1940 Brooklyn Dodgers Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-3)
Location: Brooklyn, New York
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers RosterTeam Record: 8-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's East Division
Coach: Jock Sutherland (8-3)
Location: Brooklyn, New York
1940 Brooklyn Dodgers Results
The Brooklyn Dodgers of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's East Division.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Dodgers allowed 120 points, lowest in the league. Brooklyn racked up 186 points. Banks McFadden ran for a team-best 411 yards, while Pug Manders also buoyed the ground attack.
Ace Parker threw for 817 yards. Perry Schwartz snagged 21 passes for 370 yards.
Ace Parker picked off 6 passes.
Jock Sutherland coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 111 | 49 | 44.1 | 817 | 7.4 | 10 | 9.0 | 7 | 6.3 | 0 | 73.3 |
| Dick Cassiano | 30 | 9 | 30.0 | 128 | 4.3 | 1 | 3.3 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 28.2 |
| George Cafego | 17 | 7 | 41.2 | 105 | 6.2 | 1 | 5.9 | 2 | 11.8 | 0 | 42.2 |
| Banks McFadden | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 103 | 12.9 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 71 | 85.4 |
| Bill Leckonby | 13 | 7 | 53.8 | 74 | 5.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 70.7 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 7 | 4 | 57.1 | 38 | 5.4 | 1 | 14.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 111.9 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 0.0 |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 191 | 80 | 41.9 | 1267 | 6.6 | 14 | 7.3 | 13 | 6.8 | 71 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks McFadden | 85 | 411 | 4.8 | 75 | 1 |
| Pug Manders | 80 | 311 | 3.9 | 0 | 5 |
| Ace Parker | 89 | 306 | 3.4 | 0 | 2 |
| Sam Francis | 44 | 217 | 4.9 | 0 | 1 |
| George Cafego | 41 | 109 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Cassiano | 35 | 84 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Leckonby | 19 | 53 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 7 | 30 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 11 | 19 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Zadworney | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Waddy Young | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 414 | 1546 | 3.7 | 75 | 9 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perry Schwartz | 21 | 370 | 17.6 | 0 | 3 |
| Ben Kish | 9 | 124 | 13.8 | 0 | 0 |
| George Cafego | 9 | 105 | 11.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Banks McFadden | 9 | 97 | 10.8 | 33 | 2 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 8 | 126 | 15.8 | 22 | 1 |
| Waddy Young | 7 | 85 | 12.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ace Parker | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 71 | 2 |
| Herman Hodges | 3 | 38 | 12.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Cassiano | 2 | 67 | 33.5 | 44 | 2 |
| Wendell Butcher | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 38 | 38.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill Bailey | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Mike Gussie | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 1 |
| Harold Hill | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Leckonby | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 1 |
| Art Jocher | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 |
| Totals | 80 | 1267 | 15.8 | 71 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Kercheval | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 15 |
| Ace Parker | 22 | 19 | 86.4 | 19 | |||
| Sam Francis | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 25 | 22 | 88.0 | 12 | 4 | 33.3 | 34 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 49 | 1875 | 38.3 | 59 |
| Sam Francis | 16 | 719 | 44.9 | 69 |
| Ralph Kercheval | 8 | 369 | 46.1 | 66 |
| Ben Kish | 3 | 133 | 44.3 | 50 |
| Bill Leckonby | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 |
| George Cafego | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
| Totals | 79 | 3168 | 40.1 | 69 |
Kick Returns:
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Parker | 6 | 146 | 24.3 | 68 | 1 |
| Bill Leckonby | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Banks McFadden | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bud Svendsen | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ben Kish | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Rhoten Shetley | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 |
| Pug Manders | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Totals | 18 | 287 | 15.9 | 68 | 1 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ace Parker | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 49 | |||||||
| Pug Manders | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||
| Banks McFadden | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Perry Schwartz | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ralph Kercheval | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 15 | ||||||||
| Dick Cassiano | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Bill Leckonby | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Sam Francis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Art Jocher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Mike Gussie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Rhoten Shetley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Totals | 9 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 184 |
