1938 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 3rd place • Western Division • 6-5-0 .545 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Carl Brumbaugh | Assistant Coach |
| Red Grange | Assistant Coach |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Thu | 9/1/1938 | A | College All-Stars | 26-14 | W | Providence, RI | Brown Stadium | 20000 | |
| Mon | 9/5/1938 | A | Southern All-Stars | 32-18 | W | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 12000 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1938 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 16-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 20000 | |
| Sun | 9/18/1938 | A | Green Bay Packers | 2-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 15172 | |
| Fri | 9/23/1938 | H | Colored All-Stars | 51-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 6000 | |
| Sun | 9/25/1938 | A | Cincinnati Bengals | 13-17 | L | Cincinnati, OH | Xavier University Stadium | 7500 | |
| Tue | 9/27/1938 | N | Los Angeles Bulldogs | 14-12 | W | Charleston, WV | Laidley Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1938 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-6 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Municipal Stadium | 22246 | |
| Tue | 10/4/1938 | A | Boston Shamrocks | - | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | |||
| Sun | 10/9/1938 | A | Cleveland Rams | 7-14 | L | Cleveland, OH | Shaw Stadium | 8024 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1938 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 34-28 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 21614 | |
| Tue | 10/18/1938 | A | East Chicago Indians | 23-6 | W | East Chicago, IN | Roosevelt High School Stadium | ||
| Sun | 10/23/1938 | H | Cleveland Rams | 21-23 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 18705 | |
| Sun | 10/30/1938 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 24356 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1938 | H | Green Bay Packers | 17-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40208 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1938 | H | Washington Redskins | 31-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 21817 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1938 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 24-6 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 26416 | |
| Thu | 11/24/1938 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 26278 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 10/4/1938 | Boston Shamrocks | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Chuck Apolskis | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 207 | 24 | DePaul | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Bassi | 35 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-11 | 214 | 23 | Santa Clara | 7 | 0 |
| Frank Bausch | 24 | C-LB | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Kansas | 10 | 10 |
| Del Bjork | 82 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 218 | 24 | Oregon | 10 | 5 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 8 | QB-S-ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 170 | 32 | Ohio State; Florida | 6 | 0 |
| Ray Buivid | 9 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 23 | Marquette | 10 | 6 |
| Bill Conkright | 47 | C-LB-LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 203 | 24 | Oklahoma | 8 | 0 |
| George Corbett | 5 | QB-S | 5-9 | 179 | 30 | Millikin | 7 | 3 |
| Fred Dreher | 20 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 205 | 25 | Denver | 3 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 25 | Boston University | 7 | 3 |
| Danny Fortmann | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 22 | Colgate | 11 | 10 |
| Sam Francis | 38 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 207 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 1 |
| Lou Gordon | 19 | ROT-RDT | 6-5 | 224 | 30 | Illinois | 2 | 1 |
| Bert Johnson | 3 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 212 | 26 | Kentucky | 9 | 7 |
| Ray Johnson | 18 | LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 195 | 24 | Denver | 1 | 0 |
| Bill Karr | 22 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | West Virginia | 9 | 4 |
| Jack Manders | 10 | ROH-RDH | 6-1 | 203 | 29 | Minnesota | 11 | 10 |
| Joe Maniaci | 18/11 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-1 | 212 | 24 | Fordham | 9 | 1 |
| Ed Manske | 7 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 185 | 26 | Northwestern | 6 | 1 |
| Bernie Masterson | 33 | QB-S-ROH-RDH | 6-3 | 195 | 27 | Nebraska | 10 | 3 |
| Les McDonald | 76 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 200 | 24 | Nebraska | 9 | 6 |
| George Musso | 16 | ROG-RDG | 6-1 | 262 | 28 | Millikin | 11 | 11 |
| Ray Nolting | 25 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 185 | 25 | Cincinnati | 11 | 9 |
| Reino Nori | 4 | QB-S | 5-7 | 165 | 25 | Northern Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| John Oelerich | 7 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 192 | 22 | St. Ambrose | 2 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 14 | LOE-LDE-ROE-ORDE | 6-3 | 218 | 24 | Vanderbilt | 8 | 6 |
| Gene Ronzani | 6 | QB-S-FLOH-LDH-FB-LB | 5-9 | 200 | 29 | Marquette | 7 | 1 |
| Dick Schweidler | 31 | ROH-ROH-QB-S | 6-0 | 182 | 24 | none | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Stydahar | 13 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 233 | 26 | West Virginia | 11 | 10 |
| Frank Sullivan | 12 | C-LB | 6-3 | 205 | 26 | Loyola (Louisiana) | 10 | 1 |
| Bob Swisher | 48 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 163 | 24 | Northwestern | 7 | 0 |
| Russ Thompson | 29 | ROT-RDT | 6-5 | 249 | 26 | Chadron State; Nebraska | 10 | 5 |
| Milt Trost | 27 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 206 | 25 | Marquette | 10 | 1 |
| George Wilson | 30 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 24 | Northwestern | 10 | 5 |
| Gust Zarnas | 18 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 220 | 25 | Ohio State | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Zeller | 17 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 203 | 30 | Indiana | 10 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 10 | Joe Gray | B | Oregon State |
| 3 | 25 | Gary Famiglietti | B | Boston University |
| 5 | 40 | Gust Zarnas | G | Ohio State |
| 6 | 50 | Bob Masterson | E | Miami (Florida) |
| 7 | 60 | Frank Ramsey | G | Oregon State |
| 8 | 70 | Fletcher Sims | B | Georgia Tech |
| 9 | 80 | Alec Schwarz | T | San Francisco |
| 10 | 90 | John Weger | T | Butler |
| 11 | 100 | Ray Mickovsky | B | Case Western Reserve |
| 12 | 110 | Fred Dreher | E | Denver |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 75 | 50 | 38 | 194 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 35 | 31 | 41 | 148 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 141 | / % | / % | 350 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | / % | / % |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 3 | 10 | 12 | 83.3 | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 37 | |
| Joe Maniaci | 3 | 11 | 11 | 100.0 | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 32 | |
| Bill Karr | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Sam Francis | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bert Johnson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dick Plasman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
| Les McDonald | 1 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| Dick Bassi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Bill Conkright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Corbett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Fred Dreher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ed Manske | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| George Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Joe Zeller | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 22 | 26 | 84.6 | 4 | 11 | 36.4 | 2 | 194 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 16 | 20 | 80.0 | 4 | 0 | 148 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 3 | 9 | 33.3 | 0 | 34 | 1/4 | 0/0 | 2/4 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Joe Maniaci | 1 | 3 | 33.3 | 0 | 15 | 1/1 | 0/1 | 0/0 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 4 | 12 | 33.3 | 0 | 34 | 2/5 | 0/1 | 2/4 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Francis | 85 | 297 | 3.5 | 3 | |
| Ray Nolting | 63 | 297 | 4.7 | 1 | |
| Joe Maniaci | 71 | 288 | 4.1 | 3 | |
| Jack Manders | 67 | 263 | 3.9 | 2 | |
| Bert Johnson | 37 | 138 | 3.7 | 2 | |
| Bob Swisher | 22 | 133 | 6.0 | 0 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 33 | 129 | 3.9 | 0 | |
| Ray Buivid | 32 | 65 | 2.0 | 0 | |
| Dick Schweidler | 16 | 57 | 3.6 | 0 | |
| George Corbett | 7 | 29 | 4.1 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 7 | 12 | 1.7 | 0 | |
| Bill Karr | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| John Oelerich | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 0 | |
| Reino Nori | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Les McDonald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 3 | -15 | -5.0 | 0 | |
| Bernie Masterson | 13 | -16 | -1.2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 461 | 1686 | 3.7 | 11 | |
| Opponents Totals | 382 | 1236 | 3.2 | 8 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Masterson | 112 | 46 | 41.1 | 57 | 848 | 7.6 | 18.4 | 7 | 6.3 | 9 | 8.0 | 55.2 | ||||
| Ray Buivid | 48 | 17 | 35.4 | 29 | 295 | 6.1 | 17.4 | 5 | 10.4 | 2 | 4.2 | 74.6 | ||||
| George Corbett | 9 | 3 | 33.3 | 3 | 32 | 3.6 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 33.3 | 5.1 | |||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 2 | 25 | 6.3 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 69.8 | |||
| John Oelerich | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 10 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 108.3 | |||
| Bert Johnson | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 4 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 56.3 | |||
| Sam Francis | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 42.4 | |||
| Bob Swisher | 4 | 1 | 25.0 | 2 | 8 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8t | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | |||
| Jack Manders | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Ray Nolting | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 27.3 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 197 | 72 | 36.5 | 107 | 1222 | 6.2 | 17.0 | 12 | 6.1 | 18 | 9.1 | 40.6 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 190 | 76 | 40.0 | 90 | 897 | 4.7 | 11.8 | 10 | 5.3 | 24 | 12.6 | 33.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Karr | 14 | 253 | 18.1 | 4 | |
| Ed Manske | 10 | 197 | 19.7 | 1 | |
| Les McDonald | 9 | 175 | 19.4 | 1 | |
| Dick Plasman | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 1 | |
| Joe Maniaci | 6 | 72 | 12.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 5 | 65 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 90 | 22.5 | 56t | 1 |
| George Wilson | 4 | 81 | 20.3 | 1 | |
| Fred Dreher | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 33t | 1 |
| Jack Manders | 2 | 27 | 13.5 | 16 | 1 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| George Corbett | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Buivid | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Sam Francis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bernie Masterson | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Conkright | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 72 | 1222 | 17.0 | 12 | |
| Opponents Totals | 76 | 897 | 11.8 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Corbett | 1 | ||||
| Joe Zeller | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 24 | 2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | ||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 293 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 293 | 0 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Bassi | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 56 | 14 | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 2 |
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