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1940 Cleveland Rams

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Record: 4-6-1, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 171 points (15.5/g), 5th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 191 points (17.4/g), 8th.
 Differential of -20 points (-1.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 4.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +14 (1.3/g), 6th.

Coached by Dutch Clark

Training Camp: Baldwin-Wallace College (Berea, Ohio)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 171 2724 611 4.5 113 109 247 1582 12 25 6.4 364 1142 11 3.1 113 25 0
Team Defense 191 3102 714 4.3 99 247 1490 13 25 6.0 467 1612 9 3.5 39 14
Lg Rank Offense 5 5 8 3 4 4 6 4 9 8 4 8 6 1
Lg Rank Defense 8 10 1 6 7 8 4 5 10 9 5 8 4 4

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 22 boxscore W 1-0 Philadelphia Eagles 21 13 9 229 107 122 1 11 239 196 43 4
3 Sun September 29 boxscore L 1-1 @ Detroit Lions 0 6 5 146 106 40 8 13 226 54 172 5
3 Sun October 6 boxscore L 1-2 Chicago Bears 14 21 10 233 158 75 3 13 240 53 187 4
4 Sun October 13 boxscore L 1-3 @ Green Bay Packers 14 31 16 342 265 77 5 18 413 327 86 5
5 Sun October 20 boxscore W 2-3 Chicago Cardinals 26 14 7 330 177 153 3 12 259 63 196 6
8 Sun October 27 boxscore L 2-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 7 17 8 147 54 93 4 14 223 77 146 4
7 Sun November 3 boxscore W 3-4 Detroit Lions 24 0 16 308 131 177 1 12 261 149 112 6
8 Sun November 10 boxscore W 4-4 @ New York Giants 13 0 4 120 36 84 2 15 246 44 202 4
9 Sun November 17 boxscore L 4-5 @ Brooklyn Dodgers 14 29 15 285 145 140 5 9 240 114 126 3
10 Sun November 24 boxscore L 4-6 @ Chicago Bears 25 47 11 282 209 73 4 15 429 295 134 2
11 Sun December 1 boxscore T 4-6-1 Green Bay Packers 13 13 10 228 148 80 4 18 364 156 208 3

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Parker Hall 24 P/TB 11 7 77 183 42.1 1108 7 3.8 16 8.7 0 6.1 2.9 14.4 100.7 38.7 0 0
Marty Slovak 24 tb 9 4 17 28 60.7 234 0 0.0 4 14.3 0 8.4 1.9 13.8 26.0 47.9 0 0
Gaylon Smith 24 BB 11 8 10 18 55.6 150 2 11.1 2 11.1 38 8.3 5.6 15.0 13.6 80.6 0 0
Ken Heineman 22 3 0 3 8 37.5 74 1 12.5 1 12.5 0 9.3 6.1 24.7 24.7 71.9 0 0
Johnny Drake*+ 24 FB 11 8 2 4 50.0 16 2 50.0 0 0.0 9 4.0 14.0 8.0 1.5 100.0 0 0
Jim Gillette 23 4 0 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 2 50.0 0 0.0 -22.5 0.0 0.0 0 0
Fred Gehrke 22 3 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Vic Spadaccini* 24 b 9 3 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0
Team Total 24.1 11 109 247 44.1 1582 12 4.9 25 10.1 38 6.4 2.8 14.5 143.8 42.2 0 0
Opp Total 11 99 247 40.1 1490 13 5.3 25 10.1 6.0 2.53 15.1 135.5 38.6 0 0 6.0 2.5 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
Johnny Drake*+ 24 FB 11 8 134 480 9 0 3.6 43.6 12.2 8 81 10.1 0 0 0.7 7.4 561 9 0
Parker Hall 24 P/TB 11 7 94 365 1 0 3.9 33.2 8.5 365 1 0
Marty Slovak 24 tb 9 4 53 129 1 0 2.4 14.3 5.9 129 1 0
Olie Cordill* 24 WB 10 7 24 73 0 0 3.0 7.3 2.4 14 158 11.3 2 26 1.4 15.8 231 2 0
Gaylon Smith 24 BB 11 8 19 18 0 0 0.9 1.6 1.7 2 65 32.5 0 0 0.2 5.9 83 0 0
Len Janiak 25 b 11 3 19 44 0 0 2.3 4.0 1.7 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.3 47 0 0
Dante Magnani 23 hb 11 4 7 19 0 0 2.7 1.7 0.6 11 119 10.8 1 25 1.0 10.8 138 1 0
Ken Heineman 22 3 0 6 -5 0 0 -0.8 -1.7 2.0 -5 0 0
Paul McDonough 24 RE 11 7 2 5 0 0 2.5 0.5 0.2 12 315 26.3 1 65 1.1 28.6 320 1 0
Jim Benton 24 LE 10 5 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 22 351 16.0 3 0 2.2 35.1 351 3 0
Maury Patt 25 e 10 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 2 52 26.0 1 0 0.2 5.2 52 1 0
Hank Rockwell 23 g 11 2 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.5 0.1 1 5 5.0 1 5 0.1 0.5 10 1 0
Elwyn Dunstan 25 RT 10 6 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.4 0.1 4 0 0
Jim Gillette 23 4 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
Mike Rodak 23 1 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4.0 1.0 4 0 0
Vic Spadaccini* 24 b 9 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 22 276 12.5 2 0 2.4 30.7 276 2 0
Johnny Wilson 25 e 10 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 93 13.3 1 0 0.7 9.3 93 1 0
Chet Adams 25 K/KR/le/LT/PR 11 11 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 28 9.3 0 0 0.3 2.5 28 0 0
Earl Crowder 25 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 33 16.5 0 0 0.7 11.0 33 0 0
Fred Gehrke 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.3 -0.7 -2 0 0
Jack Haman 22 C 11 9 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.5 5 0 0
Team Total 24.1 11 364 1142 11 5 3.1 103.8 33.1 109 1582 14.5 12 65 9.9 143.8 2724 23 0
Opp Total 11 467 1612 9 3.5 146.5 42.5 99 1490 15.1 13 9.0 135.5 3102 22 0

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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
Parker Hall 24 P/TB 11 7 57 2489 75 0 43.7
Chet Adams 25 K/KR/le/LT/PR 11 11 5 1 20.0% 9 7 77.8%
Gaylon Smith 24 BB 11 8 11 391 62 0 35.5
Vic Spadaccini* 24 b 9 3 7 5 71.4%
Johnny Drake*+ 24 FB 11 8 1 0.0% 5 2 40.0%
Olie Cordill* 24 WB 10 7 5 224 47 0 44.8
Ken Heineman 22 3 0 1 1 100.0% 2 63 34 0 31.5
Pete Gudauskas 24 1 0 2 1 50.0%
Boyd Clay 25 rt 11 5 1 0.0%
Len Janiak 25 b 11 3 1 30 30 0 30.0
Dante Magnani 23 hb 11 4 1 33 33 0 33.0
Team Total 24.1 11 7 1 14.3% 24 16 66.7% 77 3230 75 0 41.9
Opp Total 11 7 25 20 80.0%

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Jack Haman 22 C 11 9 5 80 1 35 0
Dante Magnani 23 hb 11 4 3 59 0 0 0
Hank Rockwell 23 g 11 2 3 7 0 0 0
Gaylon Smith 24 BB 11 8 3 48 0 0 0
Vic Spadaccini* 24 b 9 3 3 83 1 60 0
Parker Hall 24 P/TB 11 7 2 0 0 0 0
Marty Slovak 24 tb 9 4 2 20 0 0 0
Bill Conkright 26 c 2 2 1 0 0 0 0
Olie Cordill* 24 WB 10 7 1 2 0 2 0
Johnny Drake*+ 24 FB 11 8 1 2 0 2 0
Ken Heineman 22 3 0 1 5 0 5 0
Team Total 24.1 11 25 306 2 60 0
Opp Total 11 0 -14

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Johnny Drake*+ 24 FB 11 8 9 9 2 56
Vic Spadaccini* 24 b 9 3 2 1 3 5 23
Jim Benton 24 LE 10 5 3 3 18
Olie Cordill* 24 WB 10 7 2 2 12
Chet Adams 25 K/KR/le/LT/PR 11 11 7 1 10
Parker Hall 24 P/TB 11 7 1 1 6
Jack Haman 22 C 11 9 1 1 6
Dante Magnani 23 hb 11 4 1 1 6
Paul McDonough 24 RE 11 7 1 1 6
Maury Patt 25 e 10 1 1 1 6
Hank Rockwell 23 g 11 2 1 1 6
Marty Slovak 24 tb 9 4 1 1 6
Johnny Wilson 25 e 10 4 1 1 6
Pete Gudauskas 24 1 0 1 1
Ken Heineman 22 3 0 1 1
Team Total 24.1 11 11 12 2 25 16 1 169
Opp Total 11 9 13 20 7 191