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1940 New York Giants
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Record: 6-4-1, Finished 3rd in NFL East Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 131 points (11.9/g), 8th of 10 in the NFL.
Allowed 133 points (12.1/g), 2nd.
Differential of -2 points (-0.2/g), 5th.
Expected W-L: 5.4-5.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +19 (1.7/g), 4th.
Coached by Steve Owen (6-4-1)
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1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| TB | Eddie Miller | 24 | 1 | 6 | 65 rushes for 206 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Tuffy Leemans | 28 | 4 | 2 | 132 rushes for 474 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 2nd / 18th pick / 1936 |
| FB | Walt Nielsen | 23 | Rook | 5 | 73 rushes for 269 yards, 1 td, & 2 catches for 17 yards and 0 td | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1939 |
| BB | Nello Falaschi | 27 | 2 | 9 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 9 yards and 0 td | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1937 |
| WB | Ward Cuff | 27 | 3 | 8 | 15 rushes for 86 yards, 1 td, & 13 catches for 220 yards and 1 td | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| WB | Lee Shaffer | 28 | 5 | 5 | 7 rushes for 20 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 121 yards and 2 td | |
| LE | Jim Poole* | 25 | 3 | 11 | 10 catches for 156 yards, 3 td | New York Giants / 7th / 64th pick / 1937 |
| LT | Frank Cope* | 25 | 2 | 8 | ||
| LG | Orville Tuttle | 28 | 3 | 11 | ||
| C | Mel Hein*+ | 31 | 9 | 11 | ||
| RG | Johnny Dell Isola | 28 | 6 | 7 | ||
| RT | John Mellus | 23 | 2 | 8 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
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| RE | Jim Lee Howell | 25 | 3 | 9 | 14 catches for 255 yards, 2 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Ward Cuff | 27 | 3 | 8 | 5 of 8 field goals & 9 of 9 extra points | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| P | Len Barnum | 28 | 2 | 3 | 39 punts for a 40.3 average, 0 blocked | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 12th pick / 1936 |
| PR | Len Barnum | 28 | 2 | 3 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 12th pick / 1936 |
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| KR | Len Barnum | 28 | 2 | 3 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 12th pick / 1936 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Len Barnum | 28 | B | 10 | 3 | 200 | 6-0 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 9/18/1912 | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 2nd / 12th pick / 1936 |
| Pete Cole | 24 | G-T | 9 | 0 | 222 | 5-11 | Trinity (TX) | 5/5/1916 | 3 | |
| Frank Cope* | 25 | T | 11 | 8 | 225 | 6-2 | Santa Clara | 11/19/1915 | 2 | |
| Ward Cuff | 27 | WB-QB-HB | 8 | 8 | 192 | 6-1 | Marquette | 8/12/1913 | 3 | New York Giants / 4th / 34th pick / 1937 |
| Johnny Dell Isola | 28 | G-C | 10 | 7 | 201 | 5-11 | Fordham | 2/12/1912 | 6 | |
| Jerry Dennerlein | 25 | T | 11 | 3 | 235 | 6-2 | St. Mary's (CA) | 12/1/1915 | 3 | New York Giants / 3rd / 24th pick / 1937 |
| Gil Duggan | 26 | T | 10 | 0 | 229 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 12/26/1914 | Rook | New York Giants / 15th / 140th pick / 1939 |
| Kay Eakin | 23 | HB | 7 | 1 | 180 | 6-0 | Arkansas | 8/3/1917 | Rook | Pittsburgh Pirates / 1st / 3rd pick / 1940 |
| Monk Edwards | 20 | G-C-T | 9 | 0 | 213 | 6-3 | Baylor | 7/19/1920 | Rook | New York Giants / 18th / 170th pick / 1940 |
| Nello Falaschi | 27 | BB | 11 | 9 | 195 | 6-0 | Santa Clara | 3/19/1913 | 2 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 16th pick / 1937 |
| Chuck Gelatka | 26 | E | 10 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Mississippi State | 1/28/1914 | 3 | New York Giants / 10th / 94th pick / 1937 |
| Wendell Goldsmith | 23 | C | 1 | 0 | 202 | 6-0 | Emporia State | 12/15/1917 | Rook | |
| Max Harrison | 19 | E | 8 | 2 | 208 | 6-1 | Auburn | 1/29/1921 | Rook | |
| Mel Hein*+ | 31 | C-LB | 11 | 11 | 225 | 6-2 | Washington State | 8/22/1909 | 9 | |
| Jack Hinkle | 23 | B | 3 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Syracuse | 10/31/1917 | Rook | |
| Jim Lee Howell | 25 | E | 11 | 9 | 210 | 6-5 | Arkansas | 3/9/1915 | 3 | |
| Jiggs Kline | 27 | E | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-1 | Emporia State | 10/22/1913 | 1 | |
| Grenny Lansdell | 22 | HB | 2 | 1 | 190 | 6-0 | USC | 7/16/1918 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1940 |
| Tuffy Leemans | 28 | FB-TB-DB-QB | 10 | 2 | 195 | 6-0 | George Washington,Oregon | 11/12/1912 | 4 | New York Giants / 2nd / 18th pick / 1936 |
| Kayo Lunday | 28 | G-LB-C | 10 | 0 | 217 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 8/13/1912 | 3 | |
| Ed McGee | 24 | T | 3 | 0 | 224 | 6-1 | Temple | 2/26/1916 | Rook | New York Giants / 12th / 110th pick / 1940 |
| John McLaughry | 23 | BB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Brown | 4/8/1917 | Rook | New York Giants / 3rd / 25th pick / 1940 |
| John Mellus | 23 | T | 8 | 8 | 214 | 6-0 | Villanova | 6/16/1917 | 2 | New York Giants / 9th / 78th pick / 1938 |
| Eddie Miller | 24 | TB-QB-DB | 8 | 6 | 165 | 5-10 | New Mexico State | 2/17/1916 | 1 | |
| Ken Moore | 23 | G | 8 | 0 | 212 | 6-0 | West Virginia Wesleyan | 5/22/1917 | Rook | |
| Walt Nielsen | 23 | FB | 9 | 5 | 220 | 6-3 | Arizona | 2/4/1917 | Rook | New York Giants / 1st / 10th pick / 1939 |
| Doug Oldershaw* | 25 | G-E | 11 | 4 | 195 | 6-0 | California-Santa Barbara | 7/6/1915 | 1 | New York Giants / 11th / 98th pick / 1938 |
| Al Owen | 27 | HB | 5 | 0 | 194 | 6-0 | Mercer,St. Lawrence | 2/16/1913 | 1 | |
| Bolo Perdue | 24 | DE-E | 10 | 0 | 170 | 5-10 | Arkansas,Duke | 5/10/1916 | Rook | Washington Redskins / 16th / 148th pick / 1940 |
| Jim Poole* | 25 | E | 11 | 11 | 218 | 6-2 | Mississippi | 9/9/1915 | 3 | New York Giants / 7th / 64th pick / 1937 |
| Dom Principe | 23 | B-LB | 6 | 1 | 205 | 6-0 | Fordham | 2/9/1917 | Rook | New York Giants / 9th / 80th pick / 1940 |
| Lee Shaffer | 28 | B | 11 | 5 | 203 | 6-2 | Kansas State | 5/9/1912 | 5 | |
| Hank Soar | 26 | B | 11 | 3 | 205 | 6-2 | Providence | 8/17/1914 | 3 | |
| Carl Tomasello | 23 | E | 1 | 0 | 210 | 6-0 | Scranton | 1/26/1917 | Rook | New York Giants / 5th / 40th pick / 1940 |
| Orville Tuttle | 28 | G | 11 | 11 | 210 | 5-9 | Oklahoma City,Phillips | 9/18/1912 | 3 | |
| Ed Widseth | 30 | T | 11 | 3 | 223 | 6-1 | Minnesota,Minnesota-Crookston | 1/5/1910 | 3 | New York Giants / 1st / 4th pick / 1937 |
| Team Total | 25.1 | 11 | 205.2 | 6-0.8 | 1.8 |