1948 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 10-2-0 .833 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Hunk Anderson | Line |
| Paddy Driscoll | Backfield |
| Luke Johnsos | Ends |
| Gene Ronzani | Quarterbacks |
| George Wilson | Ends |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/22/1948 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 33506 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1948 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 24-23 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Butler Bowl | 15000 | |
| Sun | 9/5/1948 | H | Boston Yanks | 42-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 27569 | |
| Thu | 9/9/1948 | N | Boston Yanks | 42-7 | W | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 27569 | |
| Tue | 9/14/1948 | A | New York Giants | 7-17 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 32537 | |
| Sun | 9/19/1948 | N | Washington Redskins | 17-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Municipal Stadium | 20456 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1948 | A | Green Bay Packers | 45-7 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25546 | |
| Mon | 10/4/1948 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 28-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 52765 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1948 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 42-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43707 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1948 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35425 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1948 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-12 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 36227 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1948 | H | New York Giants | 35-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41608 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1948 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-6 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 56263 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1948 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48113 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1948 | A | Boston Yanks | 51-17 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 18048 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1948 | H | Washington Redskins | 48-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 42299 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1948 | A | Detroit Lions | 42-14 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 25781 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1948 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 51283 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Joe Abbey | 26 | LDE-LOE | 6-1 | 200 | 23 | Texas; North Texas | 12 | 1 |
| Alf Bauman | 41 | LDT-LOT | 6-2 | 228 | 28 | Northwestern | 10 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 57 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 162 | 23 | Tulsa | 12 | 1 |
| Ray Bray | 82 | ROG-MG | 6-0 | 237 | 31 | Western Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Canady | 8 | ROH | 5-10 | 178 | 22 | Texas; Arkansas-Monticello; Texas | 4 | 0 |
| Ed Cifers | 14 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 227 | 32 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Stu Clarkson | 31 | C-RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 29 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 11 | 0 |
| George Connor | 81 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 10 | 5 |
| Fred Davis | 24 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 244 | 29 | Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 36 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 |
| Chuck Drulis | 21 | LOG-MG? | 5-10 | 216 | 30 | Temple | 12 | 10 |
| Fred Evans | 11 | LOH | 5-11 | 185 | 27 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 9 | FB-ROE-S? | 6-0 | 216 | 22 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 |
| Thurman Garrett | 13 | C | 6-4 | 280 | 25 | Oklahoma State | 11 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 39 | LOH | 5-11 | 198 | 27 | Jones County JC | 12 | 8 |
| Mike Holovak | 15 | FB-LLB | 6-1 | 216 | 29 | Boston College | 12 | 12 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 51 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 207 | 32 | Louisiana State | 12 | 9 |
| Jim Keane | 20 | ROE-RDE | 6-4 | 217 | 24 | Iowa | 11 | 7 |
| Don Kindt | 6 | LDH-FB | 6-1 | 207 | 23 | Wisconsin | 12 | 5 |
| Al Lawler | 33 | LOH-K | 5-10 | 173 | 26 | Texas | 8 | 0 |
| Bobby Layne | 22 | QB | 6-1 | 201 | 22 | Texas | 11 | 2 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB | 5-11 | 197 | 32 | Columbia | 12 | 7 |
| Johnny Lujack | 32 | S-QB-K | 6-0 | 186 | 23 | Notre Dame | 11 | 9 |
| George McAfee | 5 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 178 | 30 | Duke | 12 | 8 |
| Charles Milner | 38 | LOG-MLB | 6-1 | 217 | 26 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Minini | 44 | ROH | 6-1 | 209 | 27 | San Jose State | 9 | 3 |
| Noah Mullins | 10 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 182 | 30 | Kentucky | 12 | 7 |
| Hank Norberg | 16 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 225 | 28 | Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 18 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 31 | Holy Cross | 12 | 1 |
| Pat Preston | 53 | MG-ROG? | 6-2 | 216 | 27 | Wake Forest; Duke | 12 | 0 |
| Wash Serini | 23 | ROG-RDT | 6-2 | 236 | 26 | Kentucky | 12 | 1 |
| Allen Smith | 30 | LDE-LOE | 6-2 | 220 | 26 | Copiah-Lincoln CC; Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 10 | 2 |
| Paul Stenn | 35 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 242 | 30 | Villanova | 12 | 3 |
| Walt Stickel | 45 | ROT-RDT | 6-3 | 247 | 26 | Tulsa; Pennsylvania | 11 | 11 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-RLB | 6-1 | 237 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Venturelli | 55 | K | 5-11 | 235 | 31 | none | 1 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 3 | Bobby Layne | QB | Texas |
| 1 | 10 | Max Bumgardner | E | Texas |
| 3 | 21 | Bill Garrett | T | Mississippi State |
| 5 | 32 | Knox Ramsey | G | William & Mary |
| 6 | 44 | Bob Brugge | B | Ohio State |
| 8 | 62 | Tom McWilliams | B | Mississippi State |
| 9 | 74 | Chi Mills | T | Virginia Military Institute |
| 10 | 83 | Dick Flanagan | E | Ohio State |
| 11 | 92 | Jim McDowell | G | William & Mary |
| 12 | 104 | Mel Sheehan | E | Missouri |
| 13 | 113 | Dick Scott | C | Navy |
| 14 | 122 | Ollie Cline | B | Ohio State |
| 15 | 134 | Rob Goode | B | Texas A&M |
| 16 | 143 | Clyde Grimenstein | E | Purdue |
| 17 | 152 | Jack Fallon | G | Notre Dame |
| 18 | 164 | Ray Brown | B | Virginia |
| 19 | 173 | Bob Hileman | C | California |
| 20 | 182 | Thurman Gay | T | Oklahoma State |
| 21 | 194 | Peppy Blount | E | Texas |
| 22 | 203 | J.R. Boone | B | Tulsa |
| 23 | 212 | Jim Duncan | E | Wake Forest |
| 24 | 224 | Jimmy Gatewood | B | Georgia |
| 25 | 233 | George Brumm | C | Pacific |
| 26 | 242 | Paul Dietzel | C | Miami (Ohio) |
| 27 | 254 | Ed Clasby | B | Boston College |
| 28 | 263 | Fred Hardison | E | Duke |
| 29 | 272 | Frank Van Deren | E | California |
| 30 | 284 | Al Pietkiewicz | E | San Francisco |
| 31 | 291 | Norm Cox | B | Texas Christian |
| 32 | 297 | Truett Smith | B | Wyoming |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 86 | 108 | 84 | 97 | 375 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 20 | 41 | 73 | 151 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 242 | 134 | 93 | 15 | / % | / % | 122 | 1066 | |
| Opponents Totals | 174 | 71 | 70 | 33 | / % | / % | 72 | 633 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 1 | 44 | 46 | 95.7 | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 50 |
| George McAfee | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| J.R. Boone | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Noah Mullins | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Gulyanics | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Frank Minini | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jim Keane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Fred Evans | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Holovak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Don Kindt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Fred Venturelli | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 7 |
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Al Lawler | 0 | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 6 |
| Team Totals | 53 | 51 | 53 | 96.2 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 375 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 17 | 20 | 85.0 | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 1 | 151 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Venturelli | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 13 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Al Lawler | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 0 | 3 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | |
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 24 | 1/5 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 8 | 50.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 4/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 119 | 439 | 3.7 | 24 | 4 |
| George McAfee | 92 | 392 | 4.3 | 23 | 5 |
| Joe Osmanski | 74 | 341 | 4.6 | 32 | 1 |
| J.R. Boone | 48 | 266 | 5.5 | 40 | 5 |
| Mike Holovak | 30 | 228 | 7.6 | 47t | 2 |
| Noah Mullins | 36 | 208 | 5.8 | 74t | 1 |
| Don Kindt | 54 | 189 | 3.5 | 66t | 2 |
| Johnny Lujack | 15 | 110 | 7.3 | 26 | 1 |
| Bobby Layne | 13 | 80 | 6.2 | 18 | 1 |
| Frank Minini | 24 | 79 | 3.3 | 18 | 2 |
| Al Lawler | 9 | 44 | 4.9 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill Decorrevont | 16 | 25 | 1.6 | 7 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 10 | 15 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 18 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Cifers | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 557 | 2452 | 4.4 | 74t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 384 | 1254 | 3.3 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 66 | 36 | 54.5 | 27 | 611 | 9.3 | 17.0 | 64t | 6 | 9.1 | 3 | 4.5 | 11 | 600 | 97.5 | |
| Sid Luckman | 163 | 89 | 54.6 | 60 | 1047 | 6.4 | 11.8 | 53 | 13 | 8.0 | 14 | 8.6 | 108 | 939 | 65.1 | |
| Bobby Layne | 52 | 16 | 30.8 | 34 | 232 | 4.5 | 14.5 | 35 | 3 | 5.8 | 2 | 3.8 | 31 | 201 | 49.5 | |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 83.3 |
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| George McAfee | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | -23 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 287 | 142 | 49.5 | 126 | 1894 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 64t | 22 | 7.7 | 19 | 6.6 | 68.8 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 336 | 139 | 41.4 | 167 | 1646 | 4.9 | 11.8 | 12 | 3.6 | 30 | 8.9 | 31.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Keane | 30 | 414 | 13.8 | 53 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 18 | 352 | 19.6 | 64t | 6 | 0 | |||
| George McAfee | 17 | 227 | 13.4 | 50 | 1 | ||||
| Don Kindt | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 49 | 0 | 0 | |||
| J.R. Boone | 10 | 143 | 14.3 | 38 | 3 | 0 | |||
| Ed Sprinkle | 10 | 132 | 13.2 | 34t | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noah Mullins | 9 | 127 | 14.1 | 26 | 4 | 0 | |||
| Joe Osmanski | 9 | 43 | 4.8 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Gulyanics | 8 | 130 | 16.3 | 36t | 1 | 0 | |||
| Joe Abbey | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 35 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Holovak | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Al Lawler | 3 | 40 | 13.3 | 26 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Allen Smith | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Decorrevont | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Minini | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14t | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hank Norberg | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 142 | 1894 | 13.3 | 64t | 22 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 139 | 1646 | 11.8 | 12 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 8 | 131 | 16.4 | 43 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 33t | 1 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 5 | 37 | 7.4 | 17 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 25 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 14 | 0 |
| Stu Clarkson | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Mike Holovak | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Chuck Drulis | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 388 | 12.9 | 43 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 19 | 225 | 11.8 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 55 | 2432 | 44.2 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Sid Luckman | 10 | 384 | 38.4 | 49 | 0 | |||||
| Noah Mullins | 2 | 88 | 44.0 | 45 | 0 | |||||
| Bobby Layne | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 | |||||
| George McAfee | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 69 | 2946 | 42.7 | 70 | 0 | 413 | 36.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 83 | 3234 | 39.0 | 781 | 28.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 30 | 417 | 13.9 | 60t | 1 | |
| J.R. Boone | 11 | 137 | 12.5 | 40 | 0 | |
| Al Lawler | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 57 | 0 | |
| Bill deCorrevont | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 44 | 0 | |
| Noah Mullins | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Jim Canady | 1 | 37 | 37.0 | 37 | 0 | |
| Fred Evans | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 55 | 781 | 14.2 | 60t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 45 | 413 | 9.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Minini | 12 | 370 | 30.8 | 95t | 1 | |
| Bill Decorrevont | 6 | 160 | 26.7 | 67 | 0 | |
| Al Lawler | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 33 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Ray Bray | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 751 | 25.9 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 1101 | 18.7 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Abbey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Cifers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Stu Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 0 |
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Fred Evans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 2 |
| George Gulyanics | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Al Lawler | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Layne | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Lujack | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Minini | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 1 | |
| Noah Mullins | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pat Preston | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 33 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 140 | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 16 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 0 |
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