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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 (4-6-1)
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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 | Parker Hall | 24 | 1 | 7 | 94 rushes for 365 yards, 1 td, & 0 catches for 0 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| FB | Johnny Drake*+ | 24 | 3 | 8 | 134 rushes for 480 yards, 9 td, & 8 catches for 81 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1937 |
| BB | Gaylon Smith | 24 | 1 | 8 | 19 rushes for 18 yards, 0 td, & 2 catches for 65 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| WB | Olie Cordill* | 24 | Rook | 7 | 24 rushes for 73 yards, 0 td, & 14 catches for 158 yards and 2 td | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1940 |
| LE | Jim Benton | 24 | 2 | 5 | 22 catches for 351 yards, 3 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| LE | Chet Adams | 25 | 1 | 11 | 3 catches for 28 yards, 0 td | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| LT | Chet Adams | 25 | 1 | 11 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
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| LT | Stan Andersen | 23 | Rook | 5 | Chicago Cardinals / 12th / 101st pick / 1940 |
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| LG | Barney McGarry | 23 | 1 | 11 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939 |
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| C | Jack Haman | 22 | Rook | 9 | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 20th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | Ted Livingston* | 27 | 3 | 9 | ||
| RT | Elwyn Dunstan | 25 | 2 | 6 | ||
| RT | Boyd Clay | 25 | Rook | 5 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 95th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | Paul McDonough | 24 | 2 | 7 | 12 catches for 315 yards, 1 td, & 2 rushes for 5 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 74th pick / 1938 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Chet Adams | 25 | 1 | 11 | 1 of 5 field goals & 7 of 9 extra points | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| P | Parker Hall | 24 | 1 | 7 | 57 punts for a 43.7 average, 0 blocked | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Chet Adams | 25 | 1 | 11 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
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| KR | Chet Adams | 25 | 1 | 11 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Chet Adams | 25 | T-E-DT | 11 | 11 | 233 | 6-3 | Ohio | 10/24/1915 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939 |
| Stan Andersen | 23 | T-E | 11 | 5 | 218 | 6-2 | Stanford | 9/14/1917 | Rook | Chicago Cardinals / 12th / 101st pick / 1940 |
| Jim Benton | 24 | E | 10 | 5 | 200 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 9/25/1916 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 11th pick / 1938 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 25 | E | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 1 | |
| Boyd Clay | 25 | T | 11 | 5 | 220 | 6-1 | Tennessee | 5/6/1915 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 95th pick / 1940 |
| Bill Conkright | 26 | C-LB-E-DE | 2 | 2 | 203 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 4/17/1914 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 48th pick / 1937 |
| Olie Cordill* | 24 | WB-HB-P | 10 | 7 | 190 | 6-2 | Rice | 4/28/1916 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 5th pick / 1940 |
| Earl Crowder | 25 | BB | 3 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Oklahoma | 1/21/1915 | 1 | Chicago Cardinals / 10th / 82nd pick / 1939 |
| Johnny Drake*+ | 24 | B | 11 | 8 | 213 | 6-1 | Purdue | 3/27/1916 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1937 |
| Elwyn Dunstan | 25 | T | 10 | 6 | 238 | 6-3 | Portland | 2/4/1915 | 2 | |
| Fred Gehrke | 22 | HB | 3 | 0 | 189 | 5-11 | Utah | 4/24/1918 | Rook | |
| Jim Gillette | 23 | HB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Virginia | 12/19/1917 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 18th / 169th pick / 1940 |
| Shag Goolsby | 23 | C | 8 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | Mississippi State | 7/24/1917 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 105th pick / 1940 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 24 | G | 1 | 0 | 222 | 6-2 | Murray State | 10/19/1916 | Rook | |
| Parker Hall | 24 | TB-HB | 11 | 7 | 198 | 6-0 | Mississippi | 12/10/1916 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 3rd pick / 1939 |
| Jack Haman | 22 | C | 11 | 9 | 215 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 8/18/1918 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 20th pick / 1940 |
| Ken Heineman | 22 | TB | 3 | 0 | 168 | 5-9 | Texas-El Paso | 1/13/1918 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 45th pick / 1940 |
| Len Janiak | 25 | B | 11 | 3 | 203 | 6-1 | Ohio | 10/29/1915 | 1 | Brooklyn Dodgers / 6th / 45th pick / 1939 |
| Michael Kinek | 23 | E | 2 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Michigan State | 8/11/1917 | Rook | |
| Ted Livingston* | 27 | T-G | 9 | 9 | 219 | 6-3 | Indiana,Kansas State | 2/18/1913 | 3 | |
| Dante Magnani | 23 | HB-WB | 11 | 4 | 182 | 5-10 | St. Mary's (CA) | 3/16/1917 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 19th / 175th pick / 1940 |
| Riley Matheson | 26 | G | 11 | 0 | 207 | 6-2 | Cameron,Texas-El Paso | 12/12/1914 | 1 | |
| Paul McDonough | 24 | E | 11 | 7 | 222 | 6-4 | Utah | 12/14/1916 | 2 | Pittsburgh Pirates / 9th / 74th pick / 1938 |
| Barney McGarry | 23 | G | 11 | 11 | 203 | 6-1 | Utah | 12/24/1917 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939 |
| Harvey Murphy | 25 | E | 2 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Mississippi | 8/24/1915 | Rook | |
| Jack Nix | 23 | WB | 1 | 0 | 175 | 6-0 | Mississippi State | 11/9/1917 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 17th / 155th pick / 1940 |
| Glenn Olson | 25 | BB | 2 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Iowa | 3/14/1915 | Rook | |
| Maury Patt | 25 | E | 10 | 1 | 205 | 6-2 | Carnegie Mellon | 1/31/1915 | 2 | Detroit Lions / 5th / 47th pick / 1937 |
| Phil Ragazzo | 25 | T-G | 1 | 0 | 216 | 6-0 | Case Western Reserve | 6/24/1915 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 8th / 67th pick / 1938 |
| Hank Rockwell | 23 | G | 11 | 2 | 231 | 6-4 | Arizona State | 2/10/1917 | Rook | |
| Mike Rodak | 23 | BB-G | 1 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | Case Western Reserve | 2/11/1917 | 1 | |
| Fred Shirey | 24 | T | 6 | 0 | 223 | 6-2 | Nebraska,Washington & Jefferson | 1/12/1916 | Rook | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 32nd pick / 1938 |
| Marty Slovak | 24 | TB-DB | 9 | 4 | 179 | 5-9 | Toledo | 12/25/1916 | 1 | |
| Gaylon Smith | 24 | FB-WB-BB-DB-LB | 11 | 8 | 202 | 5-11 | Rhodes | 7/15/1916 | 1 | Cleveland Rams / 2nd / 13th pick / 1939 |
| Vic Spadaccini* | 24 | B | 9 | 3 | 222 | 6-0 | Minnesota | 3/2/1916 | 2 | Cleveland Rams / 12th / 101st pick / 1938 |
| Ralph Stevenson | 23 | G-LB | 3 | 0 | 196 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 4/11/1917 | Rook | Cleveland Rams / 18th / 165th pick / 1940 |
| Johnny Wilson | 25 | E | 10 | 4 | 203 | 6-3 | Case Western Reserve | 11/2/1915 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 24.1 | 11 | 204.7 | 6-0.9 | 0.9 |