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I've done a lot of research on the 1940 season over the years and I have an article from the Buffalo Evening News the next day which has more details about this crazy game: "Registering five first downs to two for the Cards, the Lions had the statistical edge but this was only because Coach Jim...

Oh my goodness, Davey O'Brien! I was going to make a thread about him soon. He's another one of my favorite historical curiosities, and he has a legitimate case to be the worst football player who ever saw significant playing time, which is sad considering how dominant he was in college. He threw a...

That's really good news about the Rams info. Really hoping there is something from 1940 in there.

Thanks again for your efforts!

You've probably already contacted the Pro Football Hall of Fame, but if not, they charge a reasonable fee for copies of materials in their archives. I'd like to see the play-by-play for that 73 to 0 Bears-Redskins game... I had not done that yet, so thank you for the information. I wasn't sure who ...

Hi everyone, My name is Jeff Schreiner and I believe I was in this group (or at least on a forum) years ago and just recently rejoined. I have done on and off research on the 1940 NFL season for probably almost 20 years now and have started picking it back up again lately. I have tracked stats from ...