1958 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • 8-4-0 .667 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Phil Handler | Assistant Coach |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Chuck Mather | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 8/17/1958 | N | Chicago Cardinals | 10-7 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Sradium | 14000 | |
| Sun | 8/24/1958 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 3-0 | W | Columbus, OH | Ohio State Fairgrounds Stadium | 15365 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1958 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-10 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 16029 | |
| Fri | 9/5/1958 | N | Detroit Lions | 24-17 | W | Dallas, TX | Cotton Bowl | 40000 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1958 | H | Cleveland Browns | 42-31 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 52669 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1958 | A | Washington Redskins | 27-24 | W | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 15168 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1958 | A | Green Bay Packers | 34-20 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 32100 | |
| Sat | 10/4/1958 | A | Baltimore Colts | 38-51 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 52622 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1958 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 28-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48286 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1958 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 31-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48236 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1958 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 27-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 54441 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1958 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 35-41 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 100470 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1958 | H | Green Bay Packers | 24-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48424 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1958 | H | Baltimore Colts | 0-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48664 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1958 | A | Detroit Lions | 20-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 55280 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1958 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 10-24 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 20094 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1958 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 30-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41617 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1958 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-16 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38346 | |
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 |
| Ralph Anderson | 39 | ROH | 6-4 | 223 | 23 | Santa Monica JC; Los Angeles State | 12 | 9 |
| Doug Atkins | 61 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 28 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Erich Barnes | 24 | RDH | 6-2 | 201 | 23 | Purdue | 12 | 8 |
| Bill Bishop | 72 | RDT | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | North Texas | 12 | 12 |
| George Blanda | 16 | K-QB | 6-1 | 210 | 31 | Kentucky | 12 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 12 | QB-P | 6-4 | 204 | 27 | Georgia | 12 | 2 |
| Ed Brown | 15 | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 30 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 12 | 10 |
| Rudy Bukich | 14 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 28 | Iowa; Southern California | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 85 | ROE | 6-5 | 219 | 28 | Michigan State | 11 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 25 | LOH-DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Illinois | 11 | 9 |
| Rick Casares | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 226 | 27 | Florida | 12 | 12 |
| Ed Cooke | 80 | DE | 6-4 | 248 | 23 | Maryland | 4 | 0 |
| Merrill Douglas | 36 | FB-ROH | 6-0 | 204 | 22 | Utah | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 31 | RLB | 6-0 | 225 | 28 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 12 | 12 |
| Willie Galimore | 28 | LOH | 6-1 | 187 | 23 | Florida A&M | 12 | 0 |
| Bill George | 61 | MLB-K | 6-2 | 237 | 29 | Wake Forest | 12 | 12 |
| Abe Gibron | 67 | LOG | 5-11 | 243 | 33 | Valparaiso; Purdue | 12 | 11 |
| Wayne Hansen | 51 | LB-DE | 6-2 | 231 | 30 | Texas-El Paso | 3 | 0 |
| Don Healy | 60 | ROG | 6-3 | 259 | 22 | Maryland | 12 | 3 |
| Harlon Hill | 87 | LOE | 6-3 | 199 | 26 | North Alabama | 8 | 8 |
| Jack Hoffman | 82 | LDE | 6-5 | 234 | 28 | Xavier (Ohio) | 7 | 7 |
| Chuck Howley | 54 | RLB | 6-3 | 228 | 22 | West Virginia | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Jewett | 86 | ROE-LOE | 6-2 | 198 | 24 | Michigan State | 12 | 11 |
| Jack Johnson | 49 | RDH-P | 6-3 | 198 | 25 | Miami (Florida) | 12 | 4 |
| Stan Jones | 68 | ROT-ROG | 6-1 | 252 | 27 | Maryland | 12 | 12 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 74 | ROG-ROT | 6-3 | 245 | 24 | Texas Tech | 12 | 10 |
| Dick Klein | 79 | LOT-LOG | 6-4 | 255 | 24 | Georgia; Iowa | 12 | 3 |
| Herm Lee | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Florida A&M | 12 | 10 |
| Earl Leggett | 71 | LDT | 6-3 | 264 | 25 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 12 | 5 |
| Bill McColl | 83 | ROE-ROH | 6-4 | 230 | 28 | Stanford | 12 | 6 |
| John Mellekas | 76 | C | 6-3 | 255 | 25 | Arizona | 8 | 2 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | LOH | 5-10 | 180 | 23 | UC Santa Barbara | 12 | 4 |
| Bill Roehnelt | 69 | LLB | 6-1 | 227 | 22 | Bradley | 12 | 12 |
| Rocky Ryan | 45 | ROE | 6-1 | 202 | 26 | Illinois | 4 | 1 |
| Larry Strickland | 55 | C | 6-4 | 248 | 27 | Tyler JC; North Texas | 12 | 10 |
| Charlie Sumner | 26 | RS | 6-1 | 194 | 28 | William & Mary | 12 | 12 |
| Stan Wallace | 40 | LS | 6-3 | 208 | 27 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Fred Williams | 75 | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 29 | Arkansas | 12 | 12 |
| Vic Zucco | 48 | LDH | 6-0 | 187 | 23 | Wayne State (Michigan); Michigan State | 12 | 12 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 7 | Chuck Howley | G | West Virginia |
| 2 | 18 | Willard Dewveall | E | Southern Methodist |
| 3 | 29 | Ed Cooke | E | Maryland |
| 3 | 37 | Don Healy | T | Maryland |
| 4 | 42 | Erich Barnes | B | Purdue |
| 5 | 53 | Bob Jewett | E | Michigan State |
| 6 | 65 | Merrill Douglas | B | Utah |
| 7 | 77 | Gene Bentley | B | Texas Tech |
| 8 | 89 | Ed Rutsch | T | George Washington |
| 9 | 101 | Ralph Anderson | E | Los Angeles State |
| 10 | 113 | Aubrey Lewis | B | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 125 | Rocco Cinelli | T | Wisconsin |
| 12 | 137 | Johnny Morris | B | California-Santa Barbara |
| 14 | 161 | Bill Melnik | T | Army |
| 15 | 173 | Jim Harryman | B | Washington |
| 16 | 185 | Ken Pleger | T | Capital |
| 17 | 197 | Dick Eaton | C | Richmond |
| 18 | 209 | Phil Dupler | B | Duke |
| 19 | 219 | Bill Roehnelt | G | Bradley |
| 19 | 221 | Bill Chancey | E | West Virginia |
| 20 | 233 | Les Rutledge | T | Michigan State |
| 21 | 245 | Bill Miller | T | New Mexico Highlands |
| 22 | 257 | Al Carter | B | Tennessee |
| 23 | 269 | Ken Daw | B | Sam Houston State |
| 24 | 281 | Russ Moon | T | Virginia Tech |
| 25 | 293 | Bob Barron | C | St. Norbert |
| 26 | 305 | Bob Lyles | B | Memphis |
| 27 | 317 | Ben Napolski | E | Northwestern |
| 28 | 329 | Wilbur Main | B | Maryland |
| 29 | 341 | Glen Hakes | G | New Mexico |
| 30 | 352 | Bobby Hallum | B | Middle Tennessee State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 92 | 77 | 89 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 58 | 23 | 62 | 230 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 202 | 95 | 94 | 13 | / % | / % | 76 | 742 | |
| Opponents Totals | 168 | 67 | 84 | 17 | / % | / % | 77 | 832 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Galimore | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| George Blanda | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 0 | 69 |
| Bill McColl | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Ed Brown | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rick Casares | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Harlon Hill | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Erich Barnes | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ralph Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Bishop | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Jewett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill George | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 37 | 38 | 97.4 | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 0 | 298 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 26 | 28 | 92.9 | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 0 | 230 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 3 | 45 | 2/10 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 11 | 23 | 47.8 | 3 | 45 | 2/10 | 4/4 | 2/4 | 3/5 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 24 | 50.0 | 4/ | 6/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rick Casares | 176 | 651 | 3.7 | 64t | 2 |
| Willie Galimore | 130 | 619 | 4.8 | 36t | 8 |
| Johnny Morris | 52 | 239 | 4.6 | 32 | 2 |
| J.C. Caroline | 33 | 121 | 3.7 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 32 | 94 | 2.9 | 28 | 3 |
| Merrill Douglas | 10 | 53 | 5.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 437 | 1770 | 4.1 | 64t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 351 | 1297 | 3.7 | 12 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 218 | 102 | 46.8 | 99 | 1418 | 6.5 | 13.9 | 79t | 10 | 4.6 | 17 | 7.8 | 150 | 1268 | 51.0 | |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 90 | 41 | 45.6 | 43 | 571 | 6.3 | 13.9 | 67t | 7 | 7.8 | 6 | 6.7 | 42 | 529 | 64.6 | |
| George Blanda | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 19 | 2.7 | 9.5 | 12 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 9 | 39.6 | |
| Rick Casares | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 3 | 13 | 3.3 | 13.0 | 13t | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 80.2 |
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | -8 | 39.6 | |||
| Willie Galimore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 321 | 146 | 45.5 | 151 | 2021 | 6.3 | 13.8 | 79t | 18 | 5.6 | 24 | 7.5 | 210 | 1811 | 53.8 | |
| Opponents Totals | 327 | 153 | 46.8 | 152 | 2142 | 6.6 | 14.0 | 92t | 14 | 4.3 | 22 | 6.7 | 373 | 1769 | 54.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill McColl | 35 | 517 | 14.8 | 67t | 8 |
| Rick Casares | 32 | 290 | 9.1 | 50 | 1 |
| Harlon Hill | 27 | 365 | 13.5 | 40 | 3 |
| Bob Jewett | 15 | 192 | 12.8 | 26 | 1 |
| Ralph Anderson | 11 | 177 | 16.1 | 30t | 1 |
| Johnny Morris | 11 | 170 | 15.5 | 51 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 8 | 151 | 18.9 | 79t | 3 |
| J.C. Caroline | 5 | 78 | 15.6 | 58t | 1 |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 66 | 66.0 | 66 | 0 |
| Bob Carey | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 146 | 2021 | 13.8 | 79t | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 153 | 2142 | 14.0 | 92t | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Sumner | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Erich Barnes | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 30 | 1 |
| Stan Wallace | 3 | 16 | 5.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Vic Zucco | 3 | 13 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Wayne Hansen | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bill George | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Johnson | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Jack Hoffman | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Chuck Howley | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 221 | 10.0 | 30 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 380 | 15.8 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 27 | 1140 | 42.2 | 57 | 0 | |||||
| Jack Johnson | 18 | 627 | 34.8 | 47 | 1 | |||||
| Zeke Bratkowski | 14 | 555 | 39.6 | 52 | 1 | |||||
| Team Totals | 59 | 2322 | 39.4 | 57 | 2 | 376 | 33.0 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 2736 | 37.5 | 156 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 14 | 96 | 6.9 | 33 | 0 | |
| Vic Zucco | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sumner | 9 | 25 | 2.8 | 14 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 38 | 156 | 4.1 | 33 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 376 | 10.4 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 16 | 399 | 24.9 | 45 | 0 | |
| Willie Galimore | 9 | 338 | 37.6 | 99t | 1 | |
| J.C. Caroline | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Vic Zucco | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sumner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Abe Gibron | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Erich Barnes | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 37 | 954 | 25.8 | 99t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1072 | 22.3 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 0 |
| Bill Bishop | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Zeke Bratkowski | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Brown | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.C. Caroline | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Merrill Douglas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Wayne Hansen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Don Healy | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Leggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill McColl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Morris | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rocky Ryan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Sumner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 101 | 1 |
| Stan Wallace | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Vic Zucco | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 19 | 10 | 18 | 28 | 145 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 18 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 0 |
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