1943 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Division • 8-1-1 .889 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Co-Head Coaches: Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/5/1943 | N | New York Giants | 43-28 | W | Buffalo, NY | Civic Stadium | 16980 | |
| Sun | 9/12/1943 | A | Washington Redskins | 21-14 | W | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Stadium | 56000 | |
| Thu | 9/16/1943 | A | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | 28-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 30000 | |
| Sun | 9/26/1943 | A | Green Bay Packers | 21-21 | T | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 23675 | |
| Sun | 10/3/1943 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 48118 | |
| Sun | 10/10/1943 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 20-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 24658 | |
| Sun | 10/17/1943 | H | Philadelphia Eagles-Pittsburgh Steelers | 48-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 21744 | |
| Sun | 10/24/1943 | H | Brooklyn Dodgers | 33-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 9600 | |
| Sun | 10/31/1943 | H | Detroit Lions | 35-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25187 | |
| Sun | 11/7/1943 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43425 | |
| Sun | 11/14/1943 | A | New York Giants | 56-7 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 56681 | |
| Sun | 11/21/1943 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-21 | L | Washington, DC | Griffith Stadium | 35672 | |
| Sun | 11/28/1943 | A | Chicago Cardinals | 35-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 17219 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/26/1943 | H | Washington Redskins | 41-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34320 | |
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 |
| Al Babartsky | 46 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 223 | 28 | Fordham | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Benton | 12 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 200 | 27 | Arkansas | 9 | 7 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 215 | 28 | North Carolina State | 10 | 2 |
| Harry Clarke | 4 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 27 | West Virginia | 10 | 10 |
| Bernie Digris | 37 | OT-DT-OG-DG | 6-0 | 212 | 24 | Holy Cross | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 30 | Boston University | 10 | 4 |
| Danny Fortmann | 21 | LOG-LDG | 6-0 | 210 | 27 | Colgate | 10 | 9 |
| Bill Geyer | 11 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 173 | 24 | Colgate | 3 | 3 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 17 | OG-DG | 6-2 | 222 | 27 | Murray State | 5 | 0 |
| Al Hoptowit | 26 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 217 | 28 | Washington State | 10 | 10 |
| Tony Ippolito | 82 | OG-DG | 5-9 | 220 | 26 | Purdue | 9 | 0 |
| Jim Logan | 20 | LOG-LDG | 5-10 | 190 | 27 | Indiana | 10 | 1 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 27 | Columbia | 10 | 10 |
| Dante Magnani | 8 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 182 | 26 | St. Mary's (California) | 10 | 7 |
| Bob Masters | 27 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 30 | Baylor | 2 | 0 |
| Al Matuza | 15 | C-LB | 6-2 | 200 | 25 | Georgetown (DC) | 10 | 0 |
| Doug McEnulty | 29 | FB-LB | 6-3 | 215 | 21 | Wichita State | 9 | 3 |
| Ray McLean | 57 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 168 | 28 | St. Anselm | 10 | 0 |
| Monte Merkel | 13 | ROG-RDG | 5-10 | 215 | 27 | Kansas | 1 | 1 |
| Fred Mundee | 36 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 30 | Notre Dame | 5 | 0 |
| George Musso | 15 | ROG-RDG-LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 262 | 33 | Millikin | 10 | 10 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 3 | OT-DT-FB0LB | 6-2 | 226 | 35 | Minnesota | 8 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 25 | ROH-RDH | 5-11 | 185 | 30 | Cincinnati | 7 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 9 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Holy Cross | 4 | 3 |
| Hamp Pool | 76 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 221 | 28 | California; Stanford | 10 | 0 |
| Johnny Siegal | 6 | LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 205 | 25 | Columbia | 3 | 1 |
| Dom Sigillo | 19 | OT-DT | 6-0 | 230 | 30 | Xavier (Ohio) | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 17/13 | QB | 6-0 | 205 | 30 | Ohio University | 10 | 7 |
| Bill Steinkemper | 35 | LOT-LDT | 6-2 | 220 | 30 | Notre Dame | 10 | 9 |
| Bob Steuber | 37 | HB-DH | 6-2 | 200 | 22 | Missouri; DePauw | 1 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 24 | Hardin-Simmons | 10 | 10 |
| Joe Vodicka | 48 | HB-DH | 5-10 | 189 | 22 | none | 3 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 30 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 29 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Bob Steuber | B | DePauw |
| 3 | 24 | Fred Evans | B | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 39 | Ed Stamm | T | Stanford |
| 6 | 49 | Derrell Palmer | T | Texas Christian |
| 7 | 59 | Milt Vucinich | C | Stanford |
| 8 | 69 | Al Beals | E | Santa Clara |
| 9 | 79 | Jim Jurkovich | B | California |
| 10 | 89 | Walt Lamb | E | Oklahoma |
| 11 | 99 | Ray Hammett | B | Stanford |
| 12 | 109 | Al Zikmund | B | Nebraska |
| 13 | 119 | Clark Wood | T | Kentucky |
| 14 | 129 | Loyd Arms | T | Oklahoma State |
| 15 | 139 | Lyle Sturdy | B | Wichita State |
| 16 | 149 | Buddy Tomlinson | T | Hardin-Simmons |
| 17 | 159 | Pat Preston | T | Duke |
| 18 | 169 | Hank Norberg | E | Stanford |
| 19 | 179 | Pat Lyons | E | Wisconsin |
| 20 | 189 | Marion Butler | B | Clemson |
| 21 | 199 | Al Santucci | C | Santa Clara |
| 22 | 209 | Bill Johnson | G | North Carolina |
| 23 | 219 | Wally Boudreau | B | Boston College |
| 24 | 229 | Bob Baumann | T | Wisconsin |
| 25 | 239 | Elwood Holtscher | C | Shurtleff |
| 26 | 249 | Ben Keller | G | Duquesne |
| 27 | 259 | Charley Block | E | Shurtleff |
| 28 | 269 | Ted Brannon | T | Rice |
| 29 | 279 | Lou Wayne | E | Texas |
| 30 | 289 | Dick Creevy | B | Notre Dame |
| 31 | 294 | Bill Buffington | B | Purdue |
| 32 | 299 | Woody Peterson | B | Utah |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 51 | 87 | 75 | 90 | 303 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 31 | 56 | 42 | 157 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 161 | 84 | 66 | 11 | / % | / % | 86 | 748 | |
| Opponents Totals | 100 | 49 | 33 | 18 | / % | / % | 57 | 474.50 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | ||
| Bob Snyder | 0 | 39 | 42 | 92.9 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 45 |
| Hamp Pool | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| George Wilson | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bill Geyer | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dante Magnani | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Benton | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ray McLean | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Connie Mack Berry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug McEnulty | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bronko Nagurski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 43 | 39 | 43 | 90.7 | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 303 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 22 | 22 | 100.0 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 157 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Snyder | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 37 | 0/2 | 1/0 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 2 | 7 | 28.6 | 0 | 37 | 0/2 | 0/0 | 2/2 | 0/3 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 120 | 556 | 4.6 | 20 | 2 |
| Dante Magnani | 51 | 310 | 6.1 | 79t | 2 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 64 | 229 | 3.6 | 31 | 2 |
| Ray Nolting | 38 | 209 | 5.5 | 22 | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 35 | 127 | 3.6 | 34 | 2 |
| Bill Osmanski | 37 | 102 | 2.8 | 9 | 1 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 16 | 84 | 5.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Doug McEnulty | 16 | 45 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Bill Geyer | 16 | 36 | 2.3 | 15 | 2 |
| Bob Masters | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Bob Steuber | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 6 | -20 | -3.3 | 3 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 22 | -40 | -1.8 | 8 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 424 | 1651 | 3.9 | 79t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 332 | 1282 | 3.9 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 202 | 110 | 110 | 80 | 2194 | 10.9 | 19.9 | 66t | 28 | 13.9 | 12 | 5.9 | 107.5 | |||
| Bob Snyder | 26 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 116 | 4.5 | 16.6 | 55 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 15.4 | 6.1 | |||
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0.0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 229 | 117 | 117 | 95 | 2310 | 10.1 | 19.7 | 66t | 28 | 12.2 | 17 | 7.4 | 95.3 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 203 | 64 | 64 | 115 | 980 | 4.8 | 15.3 | 8 | 3.9 | 24 | 11.8 | 22.0 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 23 | 535 | 23.3 | 52 | 7 |
| George Wilson | 21 | 293 | 14.0 | 28t | 5 |
| Ray McLean | 18 | 435 | 24.2 | 66t | 2 |
| Hamp Pool | 18 | 363 | 20.2 | 42t | 5 |
| Jim Benton | 13 | 235 | 18.1 | 55 | 3 |
| Dante Magnani | 6 | 88 | 14.7 | 51 | 1 |
| Bill Geyer | 5 | 123 | 24.6 | 64t | 2 |
| Ray Nolting | 5 | 90 | 18.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 54 | 2 |
| Johnny Siegal | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10t | 1 |
| Doug McEnulty | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 117 | 2310 | 19.7 | 66t | 28 |
| Opponents Totals | 64 | 980 | 15.3 | 8 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 22 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 4 | 85 | 21.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Bill Geyer | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug McEnulty | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Fred Mundee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Tony Ippolito | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 219 | 9.1 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 314 | 18.5 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 34 | 1220 | 35.9 | 78 | 1 | |||||
| Bob Snyder | 10 | 378 | 37.8 | 48 | 0 | |||||
| Doug McEnulty | 4 | 187 | 46.8 | 59 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 48 | 1785 | 37.2 | 78 | 1 | 28.4 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 359 | 33.2 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 10 | 158 | 15.8 | 38 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 29 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 4 | 46 | 11.5 | 14 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 | |
| Bill Geyer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 359 | 12.8 | 38 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 13.7 | 44 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 13 | 326 | 25.1 | 50 | 0 | |
| Dante Magnani | 6 | 171 | 28.5 | 96t | 1 | |
| Ray McLean | 4 | 105 | 26.3 | 31 | 0 | |
| Bill Geyer | 2 | 71 | 35.5 | 42 | 0 | |
| Ray Nolting | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 30 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Jim Logan | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 722 | 24.9 | 96t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Clarke | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 0 |
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