1949 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 9-3-0 .750 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Hunk Anderson | Line |
| Paddy Driscoll | Backfield |
| Luke Johnsos | Ends |
| Gene Ronzani | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/20/1949 | N | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-0 | W | Cincinnati, OH | Nippert Stadium | 25000 | |
| Sun | 8/28/1949 | N | New York Bulldogs | 14-7 | W | Indianapolis, IN | Butler Bowl | 11135 | |
| Sun | 9/4/1949 | N | Washington Redskins | 38-17 | W | Memphis, TN | Crump Stadium | 14986 | |
| Sat | 9/10/1949 | H | New York Giants | 20-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32560 | |
| Sat | 9/17/1949 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 7-14 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 88000 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1949 | A | Green Bay Packers | 17-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 25571 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1949 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 17-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 52867 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1949 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 16-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 42124 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1949 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 38-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50129 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1949 | A | New York Giants | 28-35 | L | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 30587 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1949 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 24-27 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 86080 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1949 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47218 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1949 | H | Detroit Lions | 27-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32716 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1949 | A | Washington Redskins | 31-21 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 30418 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1949 | A | Detroit Lions | 28-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 22912 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1949 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 30-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 36071 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1949 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 52-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 50101 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/28/1949 | New York Bulldogs | Postponed from 8/27 |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Alf Bauman | 41 | LDT | 6-2 | 228 | 29 | Northwestern | 12 | 2 |
| George Blanda | 22 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 22 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 57 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 162 | 24 | Tulsa | 10 | 1 |
| Ray Bray | 82 | ROG-MG-LDG | 6-0 | 237 | 32 | Western Michigan | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Canady | 8 | RDH | 5-10 | 178 | 23 | Texas; Arkansas-Monticello; Texas | 5 | 5 |
| Stu Clarkson | 31 | RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 30 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Cody | 16 | LLB-FB | 5-9 | 190 | 26 | Boston College; Purdue | 10 | 10 |
| George Connor | 81 | LDT-LOT | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Davis | 24 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 30 | Alabama | 10 | 10 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 36 | LDH-LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 186 | 31 | Northwestern | 8 | 7 |
| Wally Dreyer | 3/8 | LOH | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Wisconsin; Michigan; Wisconsin | 12 | 1 |
| Chuck Drulis | 21 | MLB-LOG-RDG | 5-10 | 216 | 31 | Temple | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Dugger | 13 | LDE-LOE | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 9 | LLB-LOG | 6-0 | 216 | 23 | Ohio State | 12 | 4 |
| George Gulyanics | 39 | LOH | 5-11 | 198 | 28 | Jones County JC | 11 | 10 |
| John Hoffman | 29 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 51 | LOE | 6-3 | 207 | 33 | Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Jim Keane | 20 | ROE | 6-4 | 217 | 25 | Iowa | 12 | 12 |
| Don Kindt | 6 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 207 | 24 | Wisconsin | 12 | 3 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB | 5-11 | 197 | 33 | Columbia | 9 | 4 |
| Johnny Lujack | 32 | QB | 6-0 | 186 | 24 | Notre Dame | 12 | 8 |
| Dante Magnani | 4 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 182 | 32 | St. Mary's (California) | 11 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 5 | S-ROH | 6-0 | 178 | 31 | Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Charles Milner | 38 | LDE | 6-1 | 217 | 27 | South Carolina; Duke | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Osmanski | 18 | FB | 6-2 | 218 | 32 | Holy Cross | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 33 | RDH-LDH-ROH | 6-1 | 205 | 28 | Princeton | 12 | 12 |
| Pat Preston | 53 | LOG | 6-2 | 216 | 28 | Wake Forest; Duke | 12 | 5 |
| Julie Rykovich | 11 | ROH | 6-2 | 204 | 26 | Illinois; Notre Dame; Illinois | 12 | 7 |
| Wash Serini | 23 | ROG | 6-2 | 236 | 27 | Kentucky | 12 | 1 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| Paul Stenn | 35 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 242 | 31 | Villanova | 12 | 8 |
| Walt Stickel | 45 | RDT-ROT | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Tulsa; Pennsylvania | 10 | 10 |
| Frank Szymanski | 44 | C-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 26 | Notre Dame | 10 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 30 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Dick Harris | C | Texas |
| 2 | 20 | Billy Joe Grimes | B | Oklahoma State |
| 3 | 31 | Red O'Quinn | E | Wake Forest |
| 4 | 39 | Ben Bendrick | B | Wisconsin |
| 5 | 49 | John Hoffman | B | Arkansas |
| 6 | 59 | Jerry Krall | B | Ohio State |
| 7 | 69 | Wally Jones | E | Eastern Kentucky |
| 8 | 72 | Gerry Weatherly | C | Rice |
| 8 | 79 | Bill Wightkin | E | Notre Dame |
| 9 | 89 | Dolph Tokarczyk | G | Pennsylvania |
| 10 | 99 | Lee Nalley | B | Vanderbilt |
| 11 | 109 | Jerry Tiblier | B | Mississippi |
| 12 | 119 | George Blanda | QB | Kentucky |
| 13 | 129 | George Taliaferro | B | Indiana |
| 14 | 139 | Ernie Keily | G | Texas-El Paso |
| 15 | 149 | Hal Faverty | G | Wisconsin |
| 16 | 159 | Al Wahl | T | Michigan |
| 17 | 169 | John Corbisiero | B | Middlebury |
| 18 | 179 | Jim Moran | B | John Carroll |
| 19 | 189 | Bob Mitten | G | North Carolina |
| 20 | 199 | Bob Heck | B | Pacific |
| 21 | 209 | Jim Duncan | E | Wake Forest |
| 22 | 219 | Dick Bertuzzi | B | Kansas |
| 23 | 229 | Harry Kane | C | Pacific |
| 24 | 239 | Bernie Smith | T | Texas-El Paso |
| 25 | 249 | Stan Marczyk | T | North Carolina |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 72 | 102 | 57 | 101 | 332 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 52 | 48 | 77 | 218 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 248 | 111 | 119 | 18 | / % | / % | 92 | 901 | |
| Opponents Totals | 170 | 56 | 95 | 19 | / % | / % | 56 | 521 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 2 | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 57 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| George Gulyanics | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Jim Keane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George McAfee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| George Blanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 0 | 27 | |
| J.R. Boone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Hoffman | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ed Cody | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 44 | 42 | 44 | 95.5 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 332 |
| Opponents Totals | 29 | 29 | 29 | 100.0 | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 0 | 218 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 7 | 15 | 46.7 | 1 | 37 | 1/7 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 16 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 37 | 2/8 | 3/4 | 3/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 7 | 71.4 | 1/ | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 102 | 452 | 4.4 | 31 | 5 |
| Julie Rykovich | 88 | 340 | 3.9 | 18 | 6 |
| John Hoffman | 53 | 216 | 4.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Wally Dreyer | 45 | 172 | 3.8 | 38 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 42 | 161 | 3.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Don Kindt | 41 | 118 | 2.9 | 13 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 35 | 111 | 3.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 20t | 2 |
| Dante Magnani | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 483 | 1785 | 3.7 | 38 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 428 | 1196 | 2.8 | 97t | 6 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 312 | 162 | 51.9 | 128 | 2658 | 8.5 | 16.4 | 81t | 23 | 7.4 | 22 | 7.1 | 31 | 2627 | 76.0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 50 | 22 | 44.0 | 25 | 200 | 4.0 | 9.1 | 34 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 61 | 139 | 37.1 | |
| George Blanda | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 7 | 197 | 9.4 | 21.9 | 44 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 23.8 | 33 | 164 | 37.3 | |
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 385 | 193 | 50.1 | 162 | 3055 | 7.9 | 15.8 | 81t | 24 | 6.2 | 30 | 7.8 | 125 | 2930 | 65.2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 320 | 152 | 47.5 | 141 | 2147 | 6.7 | 14.1 | 20 | 6.3 | 27 | 8.4 | 168 | 1979 | 55.3 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Keane | 47 | 696 | 14.8 | 39 | 6 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 29 | 655 | 22.6 | 81t | 9 |
| John Hoffman | 25 | 373 | 14.9 | 64t | 2 |
| George Gulyanics | 16 | 165 | 10.3 | 34 | 1 |
| Julie Rykovich | 16 | 210 | 13.1 | 45t | 2 |
| J.R. Boone | 14 | 336 | 24.0 | 43 | 3 |
| Don Kindt | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 38 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 52t | 1 |
| Wally Dreyer | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 47 | 0 |
| George Connor | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Paul Stenn | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Decorrevont | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Jack Dugger | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 193 | 3055 | 15.8 | 81t | 24 |
| Opponents Totals | 152 | 2147 | 14.1 | 20 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 54t | 1 |
| Bob Perina | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Bill deCorrevont | 4 | 53 | 13.3 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 20 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 38t | 1 |
| Stu Clarkson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Drulis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 54t | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 30 | 499 | 16.6 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 29 | 1368 | 47.2 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| George Blanda | 19 | 746 | 39.3 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Lujack | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 52 | 2253 | 43.3 | 69 | 0 | 359 | 36.4 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 78 | 3230 | 41.4 | 583 | 32.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 24 | 279 | 11.6 | 33 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 37 | 0 | |
| Wally Dreyer | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Ed Cody | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 583 | 11.2 | 37 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 359 | 11.2 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Dreyer | 13 | 338 | 26.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Ed Cody | 8 | 181 | 22.6 | 32 | 0 | |
| Dick Flanagan | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jack Dugger | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 874 | 23.0 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 963 | 21.9 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alf Bauman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Bray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wally Dreyer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Dugger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Lujack | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Perina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Wash Serini | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Paul Stenn | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Walt Stickel | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Szymanski | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -8 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 18 | 7 | 16 | 23 | -3 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 16 | 11 | 18 | 29 | 1 |
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