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1940 American Football League season

The 1940 AFL 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), 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 an 8-1-1 record, just edging the 7-2 of the Milwaukee Chiefs.

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

The standings include two forfeits: Buffalo forfeited to New York due to the field being deemed unplayable on November 17, 1940, while Cincinnati forfeited to Buffalo on November 24, 1940 due to injuries leaving the Bengals unable to field a team.

Results of AFL games - 1940 season

1940 All-League Team

The league's coaches selected the all-league team:

Position	First Team	Second Team
End	Sherman Barnes, Milwaukee	Keith Ranspot, Boston
Harlan Gustafson, New York	Joel Mason, Boston
Tackle	Ed Karpowich, Buffalo	Ralph Niehaus, Columbus
Bob Eckl, Milwaukee	Alec Shellogg, Buffalo
Guard	Jim Karcher, Columbus	Vic Marino, Boston
Alex Drobnitch, Buffalo	Len Akin, Milwaukee
Center	Joe Alexus, Columbus	Joe Ratica, Boston
Back	Andy Karpus, Boston, QB	Bob Davis, Columbus
Bill Hutchinson, New York, HB	Ray Cole, Milwaukee
Nelson Peterson, Columbus, HB	Lee Elkins, New York
Al Novakofski, Milwaukee, FB	Paul Shu, Cincinnati

References

George Gipe, ''The Great American Sports Book'' (Doubleday 1978) {{ISBN. 0-385-13091-0
[http://www.billsbackers.com/1940.htm History of Professional Football in Western New York] {{webarchive. link. (2016-03-03)
"Enciclopedia del football italiano - 1940 AFL season".
Gill, Bob. (1983). "The Best of the Rest, Part 2". [[Professional Football Researchers Association]].

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