1954 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Bulldog Turner | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/14/1954 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 21-14 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 14814 | |
| Wed | 8/18/1954 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 0-10 | L | Chattanooga, TN | Chamberlain Field | 12000 | |
| Sat | 8/28/1954 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-24 | L | Little Rock, AR | Memorial Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sat | 9/4/1954 | N | Washington Redskins | 29-20 | W | Columbia, SC | Carolina Stadium | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1954 | H | New York Giants | 28-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 22334 | |
| Sat | 9/18/1954 | A | Cleveland Browns | 35-7 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 17631 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1954 | A | Detroit Lions | 23-48 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 52343 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1954 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-3 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24414 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1954 | H | Baltimore Colts | 28-9 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 27845 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1954 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 24-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49235 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1954 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 38-42 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 48174 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1954 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-27 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 49833 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1954 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-23 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47038 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1954 | H | Cleveland Browns | 10-39 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48722 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1954 | A | Baltimore Colts | 28-13 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 23093 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1954 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 24-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 23093 | |
| Sun | 12/5/1954 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 29-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 33594 | |
| Sun | 12/12/1954 | H | Detroit Lions | 28-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 37240 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Billy Anderson | 46 | ROH | 6-0 | 198 | 25 | Compton JC | 7 | 1 |
| Bill Bishop | 73 | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| George Blanda | 16 | QB-K | 6-1 | 210 | 27 | Kentucky | 8 | 6 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 10 | QB-P | 6-4 | 204 | 23 | Georgia | 11 | 6 |
| Larry Brink | 81 | LDE | 6-5 | 235 | 31 | Northern Illinois | 12 | 11 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | DB-QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 26 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 11 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 32 | FB | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Arkansas | 6 | 2 |
| Herman Clark | 65 | MG | 6-3 | 258 | 24 | Oregon State | 5 | 1 |
| George Connor | 71 | RLB | 6-3 | 240 | 29 | Holy Cross; Notre Dame | 8 | 8 |
| Ted Daffer | 64 | LDE-RDE | 6-0 | 200 | 25 | Tennessee | 9 | 1 |
| Art Davis | 70 | T | 6-2 | 235 | 25 | Alabama State | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 43 | ROH-ROE-LOH-LOE | 6-4 | 198 | 24 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 9 |
| Bill George | 61 | MG-LLB-K | 6-2 | 237 | 25 | Wake Forest | 12 | 11 |
| Kline Gilbert | 62 | ROG | 6-2 | 233 | 24 | Mississippi | 12 | 12 |
| Wayne Hansen | 51 | C-RLB | 6-2 | 231 | 26 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 8 |
| John Helwig | 80 | LDH-RCB | 6-2 | 208 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Harlon Hill | 87 | LOE | 6-3 | 199 | 22 | North Alabama | 12 | 12 |
| John Hoffman | 89 | ROE-ROH | 6-2 | 215 | 29 | Arkansas | 12 | 9 |
| Harry Jagade | 30 | FB | 6-0 | 213 | 28 | Indiana | 11 | 8 |
| Stan Jones | 78 | ROT-LOT | 6-1 | 252 | 23 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Don Kindt | 6 | LCB-LOH-ROH-FB | 6-1 | 207 | 29 | Wisconsin | 12 | 5 |
| John Kreamcheck | 58 | LDT | 6-5 | 255 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 10 |
| Jimmy Lesane | 49 | DB | 5-10 | 176 | 24 | Virginia | 4 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 74 | RDT-MG-LDT | 6-4 | 246 | 31 | Tennessee | 11 | 1 |
| Loyd Lowe | 28 | DB | 5-10 | 155 | 26 | North Texas | 1 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 83 | ROE | 6-4 | 230 | 24 | Stanford | 12 | 4 |
| Bucky McElroy | 48 | HB | 5-11 | 195 | 25 | Hinds CC; Southern Mississippi | 1 | 1 |
| Ed Meadows | 76 | LDT-LDE-RDE | 6-2 | 221 | 22 | Duke | 11 | 2 |
| McNeil Moore | 29 | LS | 6-0 | 188 | 21 | Rice; Sam Houston State | 12 | 12 |
| Pete Perini | 39 | FB-K | 6-0 | 225 | 26 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 |
| Gene Schroeder | 88 | OE-ROH | 6-3 | 192 | 25 | Virginia | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 20 | RCB | 5-10 | 188 | 26 | Cameron JC; Midwestern State | 7 | 5 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | RDE | 6-1 | 206 | 31 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 12 | 12 |
| Billy Stone | 45 | LOH-ROH | 6-0 | 191 | 29 | Bradley | 12 | 12 |
| Larry Strickland | 55 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | Tyler JC; North Texas | 12 | 8 |
| Stan Wallace | 40 | RS-RDH | 6-3 | 208 | 23 | Illinois | 7 | 7 |
| Gerry Weatherly | 50 | LLB | 6-5 | 218 | 26 | Rice | 12 | 11 |
| S.J. Whitman | 22 | RS | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Tulsa | 8 | 8 |
| Bill Wightkin | 72 | LOT | 6-2 | 235 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Williams | 75 | LOG-RDT | 6-4 | 249 | 25 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Stan Wallace | B | Illinois |
| 2 | 18 | Rick Casares | B | Florida |
| 3 | 30 | Ed Meadows | T | Duke |
| 4 | 42 | Frank Paterra | B | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 54 | Bobby Griffis | G | Furman |
| 6 | 66 | John Hudson | G | Rice |
| 7 | 78 | Ralph Cecere | B | Villanova |
| 8 | 90 | Tom Garlington | T | Arkansas |
| 9 | 102 | Paul Giel | B | Minnesota |
| 10 | 114 | D.C. Andrews | E | Hardin-Simmons |
| 11 | 126 | Ron Wallin | B | Minnesota |
| 12 | 138 | Joe Faragalli | G | Villanova |
| 13 | 150 | J.T. Seaholm | G | Texas |
| 14 | 162 | Ken Miller | B | Illinois |
| 15 | 174 | Harlon Hill | E | North Alabama |
| 16 | 186 | Earl Lindley | B | Utah State |
| 17 | 198 | Lou Woodard | C | Sam Houston State |
| 18 | 210 | McNeil Moore | B | Sam Houston State |
| 19 | 222 | Jim Lum | T | Louisiana Tech |
| 20 | 234 | Jim Ladd | E | Bowling Green State |
| 21 | 246 | Sonny Cleere | T | Abilene Christian |
| 22 | 258 | Charlie Sumner | B | William & Mary |
| 23 | 270 | Herm Lee | T | Florida A&M |
| 24 | 282 | Bill Jarrett | B | West Virginia |
| 25 | 294 | Tom Feamster | E | Florida State |
| 26 | 306 | Lou Petroka | B | Boston University |
| 27 | 318 | Dick Oniskey | C | Tennessee-Chattanooga |
| 28 | 330 | P.W. Underwood | G | Southern Mississippi |
| 29 | 342 | Alvin Beale | B | Trinity (Texas) |
| 30 | 354 | Jim Haluska | B | Wisconsin |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 100 | 67 | 37 | 97 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 75 | 68 | 88 | 279 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 63 | 144 | 12 | / % | / % | 71 | 592 | |
| Opponents Totals | 221 | 94 | 106 | 21 | / % | / % | 87 | 696 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlon Hill | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| George Blanda | 0 | 23 | 23 | 100.0 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 47 |
| Jim Dooley | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Billy Stone | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Bill George | 0 | 13 | 14 | 92.9 | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 25 |
| Harry Jagade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| John Hoffman | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bill McColl | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Larry Brink | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Wayne Hansen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Gerry Weatherly | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| S.J. Whitman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Pete Perini | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 0 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2 | 279 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 2 | 31 | 4/9 | 3/4 | 1/2 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Bill George | 4 | 6 | 66.7 | 0 | 34 | 3/4 | 0/0 | 1/2 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 12 | 22 | 54.5 | 2 | 34 | 8/13 | 2/4 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 25 | 52.0 | 2/ | 3/ | 6/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Jagade | 157 | 498 | 3.2 | 46 | 3 |
| Billy Stone | 79 | 306 | 3.9 | 23 | 3 |
| John Hoffman | 39 | 178 | 4.6 | 19t | 1 |
| George Blanda | 19 | 41 | 2.2 | 19 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 18 | 38 | 2.1 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 19 | 1 |
| Pete Perini | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 4 | 0 |
| Billy Anderson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 10 | -9 | -0.9 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 353 | 1142 | 3.2 | 46 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 427 | 1917 | 4.5 | 15 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Bratkowski | 130 | 67 | 51.5 | 46 | 1087 | 8.4 | 16.2 | 71t | 8 | 6.2 | 17 | 13.1 | 52 | 1035 | 60.8 | |
| George Blanda | 281 | 131 | 46.6 | 133 | 1929 | 6.9 | 14.7 | 76t | 15 | 5.3 | 17 | 6.0 | 108 | 1821 | 62.1 | |
| Ed Brown | 17 | 10 | 58.8 | 6 | 283 | 16.6 | 28.3 | 69t | 3 | 17.6 | 1 | 5.9 | 28 | 255 | 118.3 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | |||
| Team Totals | 429 | 208 | 48.5 | 186 | 3299 | 7.7 | 15.9 | 76t | 26 | 6.1 | 35 | 8.2 | 195 | 3104 | 60.7 | |
| Opponents Totals | 369 | 177 | 48.0 | 165 | 2427 | 6.6 | 13.7 | 13 | 3.5 | 27 | 7.3 | 244 | 2183 | 50.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harlon Hill | 45 | 1124 | 25.0 | 76t | 12 |
| Billy Stone | 35 | 395 | 11.3 | 42 | 3 |
| Jim Dooley | 34 | 658 | 19.4 | 69t | 7 |
| John Hoffman | 28 | 354 | 12.6 | 54 | 1 |
| Bill McColl | 24 | 368 | 15.3 | 45 | 2 |
| Harry Jagade | 24 | 172 | 7.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 21 | 0 |
| Pete Perini | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 20 | 0 |
| Leon Campbell | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Gene Schroeder | 1 | 71 | 71.0 | 71t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 208 | 3299 | 15.9 | 76t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 177 | 2427 | 13.7 | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| S.J. Whitman | 5 | 117 | 23.4 | 38 | 1 |
| Stan Wallace | 4 | 63 | 15.8 | 51 | 0 |
| McNeil Moore | 3 | 76 | 25.3 | 50 | 0 |
| John Helwig | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Gerry Weatherly | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill George | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Gene Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Hansen | 1 | 57 | 57.0 | 57 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| George Connor | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 458 | 17.0 | 57 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 397 | 11.3 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zeke Bratkowski | 39 | 1599 | 41.0 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Ed Brown | 18 | 684 | 38.0 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2283 | 40.1 | 70 | 0 | 430 | 32.5 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 65 | 2561 | 39.4 | 186 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McNeil Moore | 11 | 80 | 7.3 | 34 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 14 | 40 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 7 | 43 | 6.1 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 6 | 13 | 2.2 | 11 | 0 | |
| Loyd Lowe | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 186 | 4.4 | 34 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 430 | 10.8 | 2 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Jagade | 11 | 195 | 17.7 | 34 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 8 | 215 | 26.9 | 35 | 0 | |
| McNeil Moore | 8 | 156 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Lesane | 4 | 91 | 22.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Leon Campbell | 3 | 77 | 25.7 | 33 | 0 | |
| Pete Perini | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 22 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| George Connor | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| John Hoffman | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | |
| Bucky McElroy | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | |
| Ed Meadows | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Billy Anderson | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Don Kindt | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Loyd Lowe | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 50 | 942 | 18.8 | 35 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1018 | 21.7 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Anderson | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Brink | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 84 | 1 |
| George Connor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| Ted Daffer | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Hansen | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 49 | 1 | |
| John Helwig | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Jagade | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Kreamcheck | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Lipscomb | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Meadows | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| McNeil Moore | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 0 | |
| Pete Perini | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ray Gene Smith | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Stone | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Wallace | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 15 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 144 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 18 | 13 | 15 | 28 | 1 |
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