1941 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 10-1-0 .909 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Hunk Anderson | Line |
| Red Grange | Backfield |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Tue | 8/19/1941 | A | Kenosha Cardinals | 27-6 | W | Kenosha, WI | Lake Front Stadium | 6200 | |
| Thu | 8/28/1941 | A | College All-Stars | 37-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 98203 | |
| Sun | 9/7/1941 | H | New York Giants | 14-8 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20493 | |
| Tue | 9/9/1941 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 14-8 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 27104 | |
| Thu | 9/11/1941 | N | Eastern All-Stars | 23-6 | W | Boston, MA | Fenway Park | 38000 | |
| Sun | 9/14/1941 | A | Newark Bears | 47-12 | W | Newark, NJ | Schools Stadium | ||
| Sun | 9/28/1941 | A | Green Bay Packers | 25-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24876 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1941 | A | Cleveland Rams | 48-21 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 23850 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1941 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 53-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34668 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1941 | H | Detroit Lions | 49-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 29980 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1941 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 34-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 17217 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1941 | H | Green Bay Packers | 14-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46484 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1941 | H | Cleveland Rams | 31-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 18102 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1941 | H | Washington Redskins | 35-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 30095 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1941 | A | Detroit Lions | 24-7 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 28657 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1941 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 49-14 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 32608 | |
| Sun | 12/7/1941 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 34-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 18879 | |
| Western Division Playoff | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/14/1941 | H | Green Bay Packers | 33-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43425 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/21/1941 | H | New York Giants | 37-9 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 13341 | |
| Sun | 1/4/1942 | A | Pro All-Stars | 35-24 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | ||
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Lee Artoe | 35 | ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 234 | 24 | Santa Clara; California | 11 | 11 |
| Al Baisi | 26 | OG-DG | 6-0 | 215 | 24 | West Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| Ray Bray | 82 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 237 | 24 | Western Michigan | 11 | 7 |
| Young Bussey | 37 | QB-S | 5-10 | 175 | 24 | Louisiana State | 10 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 4 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 25 | West Virginia | 10 | 3 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 225 | 28 | Boston University | 7 | 2 |
| John Federovitch | 34 | OT-DT | 6-5 | 263 | 24 | Davis & Elkins | 11 | 0 |
| Aldo Forte | 23 | ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Montana | 11 | 4 |
| Danny Fortmann | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 25 | Colgate | 11 | 11 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 8 | ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 190 | 24 | Stanford | 11 | 8 |
| Billy Hughes | 24 | C-LB | 6-1 | 226 | 26 | Texas | 6 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 51 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 207 | 25 | Louisiana State | 11 | 0 |
| Ed Kolman | 29 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 232 | 26 | Temple | 11 | 9 |
| Hal Lahar | 12 | ROG-RDG-OT-DT | 6-0 | 225 | 22 | Oklahoma | 7 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Columbia | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Maniaci | 11 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 212 | 27 | Fordham | 7 | 0 |
| Al Matuza | 15 | C-LB | 6-2 | 200 | 23 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 5 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 178 | 23 | Duke | 11 | 2 |
| Ray McLean | 57 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 168 | 26 | St. Anselm | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Mihal | 27 | OT-DT | 6-2 | 234 | 25 | Purdue | 6 | 0 |
| George Musso | 16 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 262 | 31 | Millikin | 11 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 25 | LOH-LD-ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 28 | Cincinnati | 9 | 5 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 20 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | George Washington | 11 | 5 |
| Bill Osmanski | 9 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Holy Cross | 10 | 7 |
| Dick Plasman | 14 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 218 | 27 | Vanderbilt | 10 | 5 |
| Hamp Pool | 76 | ROE-RDE | 6-3 | 221 | 26 | California; Stanford | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Siegal | 6 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 205 | 23 | Columbia | 11 | 7 |
| Bob Snyder | 19 | QB-S-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 205 | 28 | Ohio University | 11 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 22 | FB-LB | 6-1 | 238 | 22 | Stanford | 9 | 3 |
| Joe Stydahar | 13 | LOT-LDT | 6-4 | 233 | 29 | West Virginia | 7 | 2 |
| Bob Swisher | 48 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 163 | 27 | Northwestern | 11 | 3 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 22 | Hardin-Simmons | 11 | 10 |
| George Wilson | 30 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 199 | 27 | Northwestern | 10 | 5 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 1 | Tom Harmon | B | Michigan |
| 1 | 3 | Norm Standlee | B | Stanford |
| 1 | 9 | Don Scott | B | Ohio State |
| 3 | 23 | Hugh Gallarneau | B | Stanford |
| 5 | 39 | Charlie O'Rourke | B | Boston College |
| 6 | 48 | Tommy O'Boyle | G | Tulane |
| 7 | 59 | John Federovitch | T | Davis & Elkins |
| 8 | 61 | Fred Hartman | T | Rice |
| 8 | 62 | Dave Rankin | E | Purdue |
| 8 | 68 | Al Matuza | C | Georgetown (DC) |
| 9 | 79 | Hal Lahar | G | Oklahoma |
| 10 | 88 | Jim Lalanne | B | North Carolina |
| 11 | 99 | Jim Hardin | E | Kentucky |
| 12 | 108 | Bob Morrow | B | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 13 | 119 | Jim Johnson | B | Santa Clara |
| 14 | 128 | John Martin | B | Oklahoma |
| 15 | 139 | Jack Mulkey | E | Fresno State |
| 16 | 148 | Bob Osterman | C | Notre Dame |
| 17 | 159 | Bill Glenn | B | Eastern Illinois |
| 18 | 168 | Ollie Hahnenstein | B | Northwestern |
| 19 | 179 | Alex Winterson | T | Duke |
| 20 | 188 | Jack Odle | QB | Texas Christian |
| 21 | 196 | Hunter Corhern | G | Mississippi State |
| 22 | 202 | Dave Buck | T | Colgate |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 61 | 136 | 97 | 102 | 396 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 55 | 44 | 28 | 147 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 181 | 112 | 56 | 13 | / % | / % | 77 | 677 | |
| Opponents Totals | 141 | / % | / % | 42 | 448 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 6 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | |
| Norm Standlee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Maniaci | 3 | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 29 |
| Bob Snyder | 0 | 20 | 24 | 83.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 26 |
| Bill Osmanski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ray McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Johnny Siegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Swisher | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bob Nowaskey | 2 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Hamp Pool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Lee Artoe | 0 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 6 |
| Dick Plasman | 0 | 6 | 9 | 66.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| Hal Lahar | 0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Joe Stydahar | 0 | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| Harry Clarke | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 45 | 56 | 80.4 | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 0 | 396 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 18 | 20 | 90.0 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 147 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Snyder | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 34 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 7 | 14.3 | 0 | 25 | 0/2 | 1/1 | 0/2 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Hal Lahar | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 20 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Joe Maniaci | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 24 | 0/0 | 1/1 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 5 | 11 | 45.5 | 0 | 34 | 1/3 | 3/3 | 1/3 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
| Opponents Totals | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0/ | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 65 | 474 | 7.3 | 70t | 6 |
| Norm Standlee | 81 | 414 | 5.1 | 46 | 5 |
| Bill Osmanski | 70 | 371 | 5.3 | 23 | 4 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 49 | 304 | 6.2 | 40 | 8 |
| Ray Nolting | 40 | 169 | 4.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Bob Swisher | 37 | 149 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 28 | 122 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 36 | 101 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Maniaci | 28 | 95 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Ray McLean | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Sid Luckman | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Young Bussey | 13 | -27 | -2.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 489 | 2264 | 4.6 | 70t | 30 |
| Opponents Totals | 373 | 1076 | 2.9 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 119 | 68 | 57.1 | 45 | 1181 | 9.9 | 17.4 | 65 | 9 | 7.6 | 6 | 5.0 | 95.3 | |||
| Bob Snyder | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 13 | 353 | 12.6 | 27.2 | 59t | 3 | 10.7 | 2 | 7.1 | 98.8 | |||
| Young Bussey | 40 | 13 | 32.5 | 24 | 353 | 8.8 | 27.2 | 48 | 5 | 12.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 74.3 | |||
| Ray Nolting | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 2 | 71 | 14.2 | 23.7 | 53t | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 143.8 | |||
| George McAfee | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 44 | 14.7 | 44.0 | 44t | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 121.5 | |||
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | |||||
| Team Totals | 196 | 98 | 50.0 | 87 | 2002 | 10.2 | 20.4 | 65 | 19 | 9.7 | 11 | 5.6 | 95.2 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 265 | 106 | 40.0 | 125 | 1463 | 5.5 | 13.8 | 9 | 3.4 | 34 | 12.8 | 30.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Plasman | 14 | 283 | 20.2 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| Bob Nowaskey | 12 | 199 | 16.6 | 40t | 1 | ||||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 11 | 204 | 18.5 | 46t | 2 | ||||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 11 | 314 | 28.5 | 48 | 6 | ||||
| Johnny Siegal | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 65 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ||
| George McAfee | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 39t | 3 | 0 | |||
| Bob Swisher | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 53t | 2 | ||||
| Ray McLean | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 40 | 1 | ||||
| Hamp Pool | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 56t | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Osmanski | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| George Wilson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Norm Standlee | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 98 | 2002 | 20.4 | 65 | 19 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 106 | 1463 | 13.8 | 9 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 56 | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 37 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Danny Fortmann | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Matuza | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Young Bussey | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60t | 1 |
| Joe Stydahar | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46t | 1 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Federovitch | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Billy Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 34 | 556 | 16.4 | 60t | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 214 | 19.5 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 13 | 534 | 41.1 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| George McAfee | 12 | 430 | 35.8 | 55 | 1 | |||||
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 70 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Snyder | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 38 | 0 | |||||
| Young Bussey | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 41 | 0 | |||||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Team Totals | 32 | 1240 | 38.8 | 70 | 2 | 340 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 56 | 546 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Swisher | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 32 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 74 | 1 | |
| Harry Clarke | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 61t | 1 | |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Young Bussey | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 | |
| Billy Hughes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 546 | 20.2 | 74 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 340 | 17.0 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 7 | 223 | 31.9 | 1 | ||
| Harry Clarke | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 0 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 73 | 18.3 | 0 | ||
| Bob Swisher | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | ||
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McLean | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | ||
| Sid Luckman | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 685 | 23.6 | 1 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 1187 | 24.7 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Nowaskey | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 37 | 19 | 18 | 14 | 32 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 26 | 14 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 1 |
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