1952 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 5th place • National Conference • 5-7-0 .417 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Paddy Driscoll | Backfield |
| Phil Handler | Line Assistant |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Bulldog Turner | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/12/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 14-9 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 26224 | |
| Fri | 8/29/1952 | A | Cleveland Browns | 7-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 37976 | |
| Sat | 9/6/1952 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 37-7 | W | Durham, NC | Duke Stadium | 18000 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1952 | H | New York Giants | 14-9 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 28158 | |
| Sat | 9/20/1952 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 22-0 | W | Shreveport, LA | Independence Stadium | 10000 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1952 | A | Green Bay Packers | 24-14 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24656 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1952 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 10-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 34697 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1952 | H | Dallas Texans | 38-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 35429 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1952 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-40 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48338 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1952 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 7-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 43574 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1952 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 20-17 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 58255 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1952 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41751 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1952 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-40 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40737 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1952 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-23 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 37508 | |
| Thu | 11/27/1952 | A | Dallas Texans | 23-27 | L | Akron, OH | Rubber Bowl | 2500 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1952 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-45 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 50410 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1952 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 10-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 32578 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/27/1952 | Dallas Texans | Moved from Dallas, TX |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Dick Barwegen | 61 | LOG | 6-1 | 227 | 30 | Purdue | 12 | 12 |
| Bill Bishop | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 21 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| George Blanda | 22 | K-QB | 6-1 | 210 | 25 | Kentucky | 12 | 3 |
| Ed Bradley | 67 | LLB | 6-0 | 212 | 26 | Wake Forest | 8 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 40 | RLB-ROH | 5-11 | 181 | 26 | Youngstown State | 12 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Arkansas | 10 | 0 |
| Herman Clark | 74 | MG | 6-3 | 258 | 22 | Oregon State | 12 | 12 |
| Emerson Cole | 31 | FB | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Toledo | 1 | 0 |
| George Connor | 71 | LOT-MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 27 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Bobby Cross | 76 | LOT | 6-4 | 248 | 21 | Kilgore JC; Stephen F. Austin State | 12 | 0 |
| Frank Dempsey | 62 | LLB | 6-3 | 235 | 27 | Florida | 11 | 11 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 41 | ROH | 5-10 | 178 | 30 | Butler; Purdue | 9 | 2 |
| Jim Dooley | 43 | RDH-ROH | 6-4 | 198 | 22 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 12 |
| Kayo Dottley | 34 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 200 | 24 | Mississippi | 5 | 5 |
| Bill George | 72 | ROG-LB | 6-2 | 237 | 23 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| George Gulyanics | 39 | LOH | 5-11 | 198 | 31 | Jones County JC | 4 | 1 |
| Wayne Hansen | 51 | C | 6-2 | 231 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 12 |
| Jack Hoffman | 82 | LDE | 6-5 | 234 | 22 | Xavier (Ohio) | 12 | 12 |
| John Hoffman | 89 | RLB | 6-2 | 215 | 27 | Arkansas | 9 | 8 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 46 | LOH | 6-0 | 188 | 27 | Florida | 11 | 10 |
| Don Kindt | 6 | LDH | 6-1 | 207 | 27 | Wisconsin | 12 | 12 |
| Jimmy Lesane | 49 | ROH-FB | 5-10 | 176 | 22 | Virginia | 9 | 0 |
| Eddie Macon | 25 | LOH-ROH-DB | 6-0 | 177 | 25 | Pacific | 12 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 83 | LOE-ROE | 6-4 | 230 | 22 | Stanford | 12 | 4 |
| Fred Morrison | 15 | FB-P | 6-2 | 215 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 7 |
| Bob Moser | 55 | C-LDT-LB | 6-3 | 238 | 24 | Pacific | 11 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 12 | QB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Villanova | 10 | 2 |
| Gene Schroeder | 88 | ROE-S | 6-3 | 192 | 23 | Virginia | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | RDE-ROE | 6-1 | 206 | 29 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Stone | 45 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | Bradley | 11 | 11 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | ROT-C | 6-1 | 237 | 33 | Hardin-Simmons | 12 | 12 |
| Gerry Weatherly | 50 | S | 6-5 | 218 | 24 | Rice | 4 | 3 |
| Wilford White | 33 | LOH-K | 5-9 | 171 | 24 | Arizona State | 11 | 0 |
| Bill Wightkin | 86 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| Bobby Williams | 9 | QB-P | 6-1 | 197 | 22 | Notre Dame | 12 | 7 |
| Fred Williams | 75 | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 23 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Jim Dooley | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 2 | 20 | Eddie Macon | B | Pacific |
| 3 | 32 | Bill McColl | E | Stanford |
| 4 | 44 | Herman Clark | T | Oregon State |
| 5 | 54 | Jack Hoffman | E | Xavier (Ohio) |
| 5 | 56 | Fred Williams | T | Arkansas |
| 6 | 68 | Ed Brown | B | San Francisco |
| 7 | 80 | Joe Fortunato | B | Mississippi State |
| 8 | 90 | Bill Bishop | T | North Texas |
| 8 | 92 | Bill Jurney | E | Arkansas |
| 9 | 104 | Bobby Cross | T | Stephen F. Austin State |
| 11 | 128 | Bill Miller | B | Wake Forest |
| 12 | 140 | Andy Kozar | B | Tennessee |
| 13 | 152 | Rich Athan | B | Northwestern |
| 14 | 164 | Gale Galloway | C | Baylor |
| 15 | 176 | Dick Kazmaier | B | Princeton |
| 16 | 188 | Bob Spears | B | Yale |
| 17 | 200 | John Carroll | T | Houston |
| 18 | 212 | Tommy O'Connell | B | Illinois |
| 19 | 224 | Ken Reidenbach | T | Drake |
| 20 | 236 | Jimmy Lesane | B | Virginia |
| 21 | 248 | Ted Daffer | G | Tennessee |
| 22 | 260 | Dick Gregory | B | Minnesota |
| 23 | 272 | Paul Nestor | T | Maryland |
| 24 | 284 | Dick Mundinger | T | Minnesota |
| 25 | 296 | Bob Stoddard | T | Utah State |
| 26 | 308 | Bucky McElroy | B | Southern Mississippi |
| 27 | 320 | Bob Reid | B | Baylor |
| 28 | 332 | Karney Scioscia | B | Maryland |
| 29 | 344 | Teddy Riggs | B | Rice |
| 30 | 356 | Bob Shemonski | B | Maryland |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 74 | 28 | 94 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 82 | 64 | 126 | 326 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 194 | 90 | 87 | 17 | / % | / % | 73 | 583 | |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 98 | 98 | 13 | / % | / % | 91 | 795 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 1 | 30 | 30 | 100.0 | 6 | 25 | 24.0 | 0 | 54 |
| Gene Schroeder | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Kayo Dottley | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Billy Stone | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Babe Dimancheff | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Chuck Hunsinger | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Eddie Macon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill McColl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill Wightkin | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Wilford White | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 7 |
| Al Campana | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 31 | 31 | 31 | 100.0 | 8 | 28 | 28.6 | 2 | 245 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 2 | 326 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 6 | 25 | 24.0 | 1 | 49 | 0/6 | 2/3 | 1/5 | 3/6 | 0/5 |
| Wilford White | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 0 | 30 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 28 | 28.6 | 1 | 49 | 1/8 | 2/3 | 2/6 | 3/6 | 0/5 |
| Opponents Totals | 8 | 20 | 40.0 | 4/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 95 | 367 | 3.9 | 57 | 3 |
| Kayo Dottley | 65 | 302 | 4.6 | 44t | 3 |
| Billy Stone | 50 | 196 | 3.9 | 48 | 2 |
| Eddie Macon | 30 | 194 | 6.5 | 50t | 1 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 58 | 139 | 2.4 | 30 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 17 | 106 | 6.2 | 77t | 1 |
| George Blanda | 20 | 104 | 5.2 | 16 | 1 |
| Leon Campbell | 24 | 76 | 3.2 | 18 | 0 |
| Bobby Williams | 11 | 33 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 9 | 14 | 1.6 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 6 | 9 | 1.5 | 7 | 0 |
| Jimmy Lesane | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George Gulyanics | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilford White | 19 | -19 | -1.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 411 | 1543 | 3.8 | 77t | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 463 | 1921 | 4.1 | 20 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steve Romanik | 126 | 49 | 38.9 | 66 | 772 | 6.1 | 15.8 | 49 | 4 | 3.2 | 11 | 8.7 | 114 | 658 | 34.2 | |
| George Blanda | 131 | 47 | 35.9 | 73 | 664 | 5.1 | 14.1 | 59t | 8 | 6.1 | 11 | 8.4 | 74 | 590 | 38.5 | |
| Bobby Williams | 87 | 45 | 51.7 | 37 | 579 | 6.7 | 12.9 | 56 | 6 | 6.9 | 5 | 5.7 | 84 | 495 | 72.0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | -8 | 39.6 | |||
| Wilford White | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 347 | 141 | 40.6 | 179 | 2015 | 5.8 | 14.3 | 59t | 18 | 5.2 | 27 | 7.8 | 280 | 1735 | 45.0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 311 | 160 | 51.4 | 131 | 2350 | 7.6 | 14.7 | 84t | 16 | 5.1 | 20 | 6.4 | 259 | 2091 | 66.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gene Schroeder | 39 | 660 | 16.9 | 56 | 6 |
| Bill McColl | 20 | 277 | 13.9 | 30 | 2 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 16 | 170 | 10.6 | 30t | 2 |
| Billy Stone | 13 | 283 | 21.8 | 59t | 2 |
| Fred Morrison | 10 | 129 | 12.9 | 39 | 1 |
| Kayo Dottley | 9 | 113 | 12.6 | 25t | 1 |
| Wilford White | 8 | 152 | 19.0 | 49 | 0 |
| Eddie Macon | 8 | 25 | 3.1 | 20 | 0 |
| Bill Wightkin | 7 | 120 | 17.1 | 29t | 2 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 5 | 69 | 13.8 | 41t | 1 |
| Leon Campbell | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 3 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Al Campana | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 141 | 2015 | 14.3 | 59t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 160 | 2350 | 14.7 | 84t | 16 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Dooley | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 3 | 49 | 16.3 | 26 | 0 |
| Gerry Weatherly | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 12 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 54 | 0 |
| George Connor | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 |
| Fred Williams | 1 | 54 | 54.0 | 54 | 0 |
| Frank Dempsey | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Herman Clark | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Jack Hoffman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Wightkin | 0 | 9 | 9L | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 20 | 281 | 14.1 | 54 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 323 | 12.0 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fred Morrison | 64 | 2707 | 42.3 | 65 | 1 | |||||
| Bobby Williams | 2 | 90 | 45.0 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2797 | 42.4 | 65 | 1 | 612 | 33.1 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 67 | 2783 | 41.5 | 223 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilford White | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 17 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 6 | 0 | |
| Eddie Macon | 7 | 74 | 10.6 | 47 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 41 | 223 | 5.4 | 47 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 612 | 16.1 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eddie Macon | 9 | 299 | 33.2 | 89t | 1 | |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 15 | 308 | 20.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Wilford White | 5 | 134 | 26.8 | 28 | 0 | |
| Babe Dimancheff | 4 | 110 | 27.5 | 41 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 17 | ||
| Ed Sprinkle | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 11 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 2 | 106 | 53.0 | 86t | 1 | |
| Billy Stone | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |
| Emerson Cole | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 1168 | 23.4 | 89t | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 906 | 25.2 | 2 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Bradley | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Herman Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Cross | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Frank Dempsey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Babe Dimancheff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Chuck Hunsinger | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Macon | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Morrison | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Moser | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Steve Romanik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Schroeder | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy Stone | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gerry Weatherly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wilford White | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Williams | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 39 | 24 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 47 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 44 | 26 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 4 |
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