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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)

1940 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Starters

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Pos Age Yrs GS Summary of Player Stats Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
 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

LT Stan Andersen 23 Rook 5

Chicago Cardinals / 12th / 101st pick / 1940

LG Barney McGarry 23 1 11

Cleveland Rams / 6th / 43rd pick / 1939

C Jack Haman 22 Rook 9

Cleveland Rams / 3rd / 20th pick / 1940

RG Ted Livingston* 27 3 9
RT Elwyn Dunstan 25 2 6
RT Boyd Clay 25 Rook 5

Cleveland Rams / 11th / 95th pick / 1940

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

KR Chet Adams 25 1 11

Cleveland Rams / 12th / 103rd pick / 1939

Roster

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Age Pos G GS Wt Ht College/Univ BirthDate Yrs Drafted (tm/rnd/yr)
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