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1940 NFL Weekly League Schedule
Week-by-Week Games
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sun | September 8 | box | T | Pittsburgh Pirates | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 129 | 3 | 192 | 4 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24 | 17 | 369 | 2 | 276 | 3 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Philadelphia Eagles | 27 | 20 | 266 | 1 | 218 | 4 | |
| 1 | Sun | September 15 | box | T | Pittsburgh Pirates | New York Giants | 10 | 10 | 197 | 3 | 215 | 2 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 2 | Sun | September 15 | box | T | Detroit Lions | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 1 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | Green Bay Packers | 41 | 10 | 288 | 3 | 341 | 9 |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | Washington Redskins | New York Giants | 21 | 7 | 173 | 2 | 285 | 5 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | Pittsburgh Pirates | @ | Detroit Lions | 10 | 7 | 209 | 1 | 231 | 4 |
| 2 | Sun | September 22 | box | W | Cleveland Rams | Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 13 | 229 | 1 | 239 | 4 | |
| 2 | Wed | September 25 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | Chicago Bears | 21 | 7 | 256 | 2 | 256 | 3 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 3 | Sat | September 28 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 20 | 14 | 235 | 0 | 213 | 1 |
| 2 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | @ | Pittsburgh Pirates | 10 | 3 | 315 | 2 | 188 | 3 |
| 3 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Cleveland Rams | 6 | 0 | 226 | 5 | 146 | 8 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 4 | Sun | September 29 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Chicago Cardinals | 31 | 6 | 332 | 3 | 224 | 6 | |
| 3 | Fri | October 4 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | Philadelphia Eagles | 30 | 17 | 249 | 1 | 152 | 3 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 5 | Sat | October 5 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Chicago Cardinals | 43 | 14 | 243 | 5 | 145 | 10 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | Cleveland Rams | 21 | 14 | 240 | 4 | 233 | 3 |
| 5 | Sun | October 6 | box | W | Washington Redskins | @ | Pittsburgh Pirates | 40 | 10 | 333 | 1 | 188 | 4 |
| 4 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | Pittsburgh Pirates | 21 | 0 | 240 | 2 | 213 | 3 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Detroit Lions | 7 | 0 | 210 | 4 | 173 | 2 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Cleveland Rams | 31 | 14 | 413 | 5 | 342 | 5 | |
| 4 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | New York Giants | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 7 | 276 | 3 | 117 | 1 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 6 | Sun | October 13 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Chicago Cardinals | 28 | 21 | 440 | 5 | 209 | 2 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | New York Giants | Pittsburgh Pirates | 12 | 0 | 300 | 6 | 148 | 4 | |
| 5 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Brooklyn Dodgers | 16 | 7 | 417 | 2 | 261 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | Green Bay Packers | 23 | 14 | 277 | 4 | 301 | 9 |
| 6 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | Washington Redskins | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 34 | 17 | 380 | 4 | 276 | 4 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 7 | Sun | October 20 | box | W | Cleveland Rams | Chicago Cardinals | 26 | 14 | 330 | 3 | 259 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sat | October 26 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 7 | 221 | 1 | 257 | 2 |
| 6 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | Pittsburgh Pirates | 24 | 3 | 296 | 3 | 95 | 5 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | New York Giants | 37 | 21 | 245 | 0 | 326 | 6 |
| 7 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | Washington Redskins | @ | Detroit Lions | 20 | 14 | 271 | 7 | 330 | 7 |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 8 | Sun | October 27 | box | W | Chicago Cardinals | Cleveland Rams | 17 | 7 | 223 | 4 | 147 | 4 | |
| 7 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | New York Giants | @ | Brooklyn Dodgers | 10 | 7 | 174 | 2 | 263 | 3 |
| 7 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Green Bay Packers | 14 | 7 | 246 | 4 | 208 | 5 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | Cleveland Rams | Detroit Lions | 24 | 0 | 308 | 1 | 261 | 6 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 9 | Sun | November 3 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Pittsburgh Pirates | 37 | 10 | 371 | 0 | 289 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | Pittsburgh Pirates | Philadelphia Eagles | 7 | 3 | 171 | 2 | 129 | 1 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | Cleveland Rams | @ | New York Giants | 13 | 0 | 120 | 2 | 246 | 4 |
| 8 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | Detroit Lions | Chicago Bears | 17 | 14 | 253 | 1 | 299 | 3 | |
| 8 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | Washington Redskins | 16 | 14 | 167 | 1 | 331 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 10 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 28 | 7 | 388 | 1 | 189 | 5 |
| 9 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Chicago Bears | 7 | 3 | 169 | 2 | 297 | 3 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | New York Giants | Green Bay Packers | 7 | 3 | 120 | 1 | 227 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | Cleveland Rams | 29 | 14 | 240 | 3 | 285 | 5 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 10 | Sun | November 17 | box | W | Detroit Lions | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 21 | 0 | 397 | 3 | 129 | 4 |
| 10 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | Chicago Cardinals | 14 | 9 | 222 | 5 | 287 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Cleveland Rams | 47 | 25 | 429 | 2 | 282 | 4 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | New York Giants | Washington Redskins | 21 | 7 | 221 | 0 | 194 | 6 | |
| Week | Day | Date | Winner/tie | Loser/tie | PtsW | PtsL | YdsW | TOW | YdsL | TOL | |||
| 11 | Sun | November 24 | box | W | Green Bay Packers | @ | Detroit Lions | 50 | 7 | 314 | 0 | 253 | 7 |
| 10 | Thu | November 28 | box | W | Philadelphia Eagles | Pittsburgh Pirates | 7 | 0 | 120 | 1 | 130 | 6 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | Brooklyn Dodgers | @ | New York Giants | 14 | 6 | 340 | 3 | 163 | 2 |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | Chicago Bears | Chicago Cardinals | 31 | 23 | 254 | 4 | 240 | 2 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | box | T | Cleveland Rams | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 13 | 228 | 4 | 364 | 3 | |
| 11 | Sun | December 1 | box | W | Washington Redskins | Philadelphia Eagles | 13 | 6 | 256 | 3 | 332 | 1 | |
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| ConfChamp | December 8 | box | W | Chicago Bears | @ | Washington Redskins | 73 | 0 | 519 | 1 | 231 | 9 |