1936 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Red Grange | Assistant Coach |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Mon | 9/7/1936 | A | Texas Centennial All-Stars | 6-7 | L | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 23000 | |
| Tue | 9/8/1936 | A | Oklahoma All-Stars | 14-0 | W | Oklahoma City, OK | Oklahoma City University Stadium | 6500 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1936 | A | Green Bay Packers | 30-3 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 14312 | |
| Tue | 9/22/1936 | A | Rock Island Independents | 34-6 | W | Moline, IL | Browning Field | 4000 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1936 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 17-0 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1936 | A | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 28777 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1936 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 16288 | |
| Wed | 10/14/1936 | A | Calumet All-Stars | 20-0 | W | East Chicago, IN | Roosevelt High School Stadium | 13000 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1936 | H | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 19877 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1936 | H | Detroit Lions | 12-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 27424 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1936 | H | Green Bay Packers | 10-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 31264 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1936 | A | New York Giants | 25-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 34789 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1936 | A | Boston Redskins | 26-0 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 11200 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1936 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 8000 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1936 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-13 | L | Detroit, MI | University of Detroit Stadium | 22000 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1936 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 7-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13704 | |
| Wed | 12/9/1936 | A | Chicago Gunners | 19-6 | W | Chicago, IL | 124th Field Artillery Armory | 6000 | |
| Sun | 1/3/1937 | A | Texas All-Stars | 10-7 | W | Houston, TX | Buff Stadium | ||
| Sun | 1/10/1937 | A | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 7-0 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 1/17/1937 | A | Erny Pinckert's All-Stars | 51-20 | W | San Diego, CA | Balboa Stadium | 4000 | |
| Sun | 1/24/1937 | N | Green Bay Packers | 20-20 | T | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sun | 1/31/1937 | N | Green Bay Packers | 14-17 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Gilmore Stadium | 12000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Bob Allman | 28 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | Michigan State | 1 | 0 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 8 | QB-S | 5-10 | 170 | 30 | Ohio State; Florida | 12 | 3 |
| Zuck Carlson | 20 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 208 | 32 | Oregon State | 9 | 4 |
| George Corbett | 5 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 179 | 28 | Millikin | 9 | 0 |
| John Doehring | 11 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 216 | 27 | none | 6 | 0 |
| Beattie Feathers | 48 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 185 | 27 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Danny Fortmann | 21 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 20 | Colgate | 12 | 9 |
| George Grosvenor | 15 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 175 | 26 | Colorado | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Hewitt | 56 | LOE-LDE | 5-11 | 190 | 27 | Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Luke Johnsos | 24 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 195 | 31 | Northwestern | 11 | 3 |
| Bill Karr | 22 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | West Virginia | 9 | 6 |
| Eddie Kawal | 19 | C-LB | 6-2 | 205 | 27 | Illinois; Widener | 11 | 8 |
| Jack Manders | 10 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 203 | 27 | Minnesota | 12 | 4 |
| Bernie Masterson | 33 | QB-S | 6-3 | 195 | 25 | Nebraska | 12 | 9 |
| Eddie Michaels | 18 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 205 | 22 | Villanova | 12 | 7 |
| Ookie Miller | 76 | C-LB | 6-1 | 209 | 27 | Purdue | 11 | 4 |
| Keith Molesworth | 4 | LOH-LDH | 5-9 | 167 | 31 | Monmouth (Illinois) | 11 | 0 |
| George Musso | 16 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 262 | 26 | Millikin | 12 | 9 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 3 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 226 | 28 | Minnesota | 11 | 8 |
| Ray Nolting | 25 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Cincinnati | 11 | 6 |
| Vern Oech | 23 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Montana; Minnesota | 8 | 0 |
| Bill Pollock | 2 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 194 | 25 | Widener | 6 | 2 |
| Ray Richards | 44 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 230 | 30 | Nebraska | 1 | 1 |
| Gene Ronzani | 6 | ROH-RDH | 5-9 | 200 | 27 | Marquette | 12 | 2 |
| Ted Rosequist | 47 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 225 | 28 | Ohio State | 4 | 1 |
| Johnny Sisk | 7 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 197 | 30 | Marquette | 10 | 4 |
| Joe Stydahar | 13 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 233 | 24 | West Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Sullivan | 12 | C-LB | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Loyola (Louisiana) | 3 | 0 |
| Russ Thompson | 29 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 249 | 24 | Chadron State; Nebraska | 9 | 3 |
| Milt Trost | 27 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 206 | 23 | Marquette | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Zeller | 17 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 203 | 28 | Indiana | 11 | 3 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Joe Stydahar | T | West Virginia |
| 2 | 14 | Eddie Michaels | G | Villanova |
| 3 | 24 | George Roscoe | B | Minnesota |
| 4 | 32 | Bob Allman | E | Michigan State |
| 5 | 42 | Vern Oech | T | Minnesota |
| 6 | 50 | Ted Christofferson | B | Washington State |
| 7 | 60 | Dick Smith | T | Minnesota |
| 8 | 68 | John Sylvester | E | Rice |
| 9 | 78 | Danny Fortmann | G | Colgate |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 63 | 66 | 42 | 51 | 222 |
| Opponents Totals | 9 | 41 | 0 | 44 | 94 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 145 | / % | / % | 435 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 4 | 17 | 21 | 81.0 | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 0 | 62 |
| Bill Hewitt | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Bronko Nagurski | 3 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | ||
| Bill Karr | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Beattie Feathers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Luke Johnsos | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bernie Masterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Gene Ronzani | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| George Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ookie Miller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Stydahar | 0 | 3 | 5 | 60.0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 21 | 30 | 70.0 | 7 | 0 | 222 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 3 | 1 | 94 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 7 | 8 | 87.5 | 36 | 0/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | |
| Team Totals | 7 | 36 | 0/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 0/ | 3/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronko Nagurski | 122 | 529 | 4.3 | 3 | |
| Ray Nolting | 76 | 352 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Beattie Feathers | 97 | 350 | 3.6 | 2 | |
| Keith Molesworth | 60 | 276 | 4.6 | 0 | |
| Jack Manders | 63 | 207 | 3.3 | 4 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 37 | 186 | 5.0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sisk | 41 | 163 | 4.0 | 0 | |
| John Doehring | 18 | 101 | 5.6 | 0 | |
| George Corbett | 13 | 45 | 3.5 | 0 | |
| Bill Karr | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 1 | |
| George Grosvenor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 9 | -1 | -0.1 | 0 | |
| Bernie Masterson | 9 | -7 | -0.8 | 2 | |
| Bill Hewitt | 2 | -9 | -4.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 552 | 2206 | 4.0 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 510 | 1822 | 3.6 | 9 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Masterson | 42 | 10 | 23.8 | 26 | 292 | 7.0 | 29.2 | 3 | 7.1 | 6 | 14.3 | 40.3 | ||||
| Keith Molesworth | 31 | 15 | 48.4 | 12 | 188 | 6.1 | 12.5 | 4 | 12.9 | 4 | 12.9 | 67.7 | ||||
| Gene Ronzani | 12 | 8 | 66.7 | 2 | 170 | 14.2 | 21.3 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 97.9 | ||||
| John Doehring | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 7 | 145 | 12.1 | 29.0 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 114.9 | ||||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 28 | 8 | 28.6 | 17 | 140 | 5.0 | 17.5 | 3 | 10.7 | 3 | 10.7 | 44.0 | ||||
| George Corbett | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 7 | 64 | 4.9 | 12.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 22.6 | ||||
| Jack Manders | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 1 | 52 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 109.7 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 9 | 30 | 2.3 | 10.0 | 17 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 47.1 | |||
| Beattie Feathers | 11 | 1 | 9.1 | 8 | 10 | 0.9 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 30.3 | |||
| Bronko Nagurski | 5 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 8 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 8t | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 170 | 58 | 34.1 | 91 | 1099 | 6.5 | 18.9 | 16 | 9.4 | 21 | 12.4 | 49.2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 227 | 86 | 37.9 | 106 | 1174 | 5.2 | 13.7 | 3 | 1.3 | 35 | 15.4 | 20.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hewitt | 15 | 358 | 23.9 | 45t | 6 |
| Keith Molesworth | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 0 | |
| Bill Karr | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 40t | 2 |
| Luke Johnsos | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 2 | |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 2 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 2 | |
| George Corbett | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 52t | 1 |
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 30t | 1 |
| Beattie Feathers | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Johnny Sisk | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 | 0 |
| Bernie Masterson | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
| John Doehring | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Bill Pollock | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Ted Rosequist | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Jack Manders | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1099 | 18.9 | 16 | |
| Opponents Totals | 86 | 1174 | 13.7 | 3 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 35 | 0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 596 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 596 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | ||||||
| Ookie Miller | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 2 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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