1940 Buffalo Indians (AFL) |
| 5th place • 2-8-0 .200 |
| Head Coach: Earl Seick (1-4-0); a href="/coaches/nesm00200.html">Ole Nesmith (1-4-0) |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/22/1940 | H | Milwaukee Chiefs | 0-23 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 12448 | |
| Wed | 10/2/1940 | H | Cincinnati Bengals | 17-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8462 | |
| Wed | 10/9/1940 | H | Columbus Bullies | 7-17 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 8110 | |
| Wed | 10/16/1940 | H | Boston Bears | 0-10 | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 5592 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1940 | A | Boston Bears | 0-20 | L | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 9500 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1940 | A | New York Yankees | 0-17 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 7594 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1940 | A | Columbus Bullies | 7-13 | L | Columbus, OH | Red Bird Stadium | 3812 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1940 | H | New York Yankees | L | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | |||
| Thu | 11/21/1940 | A | Milwaukee Chiefs | 13-30 | L | West Allis, WI | Wisconsin State Fairgrounds Dairy Bowl | 3500 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1940 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | W | Cincinnati, OH | Crosley Field | |||
| Sun | 12/1/1940 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | - | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | |||
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/17/1940 | New York Yankees | Forfeit |
| 11/24/1940 | Cincinnati Bengals | Forfeit |
| 12/1/1940 | Kenosha Cardinals | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Steve Banas | 41 | FB | 6-0 | 190 | 33 | Notre Dame | 8 | 2 |
| Ben Binkowski | 19 | FB-QB | 6-1 | 196 | 23 | Notre Dame | 2 | 2 |
| Hank Bogacki | 40 | C-G | 5-9 | 195 | 28 | Canisius | 8 | 3 |
| Dan Bukovich | 50 | RG | 5-11 | 185 | 24 | Toledo | 7 | 2 |
| Alex Drobnitch | 37 | RG | 5-10 | 200 | 27 | Denver | 7 | 6 |
| Jack Farris | 11 | RH-FB | 6-2 | 220 | Wyoming | 7 | 2 | |
| Johnny Fedorchak | 45/19 | RH | 6-0 | 205 | 22 | Duquesne | 4 | 0 |
| Steve Gilbert | 6 | LE | 6-3 | 190 | 25 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 6 |
| Art Gottlieb | 26 | QB-FB-LH | 5-11 | 180 | 22 | Rutgers | 8 | 4 |
| Steve Hrycyszyn | 28 | QB-FB-E | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | St. Bonaventure | 8 | 5 |
| Ed Karpowich | 79 | LT | 6-4 | 223 | 28 | Catholic | 8 | 8 |
| Bill Koepsell | 20 | QB | 5-8 | 160 | 26 | Pennsylvania | 6 | 0 |
| Carl Littlefield | 43 | LH-FB-RH | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Sacramento CC; Washington State | 6 | 0 |
| Maurey McGrath | 32 | RT-C | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Niagara | 8 | 3 |
| Joe Miller | 18 | RE | 6-2 | 185 | Pennsylvania | 5 | 0 | |
| Johnny Mullen | 45 | RH | 6-3 | 187 | 25 | Rutgers | 2 | 1 |
| Ole Nesmith | 17 | RH | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Kansas | 6 | 0 |
| Walt Padlo | 39 | LG-RG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Duquesne | 8 | 7 |
| Larry Peace | 34 | RH | 5-10 | 185 | 23 | Pittsburgh | 6 | 4 |
| Hal Pegg | 22 | C | 6-0 | 196 | 25 | Bucknell | 7 | 5 |
| Alec Shellogg | 44 | RT-LG | 6-0 | 210 | 26 | Notre Dame | 8 | 5 |
| Ed Siminski | 30 | RERT | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Bowling Green State | 8 | 7 |
| Dan Snell | 29 | RE-LE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Samford | 7 | 4 |
| John Stylianos | 7 | LH-QB | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | Temple | 8 | 5 |
| Joe Szur | 14 | LH-FB | 5-11 | 187 | 28 | Canisius | 6 | 1 |
| Russ Wile | 22/33 | RT-RT-LG | 6-1 | 198 | 27 | Minnesota | 5 | 0 |
| Wid Worthington | B | 5-10 | 175 | 21 | Washington & Lee | 1 | 0 | |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 7 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 44 |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 40 | 24 | 47 | 137 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Littlefield | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Alex Drobnitch | 0 | 4 | 5 | 80.0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Steve Gilbert | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Art Gottlieb | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Larry Peace | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 5 | 6 | 83.3 | 1 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 14 | 16 | 87.5 | 9 | 0 | 137 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Littlefield | 2 | ||||
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Koepsell | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| John Stylianos | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Szur | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Gilbert | 1 | ||||
| Art Gottlieb | 1 | ||||
| Carl Littlefield | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 3 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 6 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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