1940 American Football League season

1940 American Football League season
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The 1940 American Football League season was the first season of the third American Football League. The league was formed when the New York Yankees, Boston Bears, and Buffalo Indians were joined by the Cincinnati Bengals, Columbus Bullies, and Milwaukee Chiefs of the minor American Professional Football Association (the mass defection doomed the minor league). After the announcement of the formation of the AFL (July 14, 1940),¹ applications for membership by former APFA members St. Louis Gunners and Kenosha Cardinals were rejected by the upstart league, which started with six members.

The Columbus Bullies were declared league champions after compiling a 8-1-1 record, just edging the 7-2 of the Milwaukee Chiefs.

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1 Final standings
- 1.1 Final 1940 standings
  - 1.1.1 1940 All-League Team
2 References
3 See also

Final standings

W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, Pct.= Winning Percentage, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Final 1940 standings

Team	W	L	T	Pct.	PF	PA
Columbus Bullies	8	1	1	.889	134	69
Milwaukee Chiefs	7	2	0	.778	180	59
Boston Bears	5	4	1	.556	120	79
New York Yankees	4	5	0	.444	138	138
Buffalo Indians	2	8	0	.200	45	138
Cincinnati Bengals	1	7	0	.125	53	187

Standings includes forfeits (Buffalo forfeited to New York due to the field being unplayable, November 17, 1940; Cincinnati forfeited to Buffalo due to injuries preventing the Bengals from fielding a complete team, November 24, 1940)²

Results of AFL games - 1940 season³

WEEK ONE

15 September, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus, Ohio: Milwaukee Chiefs 14, Columbus Bullies 2

WEEK TWO

22 September, Civic Stadium, Buffalo, New York: Milwaukee Chiefs 23, Buffalo Tigers 0

WEEK THREE

29 September, Civic Stadium, Buffalo: Buffalo Tigers 17, Cincinnati Bengals 7

WEEK FOUR

6 October, Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts: Boston Bears 29, Cincinnati Bengals 7
6 October, Yankee Stadium, New York: Columbus Bullies 23. New York Yankees 13
9 October, Civic Stadium, Buffalo: Columbus Bullies 17, Buffalo Tigers 7
9 October, Yankee Stadium, New York: New York Yankees 40, Cincinnati Bengals 13

WEEK FIVE

13 October, Fenway Park, Boston: Boston Bears 28, New York Yankees 7
13 October, Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Milwaukee Chiefs 49, Cincinnati Bengals 0
16 October, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus: Columbus Bullies 7, Milwaukee Chiefs 3
16 October, Civic Stadium, Buffalo: Boston Bears 10, Buffalo Tigers 0

WEEK SIX

20 October, Fenway Park, Boston: Boston Bears 20, Buffalo Tigers 0
20 October, Yankee Stadium, New York: New York Yankees 30, Milwaukee Chiefs 7

WEEK SEVEN

27 October, Fenway Park, Boston: Milwaukee Chiefs 14, Boston Bears 0
27 October, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus: Columbus Bullies 17, Cincinnati Bengals 7

WEEK EIGHT

3 November, Crosley Field, Cincinnati: Columbus Bullies 21, Cincinnati Bengals 2
3 November, Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee: Milwaukee Chiefs 10, Boston Bears 0
3 November, Yankee Stadium, New York: New York Yankees 17, Buffalo Tigers 0

WEEK NINE

10 November, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus: Columbus Bullies 13. Buffalo Tigers 7
10 November, Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee: Milwaukee Chiefs 30, New York Yankees 7
11 November, Crosley Field, Cincinnati: Cincinnati Bengals 17, Boston Bears 13

WEEK TEN

17 November, Civic Stadium, Buffalo: New York Yankees 1, Buffalo Tigers 0 (forfeit – unplayable field)
17 November, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus: Boston Bears 0, Columbus Bullies 0 (tie)
21 November, Red Bird Stadium, Columbus: Columbus 17, New York Yankees 16
21 November, Dairy Bowl, Milwaukee: Milwaukee Chiefs 30, Buffalo Tigers 13
21 November, Yankee Stadium, New York: Boston Bears 20, New York Yankees 7

WEEK ELEVEN

24 November, Crosley Field, Cincinnati: Buffalo Tigers 1, Cincinnati Bengals 0 (forfeit – Bengals unable to field team)

Note: Two scheduled games were cancelled: New York-Cincinnati and Milwaukee-Cincinnati (both games scheduled to have been played in Cincinnati)

1940 All-League Team

Sherman Barnes, Milwaukee (end)
Ed Karp, Buffalo (tackle)
Jim Karcher, Columbus (guard)
Joe Alexus, Columbus (center)
Alex Drobnitch, Buffalo (guard)
Bob Eckl, Milwaukee (tackle)
Harlan Gustafson, New York (end)
Andy Karpuls, Boston (quarterback)
Bill Hutchinson, New York (halfback)
Nelson Peterson, Columbus (halfback)
Al Novakofski, Milwaukee (fullback)

References

^ George Gipe, The Great American Sports Book (Doubleday 1978) ISBN 0-385-13091-0
^ History of Professional Football in Western New York
^ Enciclopedia del football italiano - 1940 AFL season

Contents

Final standings

Final 1940 standings

1940 All-League Team

References

See also