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1949 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-3-0, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (9-3-0)

Points For: 332 (27.7/g) 4th of 10

Points Against: 218 (18.2/g) 3rd of 10

Expected W-L: 8.8-3.2

SRS: 9.84 (2nd of 10), SOS: .34

Other Notable Asst.: Hunk Anderson (Line Coach), Paddy Driscoll (Assistant Coach), Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach) and Gene Ronzani (Quarterbacks)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	332	4715	868	5.4	48	18	248	193	385	2930	24	30	7.6	119	483	1785	18	3.7	111	92	901	18
Opp. Stats	218	3175	748	4.2	43	16	170	152	320	1979	20	27	6.2	95	428	1196	6	2.8	56	56	521	19
Lg Rank Offense	4	1			9	7	1		3	1	1	10	1		4	5	5	7
Lg Rank Defense	3	2			4	5	2		6	6	8	5	6		2	1	2	1

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 25		boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	17	0	19	389	183	206	3	7	180	-7	187	6
2	Sun	October 2		boxscore	W		2-0	@	Chicago Cardinals	17	7	16	313	202	111	3	11	206	119	87	1
3	Sun	October 9		boxscore	L		2-1		Los Angeles Rams	16	31	17	292	216	76	8	18	336	211	125	4
4	Sun	October 16		boxscore	W		3-1		Philadelphia Eagles	38	21	28	457	257	200	1	14	255	213	42	2
5	Sun	October 23		boxscore	L		3-2	@	New York Giants	28	35	28	406	329	77	3	10	362	268	94
6	Sun	October 30		boxscore	L		3-3	@	Los Angeles Rams	24	27	18	392	225	167	7	27	373	291	82	4
7	Sun	November 6		boxscore	W		4-3		Green Bay Packers	24	3	17	313	153	160	3	15	255	67	188	3
8	Sun	November 13		boxscore	W		5-3		Detroit Lions	27	24	24	420	207	213	8	15	273	209	64	6
9	Sun	November 20		boxscore	W		6-3	@	Washington Redskins	31	21	20	455	306	149	2	13	211	112	99	2
10	Thu	November 24		boxscore	W		7-3	@	Detroit Lions	28	7	18	334	190	144	2	9	105	65	40	5
11	Sun	December 4		boxscore	W		8-3		Pittsburgh Steelers	30	21	19	348	194	154	4	14	340	200	140	6
12	Sun	December 11		boxscore	W		9-3		Chicago Cardinals	52	21	24	596	468	128	4	17	279	231	48	4

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Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Johnny Lujack	24	QB	12	8	162	312	51.9	2658	23	7.4	22	7.1	81	8.5	6.82	16.4	221.5	76.0	31	0	0
2	Sid Luckman	33		11	2	22	50	44.0	200	1	2.0	3	6.0	34	4.0	1.70	9.1	18.2	37.1	61	0	0
3	George Blanda	22		12	2	9	21	42.9	197	0	0.0	5	23.8	44	9.4	-1.33	21.9	16.4	37.3	33	0	0
4	George Gulyanics	28	LH	11	11	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
5	Ed Sprinkle	26	RE	12	6	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.00		0.0	39.6		0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	193	385	50.1	2930	24	6.2	30	7.8	81	7.9	5.35	15.8	244.2	65.2	125

Rushing & Receiving

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Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Jim Keane	25	RE	12	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	47	696	14.8	6	39	3.9	58.0	47	14.8	696	6	0
2	Ken Kavanaugh	33	LE	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	29	655	22.6	9	81	2.4	54.6	29	22.6	655	9	0
3	George Gulyanics	28	LH	11	11	102	452	5	31	4.4	41.1	9.3	16	165	10.3	1	34	1.5	15.0	118	5.2	617	6	1
4	John Hoffman	24	FB	12	6	53	216	1	27	4.1	18.0	4.4	25	373	14.9	2	64	2.1	31.1	78	7.6	589	3	1
5	Julie Rykovich	26		11	3	88	340	6	18	3.9	30.9	8.0	16	210	13.1	2	45	1.5	19.1	104	5.3	550	8	2
6	J.R. Boone	24		12	1	35	111	0	22	3.2	9.3	2.9	14	336	24.0	3	43	1.2	28.0	49	9.1	447	3	5
7	George McAfee	31	RH	12	6	42	161	3	23	3.8	13.4	3.5	9	157	17.4	1	52	0.8	13.1	51	6.2	318	4	2
8	Wally Dreyer	26		12	1	45	172	0	38	3.8	14.3	3.8	7	94	13.4	0	24	0.6	7.8	52	5.1	266	0	3
9	Don Kindt	24	FB	12	6	41	118	0	15	2.9	9.8	3.4	12	118	9.8	0	38	1.0	9.8	53	4.5	236	0	3
10	Dante Magnani	32		6	1	33	59	0	9	1.8	9.8	5.5	3	29	9.7	0	15	0.5	4.8	36	2.4	88	0	1
11	Ed Sprinkle	26	RE	12	6	1	5	0	5	5.0	0.4	0.1	4	69	17.3	0	47	0.3	5.8	5	14.8	74	0	0
12	Johnny Lujack	24	QB	12	8	8	64	2	20	8.0	5.3	0.7	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	8.0	64	2	2
13	George Connor	24	LT	12	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	51	17.0	0	25	0.3	4.3	3	17.0	51	0	0	AP-2
14	Joe Osmanski	32		2	0	15	45	0	12	3.0	22.5	7.5	1	3	3.0	0	3	0.5	1.5	16	3.0	48	0	0
15	Billy deCorrevont	31		8	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	44	44.0	0	44	0.1	5.5	1	44.0	44	0	0
16	Bob Perina	28		12	1	4	4	0	2	1.0	0.3	0.3	3	33	11.0	0	14	0.3	2.8	7	5.3	37	0	0
17	Ed Cody	26		8	0	11	25	0	11	2.3	3.1	1.4	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	11	2.3	25	0	4
18	Jack Dugger	26		6	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	11	11.0	0	11	0.2	1.8	1	11.0	11	0	0
19	Paul Stenn	31		11	5	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	11	5.5	0	11	0.2	1.0	2	5.5	11	0	0
20	George Blanda	22		12	2	2	9	1	5	4.5	0.8	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	4.5	9	1	0
21	Sid Luckman	33		11	2	3	4	0	14	1.3	0.4	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.3	4	0	1
	Team Totals			12	12	483	1785	18	38	3.7	148.8	40.3	193	3055	15.8	24	81	16.1	254.6	676	7.2	4840	42	25

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Defense & Fumbles

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Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Ray Bray	32	RG	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
2	George Gulyanics	28	LH	11	11	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Johnny Lujack	24	QB	12	8	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
4	George Connor	24	LT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	AP-2
5	Chuck Drulis	31	LG	12	6	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
6	John Hoffman	24	FB	12	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	Don Kindt	24	FB	12	6	2	3	0	3	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
8	George McAfee	31	RH	12	6	6	76	1	54	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
9	Ed Sprinkle	26	RE	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1
10	Walt Stickel	27	RT	12	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
11	Paul Stenn	31		11	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
12	Julie Rykovich	26		11	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
13	Jack Dugger	26		6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	Dick Flanagan	23		12	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Sid Luckman	33		11	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Alf Bauman	29		12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	J.R. Boone	24		12	1	1	21	0	21	5	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Wally Dreyer	26		12	1	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Dante Magnani	32		6	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	0	0.0	0
20	Bob Perina	28		12	1	6	23	0	17	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	Wash Serini	27		12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0	0.0	0
22	Jim Canady	23		5	0	3	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Stu Clarkson	30		12	0	2	9	0	11	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Ed Cody	26		8	0	2	50	1	38	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
25	Billy deCorrevont	31		8	0	4	53	0	40	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
26	Frank Szymanski	26		11	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	-8	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	27	0	2		25	7	-3	0	0	1

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