1944 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Division • 6-3-1 .667 |
| Co-Head Coaches: Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos |
| Carl Brumbaugh | Backfield |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/30/1944 | A | College All-Stars | 24-21 | W | Evanston, IL | Dyche Stadium | 50000 | |
| Sun | 9/10/1944 | N | Washington Redskins | 7-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Baltimore Stadium | 35000 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1944 | N | New York Giants | 20-10 | W | Buffalo, NY | War Memorial Stadium | 20981 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1944 | A | Green Bay Packers | 28-42 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 24362 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1944 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 22017 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1944 | A | Cleveland Rams | 7-19 | L | Cleveland, OH | League Park | 15750 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1944 | H | Chicago-Pittsburgh | 34-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 20940 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1944 | H | Detroit Lions | 21-21 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 23835 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1944 | H | Cleveland Rams | 28-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 23644 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1944 | H | Green Bay Packers | 21-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45553 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1944 | H | Boston Yanks | 21-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 19374 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1944 | A | Detroit Lions | 21-41 | L | Detroit, MI | Briggs Stadium | 21960 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1944 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 28-7 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Shibe Park | 34035 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1944 | A | Chicago-Pittsburgh | 49-7 | W | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 9069 | |
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 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 223 | 29 | Fordham | 10 | 5 |
| Ed Bannon | 82 | OT-DT | 5-9 | 220 | 30 | Minnesota | 1 | 0 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 23 | LOE-LDE | 6-3 | 215 | 29 | North Carolina State | 10 | 7 |
| Max Burnell | 76 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 180 | 30 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 |
| Abe Croft | 12 | LOE-LDE-ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 183 | 24 | North Texas; Southern Methodist | 10 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 225 | 31 | Boston University | 10 | 1 |
| Jim Fordham | 3 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 215 | 28 | Georgia | 10 | 8 |
| Bill Glenn | 8 | QB-S | 6-0 | 157 | 26 | Eastern Illinois | 4 | 0 |
| Harley Greenich | 48 | HB-DH | 5-11 | 185 | 23 | Mississippi | 1 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 32 | ROH-RDH | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | South Carolina | 9 | 8 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 17 | LOG-LDG | 6-2 | 222 | 28 | Murray State | 10 | 7 |
| Al Hoptowit | 26 | ROT-RDT | 6-1 | 217 | 29 | Washington State | 10 | 7 |
| Elmo Kelly | 76 | OE-DE | 6-1 | 200 | 27 | Cameron JC; Wichita State | 5 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 33 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 186 | 30 | Colgate | 8 | 6 |
| Sid Luckman | 42 | QB-S | 5-11 | 197 | 28 | Columbia | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Margarita | 44 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 183 | 24 | Brown | 10 | 8 |
| Bob Masters | 37 | FB-LB | 5-11 | 200 | 31 | Baylor | 9 | 1 |
| Doug McEnulty | 29 | ROH-RDH | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | Wichita State | 10 | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 57 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 168 | 29 | St. Anselm | 9 | 1 |
| Tipp Mooney | 4 | LOH-LDH | 5-10 | 187 | 26 | Altus JC: Oklahoma Baptist; Abilene Christian | 10 | 1 |
| Fred Mundee | 20 | C-LB | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | Notre Dame | 9 | 1 |
| George Musso | 16 | OG-DG | 6-1 | 262 | 34 | Millikin | 10 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 14 | OE-DE | 6-3 | 218 | 30 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 |
| Paul Podmajersky | 31 | OG-DG | 5-11 | 220 | 28 | Michigan State; Wyoming; Illinois | 1 | 0 |
| Tom Roberts | 82 | LOT-LDT | 6-1 | 215 | 28 | DePaul | 7 | 2 |
| Gene Ronzani | 6 | QB-S | 5-9 | 200 | 35 | Marquette | 8 | 5 |
| Dom Sigillo | 19 | LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 230 | 31 | Xavier (Ohio) | 8 | 3 |
| Rudy Smeja | 51 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 196 | 24 | Michigan | 9 | 3 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | LOG-LDG-OT-DT-C-LB | 6-1 | 206 | 21 | Hardin-Simmons; Navy | 9 | 3 |
| Jake Sweeney | 13 | LOT-LDT | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Cincinnati | 7 | 3 |
| Bulldog Turner | 66 | C-LB | 6-1 | 237 | 25 | Hardin-Simmons | 10 | 9 |
| George Wilson | 30 | ROE-RDE | 6-1 | 199 | 30 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 |
| George Zorich | 14 | ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 213 | 26 | Northwestern | 10 | 10 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 9 | Ray Evans | B | Kansas |
| 3 | 24 | Rudy Smeja | E | Michigan |
| 5 | 40 | Abe Croft | E | Southern Methodist |
| 6 | 51 | C.B. Stanley | T | Tulsa |
| 7 | 62 | Darwin Seeley | C | Stanford |
| 8 | 73 | Randall Fawcett | B | Stanford |
| 9 | 84 | Jack Morton | E | Purdue |
| 10 | 95 | Bill Starford | C | Wake Forest |
| 11 | 106 | Lin Houston | G | Ohio State |
| 12 | 117 | J.P. Moore | B | Vanderbilt |
| 13 | 128 | Bill Duffey | E | Georgetown (DC) |
| 14 | 139 | Joe Hartley | T | Louisiana State |
| 15 | 150 | Charles Milner | G | Duke |
| 16 | 161 | Ed Hirsch | G | Northwestern |
| 17 | 172 | Ed Ryckeley | E | Georgia Tech |
| 19 | 183 | Howdy Plasman | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 19 | 194 | Barry French | T | Purdue |
| 20 | 205 | Paul Taylor | B | Southern California |
| 21 | 216 | Bob Margarita | B | Brown |
| 22 | 227 | Eddy Davis | B | Oklahoma |
| 23 | 238 | Dick Jamison | T | Southern California |
| 24 | 249 | Jack Bortka | B | Kansas State |
| 25 | 260 | Roy Ruskusky | E | St. Mary's (California) |
| 26 | 271 | Harry Franck | B | Northwestern |
| 27 | 282 | Jack McKewen | T | Alabama |
| 28 | 293 | Charlie Mitchell | B | Tulsa |
| 29 | 304 | Pat Boyle | G | Wisconsin |
| 30 | 315 | Bernie Pepper | T | Missouri |
| 31 | 321 | Karl Vogt | T | Villanova |
| 32 | 327 | Bob Endres | T | Colgate |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 49 | 83 | 35 | 91 | 258 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 59 | 61 | 31 | 172 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 140 | 73 | 57 | 10 | / % | / % | 121 | 1025 | |
| Opponents Totals | 110 | 49 | 38 | 23 | / % | / % | 59 | 489 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McLean | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Connie Mack Berry | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Pete Gudauskas | 0 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |
| Jim Fordham | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Bob Margarita | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| George Wilson | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Abe Croft | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Al Grygo | 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 | ||
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 36 | 37 | 97.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 258 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 22 | 24 | 91.7 | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0 | 172 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | 0/0 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 2 | 6 | 33.3 | 0/ | 1/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 88 | 463 | 5.3 | 47t | 4 |
| Jim Fordham | 73 | 381 | 5.2 | 40 | 4 |
| Al Grygo | 53 | 322 | 6.1 | 66t | 2 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 63 | 282 | 4.5 | 16 | 2 |
| Tipp Mooney | 29 | 88 | 3.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 48 | 48.0 | 48t | 1 |
| Gene Ronzani | 12 | 26 | 2.2 | 14 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 29 | 25 | 0.9 | 18 | 1 |
| Doug McEnulty | 8 | 11 | 1.4 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Masters | 11 | 9 | 0.8 | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 24 | 2 | 0.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Glenn | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 20 | -96 | -4.8 | 7 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 412 | 1562 | 3.8 | 66t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 298 | 954 | 3.2 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 143 | 71 | 71 | 60 | 1018 | 7.1 | 14.3 | 86t | 11 | 7.7 | 12 | 8.4 | 63.8 | |||
| Gene Ronzani | 56 | 26 | 26 | 25 | 448 | 8.0 | 17.2 | 61t | 9 | 16.1 | 5 | 8.9 | 76.5 | |||
| Johnny Long | 14 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 128 | 9.1 | 14.2 | 51t | 1 | 7.1 | 1 | 7.1 | 87.8 | |||
| Bill Glenn | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 5.5 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 50.0 | |||
| Team Totals | 217 | 107 | 107 | 92 | 1616 | 7.4 | 15.1 | 86t | 21 | 9.7 | 18 | 8.3 | 71.9 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 69 | 69 | 115 | 1052 | 5.1 | 15.2 | 10 | 4.8 | 24 | 11.5 | 27.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 24 | 265 | 11.0 | 24t | 4 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 21 | 378 | 18.0 | 51t | 6 |
| Ray McLean | 19 | 414 | 21.8 | 86t | 5 |
| Bob Margarita | 15 | 130 | 8.7 | 22 | 0 |
| Abe Croft | 9 | 140 | 15.6 | 67t | 2 |
| Rudy Smeja | 7 | 110 | 15.7 | 19 | 1 |
| Al Grygo | 5 | 42 | 8.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug McEnulty | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 5 | 1 |
| Tipp Mooney | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 61t | 1 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23t | 1 |
| Jim Fordham | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 107 | 1616 | 15.1 | 86t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 69 | 1052 | 15.2 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Grygo | 4 | 79 | 19.8 | 29 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 42 | 14.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Bob Margarita | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 36 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 11 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Doug McEnulty | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Abe Croft | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| George Zorich | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Fred Mundee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 387 | 16.1 | 38 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 283 | 15.7 | 2 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug McEnulty | 25 | 993 | 39.7 | 60 | 0 | |||||
| Sid Luckman | 20 | 685 | 34.3 | 63 | 0 | |||||
| Johnny Long | 7 | 249 | 35.6 | 52 | 0 | |||||
| Al Grygo | 4 | 123 | 30.8 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Margarita | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 57 | 2084 | 36.6 | 63 | 0 | 29.7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 58 | 263 | 33.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Al Grygo | 11 | 100 | 9.1 | 15 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 19 | 0 | |
| Bob Margarita | 5 | 9 | 1.8 | 7 | 0 | |
| Johnny Long | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 0 | |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 263 | 9.1 | 46 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 12.3 | 32 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 12 | 279 | 23.3 | 30 | 0 | |
| Al Grygo | 7 | 162 | 23.1 | 52 | 0 | |
| Ray McLean | 4 | 102 | 25.5 | 35 | 0 | |
| Tipp Mooney | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Jim Fordham | 2 | 42 | 21.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Johnny Long | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | |
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | |
| Dick Plasman | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 31 | 670 | 21.6 | 52 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 24 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 9 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 1 |
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