| Los Angeles Rams at Chicago Bears Game Statistics |
| Date: October 9, 1949 Location: Chicago, IL |
| Venue: Wrigley Field Attendance: 42124 |
| Weather: Cloudy Temp: 85 F Humidty: 51% Wind: 8 mph |
| Score By Quarters | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles RamsLARM | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Chicago BearsCHIB | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| Qtr | Team | Scoring Plays | LARM | CHIB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Waterfield 23 FG | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Julie Rykovich 45 pass from Johnny Lujack (Johnny Lujack kick) | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | George Blanda 6 run (Johnny Lujack kick) | 3 | 14 |
| 2 | Chicago BearsCHIB | Safety, Vitamin Smith tackled in end zone by Ed Sprinkle | 3 | 16 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Tom Fears 10 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 10 | 16 |
| 2 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 14 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 17 | 16 |
| 3 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Bob Shaw 26 pass from Bob Waterfield (Bob Waterfield kick) | 24 | 16 |
| 4 | Los Angeles RamsLARM | Elroy Hirsch 5 lateral from Dick Hoerner 7 run (Bob Waterfield kick) | 31 | 16 |
| LINEUPS | ||
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||
| Offense | ||
| 55 | LOE | Tom Fears |
| 20 | LOT | Dick Huffman |
| 84 | LOG | Hal Dean |
| 23 | C | Jack Martin |
| 27 | ROG | Mike Lazetich |
| 86 | ROT | Ed Champagne |
| 60 | ROE | Bob Shaw |
| 7 | QB | Bob Waterfield |
| 18 | LOH | Fred Gehrke |
| 13 | ROH | Tank Younger |
| 31 | FB | Dick Hoerner |
| Defense | ||
| 46 | LDE | Frank Hubbell |
| 20 | LDT | Dick Huffman |
| 27 | MG | Mike Lazetich |
| 66 | RDT | Gil Bouley |
| 56 | RDE | Jack Zilly |
| 9 | LLB | Gerry Cowhig |
| 57 | MLB | Don Paul |
| 22 | RLB | Fred Naumetz |
| 17 | LDH | George Sims |
| 33 | S | Jerry Williams |
| 34 | RDH | Don Currivan |
| Chicago Bears | ||
| Offense | ||
| 51 | LOE | Ken Kavanaugh |
| 24 | LOT | Fred Davis |
| 21 | LOG | Chuck Drulis |
| 66 | C | Bulldog Turner |
| 82 | ROG | Ray Bray |
| 45 | ROT | Walt Stickel |
| 20 | ROE | Jim Keane |
| 42 | QB | Sid Luckman |
| 39 | LOH | George Gulyanics |
| 4 | ROH | Dante Magnani |
| 6 | FB | Don Kindt |
| Defense | ||
| 38 | LDE | Charles Milner |
| 81 | LDT | George Connor |
| 82 | MG | Ray Bray |
| 45 | RDT | Walt Stickel |
| 7 | RDE | Ed Sprinkle |
| 16 | LLB | Ed Cody |
| 21 | MLB | Chuck Drulis |
| 31 | RLB | Stu Clarkson |
| 33 | LDH | Bob Perina |
| 5 | S | George McAfee |
| 8 | RDH | Jim Canady |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tank Younger | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Hoerner | 9 | 33 | 3.7 | 13 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 11 | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 9 | 11 | 1.2 | 5 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bob Agler | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 4 | 0 |
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| George Gulyanics | 15 | 43 | 2.9 | 14 | 0 |
| Wally Dreyer | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 14 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 1 | |
| Julie Rykovich | 5 | 3 | 0.6 | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 4 | -2 | -0.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD | TS | YL | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||||||||
| Bob Waterfield | 33 | 16 | 48.5 | 2 | 211 | 6.4 | 3 | 0 | 74.2 | ||
| Chicago Bears | |||||||||||
| George Blanda | 16 | 6 | 37.5 | 5 | 130 | 8.1 | 0 | 12 | 27.6 | ||
| Johnny Lujack | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 1 | 109 | 13.6 | 1 | 0 | 95.8 | ||
| Sid Luckman | 8 | 2 | 25.0 | 1 | 12 | 1.5 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 | ||
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| RECEIVING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Tom Fears | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 42 | 1 |
| Dick Hoerner | 4 | 22 | 5.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Shaw | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 26 | 1 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 32 | 1 |
| Fred Gehrke | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Don Kindt | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 8 | 0 |
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 45t | 1 |
| George Gulyanics | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 31 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 43 | 43.0 | 43 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 36 | 36.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Jim Keane | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Wally Dreyer | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Don Currivan | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 0 | |
| George Sims | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Elroy Hirsch | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Mike Lazetich | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 |
| Jerry Williams | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| Bob Perina | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | |||||
| Elroy Hirsch | 0 | ||||
| Chicago Bears | |||||
| George Gulyanics | 5 | 247 | 49.4 | 57 | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Vitamin Smith | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 0 | ||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Wally Dreyer | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles Rams | ||||||
| Tommy Kalmanir | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Chicago Bears | ||||||
| Wally Dreyer | 3 | 83 | 27.7 | 0 | ||
| John Hoffman | 3 | 75 | 25.0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Flanagan | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
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