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1940
Oilers
Opponents
Date
Opponent
R
Score
Rush
Pass
Total
Rush
Pass
Total
Sept. 6
Erie East
L
  6-34
  23
  17
  40
308
  57
365
Sept. 13
Titusville
L
  6-20
186
  40
226
207
  33
240
Sept. 20
Grove City
L
  6-25
  67
114
181
313
  40
353
Sept. 27
Bradford
L
  0-26
  20
  10
  30
201
103
304
Oct. 4
Warren
L
  7-21
  94
  85
179
202
    5
207
Oct. 11
DuBois
L
  0-28
  34
   -3
  31
283
  65
348
Oct. 18
Meadville
L
  0-45
  21
  99
120
  na
  na
450
Nov. 2
Har-Brack
L
  0-53
  12
  48
  60
226
  27
253
Nov. 8
Franklin
L
  0-  7
  22
  42
  64
145
  35
180

Notes and Stats

Bob Ward and Harold Wood each scored 2 of the Oilers' 4 touchdowns...Jack Schantz, Carl Brozeski and Bill Toy each threw a touchdown pass...Brozeski also rushed for 57 yards on 15 carries against Grove City...

Big games against the Oilers: Titusville's Frank "Red" Matkovich ran for 178 yards on 23 carries and scored 3 touchdowns and Grove City's Glenn Dickson got 210 yards on 20 tries and scored 3 TDs...

The Har Brack game was broadcast by radio station WKPA out of New Kensington, marking the first time any Oil City athletic contest had been on the air since 1931 when WLBW did Oiler football games...Radio listeners heard Har Brack's Willie Campbell score 3 touchdowns, one on an 80-yard dash, and the Oilers gain minus 14 yards total offense...

Bill McCarthy's pass to Jack Pearson represented the only touchdown in the Franklin game...An Oiler defender batted the pass, and some observors said the ball hit the ground before Pearson made the catch...The Oilers stopped Franklin three other times inside the 20...

South Side upset the Lincoln Logs, 7-0, before 400 fans for the city junior high title and the Bertdick's trophy...Lincoln was 3-0 going into the game, and South Side was 0-2-1...