1948 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

Record: 10-2-0, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (10-2-0)

Points For: 375 (31.3/g) 3rd of 10

Points Against: 151 (12.6/g) 1st of 10

SRS: 17.34 (1st of 10), SOS: -1.33

Other Notable Asst.: Hunk Anderson (Line Coach), Paddy Driscoll (Assistant Coach), Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach), Gene Ronzani (Quarterbacks) and George Wilson (Ends Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	375	4346	844	5.1	40	21	242	142	287	1894	22	19	6.6	93	557	2452	25	4.4	134	122	1066	15
Opp. Stats	151	2900	720	4.0	46	16	174	139	336	1646	12	30	4.9	70	384	1254	8	3.3	71	72	633	33
Lg Rank Offense	3	5			4	10	1		6	7	5	4	7		1	2	1	3
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			3	7	2		7	2	1	2	1		2	2	3	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
									Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date			OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
2	Sun	September 26	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	45	7	21	297	57	240	1	15	153	45	108	6
3	Mon	October 4	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Chicago Cardinals	28	17	15	303	97	206	3	15	262	161	101	3
4	Sun	October 10	boxscore	W		3-0		Los Angeles Rams	42	21	24	401	231	170	2	19	300	218	82	5
5	Sun	October 17	boxscore	W		4-0		Detroit Lions	28	0	21	383	124	259	5	5	83	50	33	4
6	Sun	October 24	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	7	12	14	194	73	121	4	15	175	71	104	3
7	Sun	October 31	boxscore	W		5-1		New York Giants	35	14	22	453	161	292	7	14	166	99	67	4
8	Sun	November 7	boxscore	W		6-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	21	6	16	303	99	204	2	16	221	104	117	1
9	Sun	November 14	boxscore	W		7-1		Green Bay Packers	7	6	10	177	65	112	3	12	173	62	111	2
10	Sun	November 21	boxscore	W		8-1	@	Boston Yanks	51	17	26	468	187	281	1	9	251	98	153	6
11	Sun	November 28	boxscore	W		9-1		Washington Redskins	48	13	24	307	122	185	4	21	316	227	89	7
12	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W		10-1	@	Detroit Lions	42	14	29	451	221	230	3	13	258	162	96	3
13	Sun	December 12	boxscore	L		10-2		Chicago Cardinals	21	24	20	436	284	152	5	20	305	112	193	2

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds
1	Sid Luckman	32	QB	12	7	89	163	54.6	1047	13	8.0	14	8.6	53	6.4	4.2	11.8	87.3	65.1	108
2	Johnny Lujack	23		9	3	36	66	54.5	611	6	9.1	3	4.5	64	9.3	9.0	17.0	67.9	97.5	11
3	Bobby Layne	22		11	1	16	52	30.8	232	3	5.8	2	3.8	35	4.5	3.9	14.5	21.1	49.5	31
4	J.R. Boone	23		11	1	1	1	100.0	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	4.0	4.0	4.0	0.4	83.3
5	George McAfee	30	RH	12	8	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	23
6	Noah Mullins	30		12	2	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
	Team Totals			12	12	142	287	49.5	1894	22	7.7	19	6.6	64	7.2	5.2	13.3	157.8	71.3	173

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	George McAfee	30	RH	12	8	92	392	5	23	4.3	32.7	7.7	17	227	13.4	2	50	1.4	18.9	109	5.7	619	7	11
2	George Gulyanics	27	LH	12	8	119	439	4	24	3.7	36.6	9.9	8	130	16.3	1	36	0.7	10.8	127	4.5	569	5	3
3	Jim Keane	24		11	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	30	414	13.8	3	53	2.7	37.6	30	13.8	414	3	0
4	J.R. Boone	23		11	1	48	266	5	40	5.5	24.2	4.4	10	143	14.3	2	38	0.9	13.0	58	7.1	409	7	5
5	Joe Osmanski	31		12	1	74	341	1	32	4.6	28.4	6.2	9	43	4.8	0	19	0.8	3.6	83	4.6	384	1	0
6	Ken Kavanaugh	32	LE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	18	352	19.6	6	64	1.5	29.3	18	19.6	352	6	0
7	Noah Mullins	30		12	2	36	208	1	74	5.8	17.3	3.0	9	127	14.1	4	26	0.8	10.6	45	7.4	335	5	4
8	Don Kindt	23	FB	12	6	54	189	2	66	3.5	15.8	4.5	11	137	12.5	0	49	0.9	11.4	65	5.0	326	2	0
9	Mike Holovak	29	FB	11	5	30	228	2	47	7.6	20.7	2.7	4	30	7.5	0	15	0.4	2.7	34	7.6	258	2	0
10	Ed Sprinkle	25		10	2	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-0.2	0.1	10	132	13.2	3	34	1.0	13.2	11	11.8	130	3	0
11	Johnny Lujack	23		9	3	15	110	1	26	7.3	12.2	1.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	15	7.3	110	1	1
12	Frank Minini	27		12	3	24	79	2	18	3.3	6.6	2.0	1	14	14.0	1	14	0.1	1.2	25	3.7	93	3	2
13	Al Lawler	26		7	0	9	44	0	16	4.9	6.3	1.3	3	40	13.3	0	26	0.4	5.7	12	7.0	84	0	2
14	Bobby Layne	22		11	1	13	80	1	18	6.2	7.3	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	6.2	80	1	3
15	Joe Abbey	23	E	12	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	67	13.4	0	35	0.4	5.6	5	13.4	67	0	1
16	Billy deCorrevont	30		10	2	16	25	0	7	1.6	2.5	1.6	2	7	3.5	0	6	0.2	0.7	18	1.8	32	0	0
17	Allen Smith	26		10	4	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	29	9.7	0	18	0.3	2.9	3	9.7	29	0	0
18	Dick Flanagan	22		11	1	5	14	0	6	2.8	1.3	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	5	2.8	14	0	0
19	Fred Evans	27		3	0	10	15	0	7	1.5	5.0	3.3	1	-2	-2.0	0	-2	0.3	-0.7	11	1.2	13	0	0
20	Sid Luckman	32	QB	12	7	8	11	0	18	1.4	0.9	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	1.4	11	0	1
21	Jim Canady	22		3	0	2	8	0	6	4.0	2.7	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.0	8	0	0
22	Ed Cifers	32	RE	12	6	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	5.0	5	0	0
23	Hank Norberg	28		10	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	4	4.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	1	4.0	4	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	557	2452	24	74	4.4	204.3	46.4	142	1894	13.3	22	64	11.8	157.8	699	6.2	4346	46	33

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Bulldog Turner	29	C	12	11	2	19	0	14	0	2	34	0	0.0	0	AP-1
2	Chuck Drulis	30	LG	12	10	1	2	0	2	0	2	5	0	0.0	0	AP-2
3	George Gulyanics	27	LH	12	8	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	George McAfee	30	RH	12	8	2	35	0	25	11	5	0	0	0.0	0
5	Ken Kavanaugh	32	LE	12	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0.0	0
6	Sid Luckman	32	QB	12	7	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Ed Cifers	32	RE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Don Kindt	23	FB	12	6	1	21	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
9	George Connor	23	LT	11	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
10	Mike Holovak	29	FB	11	5	1	18	0	18	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Johnny Lujack	23		9	3	8	131	0	43	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Frank Minini	27		12	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	35	1	0.0	0
13	Billy deCorrevont	30		10	2	5	37	0	17	0	2	29	0	0.0	0
14	Noah Mullins	30		12	2	7	99	1	33	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Pat Preston	27		12	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
16	Joe Abbey	23	E	12	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	J.R. Boone	23		11	1	1	12	0	12	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Stu Clarkson	29		10	1	2	14	0	13	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
19	Bobby Layne	22		11	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	Fred Evans	27		3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	26	2	0.0	0
21	Al Lawler	26		7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	30	388	1	43	33	28	130	4	0.0	0

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