.4	52.3	1

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Sid Luckman	24	QB	1	1	1-0-0	3	4	75.0	88	1	25.0	35	22.0	27.0	29.3	88.0	156.2	0	0	0.00	22.00	27.0
2	Bob Snyder	27		1	0		3	3	100.0	31	0	0.0	20	10.3	10.3	10.3	31.0	109.7	1	10	25.00	5.25	5.3
3	George McAfee	22	RH	1	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0
4	Solly Sherman	23		1	0		1	2	50.0	0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	56.2	1	8	33.33	-2.67	-2.7
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	7	10	70.0	138	1	10.0	35	13.8	13.9	17.0	138.0	145.8	2	18	16.67	8.42	10.1

Rushing & Receiving

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						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Awards
1	Ray Nolting	27	LH	11	11	78	373	1		4.8	33.9	7.1	3	36	12.0	0		0.3	3.3	81	5.0	409	1	PB
2	George McAfee	22	RH	10	8	47	253	2		5.4	25.3	4.7	7	117	16.7	0		0.7	11.7	54	6.9	370	2
3	Joe Maniaci	26	FB	11	4	84	368	2		4.4	33.5	7.6	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	0.1	-0.5	85	4.3	363	2	PB
4	Harry Clarke	24		11	0	56	258	2		4.6	23.5	5.1	3	80	26.7	0		0.3	7.3	59	5.7	338	2	PB
5	Gary Famiglietti	27	FB	11	2	93	320	4		3.4	29.1	8.5	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.1	1.0	94	3.5	331	4	PB
6	Ken Kavanaugh	24		11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	276	23.0	3	74	1.1	25.1	12	23.0	276	3	PB
7	Dick Plasman	26	LE	11	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	245	22.3	2		1.0	22.3	11	22.3	245	2	PB
8	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	51	4.0	205	3	PB
9	Bob Swisher	26		9	0	15	70	0		4.7	7.8	1.7	2	106	53.0	0		0.2	11.8	17	10.4	176	0	PB
10	Ray McLean	25		10	0	14	10	1	5	0.7	1.0	1.4	6	138	23.0	2		0.6	13.8	20	7.4	148	3	PB
11	Bob Nowaskey	22		10	2	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.4	0.1	5	105	21.0	2		0.5	10.5	6	18.2	109	2	PB
12	George Wilson	26	RE	11	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	90	22.5	1		0.4	8.2	4	22.5	90	1	PB
13	Eggs Manske	28		9	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	81	13.5	0		0.7	9.0	6	13.5	81	0	PB
14	Hampton Pool	25		5	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	55	27.5	0	35	0.4	11.0	2	27.5	55	0	PB
15	John Siegal	22		8	3	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	4	53	13.3	0		0.5	6.6	4	13.3	53	0	PB
16	Jack Manders	31		10	2	8	20	0		2.5	2.0	0.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	2.5	20	0
17	Bob Snyder	27		11	0	7	12	0		1.7	1.1	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	1.7	12	0	PB
18	Solly Sherman	23		7	2	8	10	0		1.3	1.4	1.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.3	10	0	PB
19	Bernie Masterson	29		7	2	10	-7	1		-0.7	-1.0	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	-0.7	-7	1	PB
20	Sid Luckman	24	QB	11	7	23	-65	0		-2.8	-5.9	2.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	23	-2.8	-65	0	PB
	Team Totals			11	11	494	1818	16	68	3.7	165.3	44.9	68	1401	20.6	10	74	6.2	127.4	562	5.7	3219	26

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Bill Osmanski	25	FB	1	1	10	109	1	68	10.9	109.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	10.9	109	1	1
2	Joe Maniaci	26	FB	1	0	6	60	1	42	10.0	60.0	6.0	3	39	13.0	0	24	3.0	39.0	9	11.0	99	1	0
3	Harry Clarke	24		1	0	8	73	2	44	9.1	73.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	9.1	73	2	0
4	Ray Nolting	27	LH	1	1	13	68	1	23	5.2	68.0	13.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	5.2	68	1	0
5	Bob Swisher	26		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	35	35.0	0	35	1.0	35.0	1	35.0	35	0	0
6	George McAfee	22	RH	1	1	7	33	0	7	4.7	33.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	4.7	33	0	0
7	Ken Kavanaugh	24		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	32	16.0	1	28	2.0	32.0	2	16.0	32	1	0
8	Ray McLean	25		1	0	2	22	0	19	11.0	22.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	11.0	22	0	1
9	Gary Famiglietti	27	FB	1	0	4	20	1	11	5.0	20.0	4.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	5.0	20	1	0
10	Joe Mihal	24		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	13	13.0	0	13	1.0	13.0	1	13.0	13	0	0
11	Bob Nowaskey	22		1	1	1	6	0	6	6.0	6.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	6.0	6	0	0
12	Sid Luckman	24	QB	1	1	1	1	1	1	1.0	1.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	1.0	1	1	1
13	Jack Manders	31		1	0	2	1	0	1	0.5	1.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	0.5	1	0	0
14	Bob Snyder	27		1	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-5.0	-5	0	0
15	Solly Sherman	23		1	0	2	-6	0		-3.0	-6.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-3.0	-6	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	57	382	7	68	6.7	381.0	53.0	7	119	17.0	1	35	7.0	119.0	64	7.8	501	8	3

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						Def Interceptions
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Nolting	27	LH	11	11	3	18	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
2	Danny Fortmann	24	LG	10	10	1	7	0	7	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Bulldog Turner	21	C	11	9	1	9	0	9	0	0.0	0	PB
4	George McAfee	22	RH	10	8	4	50	0	0	0	0.0	0
5	Sid Luckman	24	QB	11	7	3	17	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
6	Joe Maniaci	26	FB	11	4	2	38	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
7	John Siegal	22		8	3	1	20	0	20	1	0.0	0	PB
8	Gary Famiglietti	27	FB	11	2	4	18	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
9	Jack Manders	31		10	2	1	27	0	27	0	0.0	0
10	Solly Sherman	23		7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Harry Clarke	24		11	0	4	62	1	0	1	0.0	0	PB
12	Ray McLean	25		10	0	1	5	0	5	0	0.0	0	PB
	Team Totals			11	11	27	271	1	27	2	0.0	0

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Sid Luckman	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-14	0	0.0	0	0
2	George McAfee	22	RH	1	1	1	34	1	34	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	George Musso	30	RG	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Ray Nolting	27	LH	1	1	1	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Bill Osmanski	25	FB	1	1	1	7	0	7	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Joe Stydahar	28	LT	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Bulldog Turner	21	C	1	1	1	24	1	24	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Joe Maniaci	26	FB	1	0	2	32	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
9	Ray McLean	25		1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
10	Joe Mihal	24		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
11	Hampton Pool	25		1	0	1	15	1	15	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
12	Jack Torrance	28		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	8	117	3	34	0	3	2	-14	0	2.0	0	0

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