1945 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Division • 3-7-0 .300 |
| Co-Head Coaches: Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 9/11/1945 | H | Washington Redskins | 7-14 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 26000 | |
| Wed | 9/19/1945 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-38 | L | Bethlehem, PA | Liberty High School Stadium | 19326 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1945 | N | New York Giants | 14-13 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 11947 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1945 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-31 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24525 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1945 | A | Cleveland Rams | 0-17 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 19580 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1945 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 7-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20784 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1945 | H | Cleveland Rams | 21-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 28273 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1945 | A | Detroit Lions | 10-16 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 37260 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1945 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45527 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1945 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-35 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 24798 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1945 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-28 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 34788 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1945 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20689 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1945 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 13925 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 9/19/1945 | Philadelphia Eagles | Postponed from 9/18 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 28 | Santa Clara; California | 9 | 6 |
| Al Babartsky | 46 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 223 | 30 | Fordham | 10 | 7 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 23 | ROE-DE | 6-3 | 215 | 30 | North Carolina State | 7 | 3 |
| Glen Burgeis | 29 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Tulsa | 4 | 1 |
| Abe Croft | 12 | OE-DE | 6-0 | 183 | 25 | North Texas; Southern Methodist | 2 | 0 |
| Jim Daniell | 99 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 230 | 27 | Ohio State | 7 | 5 |
| Chuck Drulis | 21 | OG-DG | 5-10 | 216 | 27 | Temple | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | HB-LDH | 5-11 | 225 | 32 | Boston University | 10 | 0 |
| Jim Fordham | 3 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 215 | 29 | Georgia | 9 | 5 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 8 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Stanford | 10 | 7 |
| Al Grygo | 32 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 170 | 27 | South Carolina | 10 | 2 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 17 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 222 | 29 | Murray State | 10 | 6 |
| Al Hoptowit | 26 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 217 | 30 | Washington State | 10 | 2 |
| Jackie Hunt | 25 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 192 | 25 | Marshall | 5 | 1 |
| Edgar Jones | 37 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 193 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 1 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 51 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 207 | 29 | Louisiana State | 10 | 2 |
| Nick Kerasiotis | 19 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 195 | 27 | St. Ambrose | 1 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 33 | QB-S | 6-0 | 186 | 31 | Colgate | 3 | 2 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 29 | Columbia | 10 | 2 |
| Bob Margarita | 44 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 183 | 25 | Brown | 10 | 8 |
| Forrest Masterson | 15 | LOG-LDG-C-LB-OT-DT | 6-3 | 233 | 23 | Iowa | 6 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 33 | HB-DH | 6-0 | 178 | 27 | Duke | 3 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 57 | QB-S | 5-10 | 168 | 30 | St. Anselm | 6 | 1 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 37 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 188 | 25 | Southeast Missouri State; Tulsa | 8 | 1 |
| Tipp Mooney | 4 | QB-S-LDH-LDH-FB-LB | 5-10 | 187 | 27 | Altus JC: Oklahoma Baptist; Abilene Christian | 7 | 4 |
| Jack Morton | 36 | ROE-RDE | 5-11 | 197 | 23 | Missouri; Purdue | 7 | 1 |
| Rudy Mucha | 16 | C-LB | 6-1 | 236 | 27 | Washington | 4 | 2 |
| Fred Mundee | 20 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 32 | Notre Dame | 6 | 1 |
| Pete Perez | 19 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 220 | 21 | Illinois | 3 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 19 | FB-LB-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 196 | 28 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 2 | 2 |
| Frank Ramsey | 31/13 | ROT-RDT-OG-DG | 6-1 | 240 | 29 | Oregon State | 10 | 2 |
| Tom Roberts | 82 | LOG-LDG-OT-DT | 6-1 | 215 | 29 | DePaul | 9 | 1 |
| Gene Ronzani | 6 | QB-S | 5-9 | 200 | 36 | Marquette | 7 | 3 |
| Johnny Schiechl | 66 | C-LB | 6-3 | 244 | 28 | Santa Clara | 9 | 5 |
| Rudy Smeja | 76 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 196 | 25 | Michigan | 10 | 8 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | LOG-LDG-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 206 | 22 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 5 | 4 |
| Joe Stydahar | 18 | OT-DT | 6-4 | 233 | 33 | West Virginia | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 48 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 163 | 31 | Northwestern | 3 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 29 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons | 2 | 2 |
| Joe Vodicka | 48 | FB-LB | 5-10 | 189 | 24 | none | 4 | 2 |
| Milt Vucinich | 16 | C-LB-OT-DT | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 30 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 31 | Northwestern | 9 | 5 |
| George Zorich | 14 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 213 | 27 | Northwestern | 8 | 6 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Don Lund | B | Michigan |
| 3 | 22 | Charley Allen | B | Southern Methodist |
| 5 | 40 | Forrest Masterson | C | Iowa |
| 6 | 50 | Wayne Shaw | B | Southern Methodist |
| 7 | 60 | Glen Burgeis | T | Tulsa |
| 8 | 73 | Pat O'Brien | T | Purdue |
| 9 | 83 | Bill Mayther | C | Oregon |
| 10 | 93 | Billy Poe | B | Clemson |
| 11 | 106 | Chuck Avery | B | Minnesota |
| 12 | 116 | Jack Boyd | B | UCLA |
| 13 | 126 | Ralph Ellsworth | B | Texas |
| 14 | 139 | Frank Mattioli | G | Pittsburgh |
| 15 | 149 | Merle Gibson | E | Texas Christian |
| 16 | 159 | Johnny Creevey | B | Notre Dame |
| 17 | 172 | Nick Sacrinty | B | Wake Forest |
| 18 | 182 | Jim Keane | E | Iowa |
| 19 | 192 | Bruno Niedziela | T | Iowa |
| 20 | 205 | Charles Williams | E | Florida |
| 21 | 215 | Walt Stickel | T | Pennsylvania |
| 22 | 225 | Bobby Livingstone | B | Notre Dame |
| 23 | 238 | Mike Vargon | E | Kansas State |
| 24 | 248 | Charley Wright | G | Iowa State |
| 25 | 258 | Jack Green | G | Alabama |
| 26 | 271 | Lu Gambino | B | Maryland |
| 27 | 281 | Ray Jones | B | Texas |
| 28 | 291 | Bob Hary | B | Minnesota |
| 29 | 304 | Nick Forkovitch | B | William & Mary |
| 30 | 314 | Don Robinson | B | Michigan |
| 31 | 319 | Wayne Johnston | B | Marquette |
| 32 | 327 | George Groves | C | Marquette |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 42 | 77 | 52 | 21 | 192 |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 41 | 42 | 73 | 235 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 164 | 86 | 60 | 18 | / % | / % | 67 | 666 | |
| Opponents Totals | 126 | 63 | 44 | 19 | / % | / % | 63 | 581 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Kavanaugh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bob Margarita | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Pete Gudauskas | 0 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 30 |
| George McAfee | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| George Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jim Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Grygo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Artoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 192 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 30 | 32 | 93.8 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 2 | 235 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 37 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Lee Artoe | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 37 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 112 | 497 | 4.4 | 38 | 3 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 75 | 260 | 3.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 65 | 235 | 3.6 | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Fordham | 45 | 153 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 38 | 3 |
| Tipp Mooney | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 64 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 1 | |
| Edgar Jones | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | -20 | -6.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 36 | -118 | -3.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 423 | 1514 | 3.6 | 64 | 13 |
| Opponents Totals | 343 | 1464 | 4.3 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 217 | 117 | 53.9 | 90 | 1727 | 8.0 | 14.8 | 65t | 14 | 6.5 | 10 | 4.6 | 82.5 | |||
| Gene Ronzani | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 12 | 119 | 5.0 | 11.9 | 29 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 22.7 | |||
| Al Grygo | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 112.5 | |||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| George McAfee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 244 | 128 | 52.5 | 104 | 1857 | 7.6 | 14.5 | 65 | 14 | 5.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 76.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 195 | 83 | 42.6 | 97 | 1283 | 6.6 | 15.5 | 10 | 5.1 | 15 | 7.7 | 50.0 |
| RECEIVING | TAR | REC | PCT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 28 | 259 | 9.3 | 18 | 3 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 25 | 543 | 21.7 | 64t | 6 | ||
| Bob Margarita | 23 | 394 | 17.1 | 47 | 2 | ||
| Connie Mack Berry | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 51 | 0 | ||
| Ray McLean | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 43 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 36t | 1 | ||
| Al Grygo | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 33t | 1 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fordham | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 | ||
| George McAfee | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 65t | 1 | ||
| Abe Croft | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 | ||
| Tipp Mooney | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | ||
| Bob Swisher | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Morton | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | ||
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 128 | 1857 | 14.5 | 65t | 14 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 1283 | 15.5 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 107 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 236 | 19.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 36 | 1299 | 36.1 | 61 | 0 | |||||
| Al Grygo | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 46 | 0 | |||||
| George McAfee | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Jackie Hunt | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Long | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 44 | 1572 | 35.7 | 61 | 0 | 24.9 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 42 | 217 | 31.1 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 7 | 66 | 9.4 | 17 | 0 | |
| Al Grygo | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | ||
| Ray McLean | 3 | 41 | 13.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 3 | 30 | 10.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Johnny Long | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| George Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 25 | 217 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 14.7 | 56 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 10 | 155 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 | |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 | |
| Al Grygo | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 26 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 | |
| Tipp Mooney | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 48 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Jim Daniell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 39 | 677 | 17.4 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 700 | 18.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connie Mack Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Daniell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Fordham | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | |
| Al Grygo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Long | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Margarita | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Morton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 37 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bulldog Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 21 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 17 | 59 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 1 |
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