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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)
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1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1940 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 7 | CHI | Bulldog Turner HOF | C | 13 | 1940 | 1952 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 138 | 1 | 48 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | Hardin-Simmons | |||||
| 3 | 22 | CHI | Ken Kavanaugh | E | 8 | 1940 | 1950 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 90 | 162 | 3626 | 50 | LSU | ||||||||
| 5 | 37 | CHI | Ed Kolman | T | 6 | 1940 | 1949 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 66 | Temple | |||||||||||
| 6 | 47 | CHI | John Woudenberg | T | 7 | 1940 | 1949 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 83 | 1 | -1 | 0 | St. Mary's (CA) | ||||||||
| 7 | 57 | CHI | Len Akin | G | 1 | 1942 | 1942 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | Baylor | |||||||||||
| 8 | 67 | CHI | Jim Fordham | FB | 2 | 1944 | 1945 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 118 | 534 | 5 | 5 | 47 | 0 | Georgia | |||||
| 9 | 77 | CHI | Hampton Pool | E | 5 | 1940 | 1946 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 37 | 38 | 903 | 11 | Stanford | ||||||||
| 10 | 87 | CHI | Tom Pace | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Utah | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 97 | CHI | Lee Artoe | T | 7 | 1940 | 1948 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 84 | California | |||||||||||
| 12 | 107 | CHI | Bill McCubbin | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kentucky | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 117 | CHI | Harry Clarke | HB | 7 | 1940 | 1948 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 74 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 390 | 1711 | 10 | 51 | 1022 | 11 | West Virginia |
| 14 | 127 | CHI | Frank Crisci | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Case Western Reserve | |||||||||||||||
| 15 | 137 | CHI | Sherm Barnes | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Baylor | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 147 | CHI | Al Christianson | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Knox | |||||||||||||||
| 17 | 157 | CHI | Wilbur White | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bradley | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 167 | CHI | Ralph Schlosser | C | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gonzaga | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 177 | CHI | John Popov | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cincinnati | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 187 | CHI | Young Bussey | QB | 1 | 1941 | 1941 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 13 | 40 | 353 | 5 | 3 | 13 | -27 | 0 | LSU | |||
| 21 | 192 | CHI | Ray McLean | HB | 8 | 1940 | 1947 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 76 | 152 | 412 | 5 | 103 | 2232 | 21 | St. Anselm | |||||
| 22 | 197 | CHI | Walt Kichefski | E | 4 | 1940 | 1944 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 43 | 30 | 411 | 1 | Miami (FL) | ||||||||