1940 Cleveland Rams Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (4-6-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1940 Cleveland Rams RosterTeam Record: 4-6-1
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Dutch Clark (4-6-1)
Location: Cleveland, Ohio
1940 Cleveland Rams Results
The Cleveland Rams of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 4 wins and 6 losses and 1 ties, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
The Rams scored 171 points, but the defensive squad allowed 191. Parker Hall threw for 1,108 yards. Jim Benton topped pass catchers, hauling in 22 balls for 351 yards.
Johnny Drake ran for a team-leading 480 yards for Cleveland, while Parker Hall also buoyed the ground attack.
Jack Haman picked off 5 opponent throws.
Dutch Clark coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 183 | 77 | 42.1 | 1108 | 6.1 | 7 | 3.8 | 16 | 8.7 | 0 | 38.7 |
| Marty Slovak | 28 | 17 | 60.7 | 234 | 8.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 14.3 | 0 | 47.9 |
| Gaylon Smith | 18 | 10 | 55.6 | 150 | 8.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 2 | 11.1 | 38 | 80.6 |
| Ken Heineman | 8 | 3 | 37.5 | 74 | 9.2 | 1 | 12.5 | 1 | 12.5 | 0 | 71.9 |
| Johnny Drake | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 16 | 4.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 100.0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Jim Gillette | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Totals | 247 | 109 | 44.1 | 1582 | 6.4 | 12 | 4.9 | 25 | 10.1 | 38 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Drake | 134 | 480 | 3.6 | 0 | 9 |
| Parker Hall | 94 | 365 | 3.9 | 0 | 1 |
| Marty Slovak | 53 | 129 | 2.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Olie Cordill | 24 | 73 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 19 | 44 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 7 | 19 | 2.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 19 | 18 | 0.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Paul McDonough | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Elwyn Dunstan | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Mike Rodak | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jim Gillette | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Maury Patt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 6 | -5 | -0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 364 | 1142 | 3.1 | 5 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Benton | 22 | 351 | 16.0 | 0 | 3 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 22 | 276 | 12.5 | 0 | 2 |
| Olie Cordill | 14 | 158 | 11.3 | 26 | 2 |
| Paul McDonough | 12 | 315 | 26.2 | 65 | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 11 | 119 | 10.8 | 25 | 1 |
| Johnny Drake | 8 | 81 | 10.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Wilson | 7 | 93 | 13.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Chet Adams | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Maury Patt | 2 | 52 | 26.0 | 0 | 1 |
| Earl Crowder | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Jack Haman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Len Janiak | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Totals | 109 | 1582 | 14.5 | 65 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chet Adams | 9 | 7 | 77.8 | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 10 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 7 | 5 | 71.4 | 5 | |||
| Johnny Drake | 5 | 2 | 40.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 2 | |
| Pete Gudauskas | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Heineman | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Boyd Clay | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 24 | 16 | 66.7 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 19 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parker Hall | 57 | 2489 | 43.7 | 75 |
| Gaylon Smith | 11 | 391 | 35.5 | 62 |
| Olie Cordill | 5 | 224 | 44.8 | 47 |
| Ken Heineman | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 34 |
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 |
| Len Janiak | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
| Totals | 77 | 3230 | 41.9 | 75 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Haman | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 35 | 1 |
| Vic Spadaccini | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 60 | 1 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 59 | 19.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Gaylon Smith | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Rockwell | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Marty Slovak | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Parker Hall | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Heineman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Olie Cordill | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Johnny Drake | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Conkright | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 306 | 12.2 | 60 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Johnny Drake | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | |||||||
| Vic Spadaccini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 23 | ||||||||
| Jim Benton | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Olie Cordill | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Chet Adams | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 10 | |||||||||
| Paul McDonough | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Hank Rockwell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Dante Magnani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Marty Slovak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Parker Hall | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Johnny Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Maury Patt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Jack Haman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Pete Gudauskas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Ken Heineman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 11 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 169 |
