1940 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Halas (8-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 8-3
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Halas (8-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1940 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1940 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
The Bears piled up points with 238 points, while the defense allowed 152. Ray Nolting rushed for a team-leading 373 yards for Chicago, while Joe Maniaci and Gary Famiglietti also contributed to the rushing attack.
Sid Luckman tossed for 941 yards. Ken Kavanaugh hauled in 12 balls for 276 yards.
Harry Clarke, George McAfee and Gary Famiglietti each seized 4 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team. The 1940 Chicago Bears won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sid Luckman | 105 | 48 | 45.7 | 941 | 9.0 | 4 | 3.8 | 9 | 8.6 | 74 | 54.5 | Bernie Masterson | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 212 | 9.2 | 2 | 8.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 62.5 | Bob Snyder | 22 | 5 | 22.7 | 145 | 6.6 | 1 | 4.5 | 1 | 4.5 | 39 | 50.8 | George McAfee | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 50 | 4.5 | 2 | 18.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 90.9 | Ray Nolting | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 38 | 95.8 | Solly Sherman | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 15 | 3.8 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 15 | 82.3 | Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Harry Clarke | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 66.7 | 0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 171 | 68 | 39.8 | 1401 | 8.2 | 10 | 5.8 | 15 | 8.8 | 74 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Nolting | 78 | 373 | 4.8 | 0 | 1 | Joe Maniaci | 84 | 368 | 4.4 | 0 | 2 | Gary Famiglietti | 93 | 320 | 3.4 | 0 | 4 | Harry Clarke | 56 | 258 | 4.6 | 0 | 2 | George McAfee | 47 | 253 | 5.4 | 0 | 2 | Bill Osmanski | 50 | 192 | 3.8 | 68 | 3 | Bob Swisher | 15 | 70 | 4.7 | 0 | 0 | Jack Manders | 8 | 20 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Bob Snyder | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | 0 | Solly Sherman | 8 | 10 | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | Ray McLean | 14 | 10 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 | Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Bernie Masterson | 10 | -7 | -0.7 | 0 | 1 | Sid Luckman | 23 | -65 | -2.8 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 494 | 1818 | 3.7 | 68 | 16 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ken Kavanaugh | 12 | 276 | 23.0 | 74 | 3 | Dick Plasman | 11 | 245 | 22.3 | 0 | 2 | George McAfee | 7 | 117 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | Ray McLean | 6 | 138 | 23.0 | 0 | 2 | Eggs Manske | 6 | 81 | 13.5 | 0 | 0 | Bob Nowaskey | 5 | 105 | 21.0 | 0 | 2 | George Wilson | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 0 | 1 | John Siegal | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | Harry Clarke | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 0 | 0 | Ray Nolting | 3 | 36 | 12.0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Swisher | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 0 | 0 | Hampton Pool | 2 | 55 | 27.5 | 35 | 0 | Bill Osmanski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Joe Maniaci | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 68 | 1401 | 20.6 | 74 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jack Manders | 18 | 17 | 94.4 | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 23 | Phil Martinovich | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 6 | Bob Snyder | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 7 | Lee Artoe | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | Dick Plasman | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 3 | Ray McLean | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | Bernie Masterson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | Joe Maniaci | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 28 | 87.5 | 10 | 6 | 60.0 | 46 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Sid Luckman | 27 | 1147 | 42.5 | 70 | George McAfee | 22 | 851 | 38.7 | 79 | Bob Snyder | 5 | 176 | 35.2 | 48 | Ray Nolting | 2 | 68 | 34.0 | 38 | Harry Clarke | 1 | 30 | 30.0 | 30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 57 | 2272 | 39.9 | 79 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Nolting | 1 | George McAfee | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harry Clarke | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 0 | 1 | George McAfee | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 0 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | Ray Nolting | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | Sid Luckman | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | Joe Maniaci | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 0 | 1 | Solly Sherman | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Manders | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | John Siegal | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 | Bulldog Turner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Danny Fortmann | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Ray McLean | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 27 | 271 | 10.0 | 27 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | John Siegal | 0 | 1 | Harry Clarke | 0 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Ray McLean | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 25 | Harry Clarke | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jack Manders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 0 | 23 | Joe Maniaci | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | Bill Osmanski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | George McAfee | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ken Kavanaugh | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dick Plasman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Bob Nowaskey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bernie Masterson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | Bob Snyder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | John Siegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Phil Martinovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lee Artoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| Totals | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 244 |
