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1959 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-4-0, 2nd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (8-4-0)

Points For: 252 (21.0/g) 7th of 12

Points Against: 196 (16.3/g) 2nd of 12

Expected W-L: 7.7-4.3

SRS: 5.42 (3rd of 12), SOS: .75

Defensive Coordinator: Clark Shaughnessy

Other Notable Asst.: George Allen (Defensive Assistant), Phil Handler (Line Coach) and Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

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	252	3511	702	5.0	32	16	190	156	310	2073	15	16	6.7	110	392	1438	14	3.7	69	66	597	11
Opp. Stats	196	3676	762	4.8	39	17	208	144	333	1893	14	22	5.7	91	429	1783	11	4.2	95	62	553	22
Lg Rank Offense	7	8			4	6	10		6	5	6	4	7		9	11	5	11
Lg Rank Defense	2	5			3	4	6		10	5	4	2	3		8	8	4	8

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 27		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Green Bay Packers	6	9	10	164	89	75	2	16	262	85	177	2
2	Sat	October 3		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Baltimore Colts	26	21	13	265	155	110	2	19	257	183	74	3
3	Sun	October 11		boxscore	L		1-2		Los Angeles Rams	21	28	16	306	285	21	4	22	420	175	245	1
4	Sun	October 18		boxscore	L		1-3		Baltimore Colts	7	21	18	340	237	103	6	18	330	208	122	2
5	Sun	October 25		boxscore	L		1-4	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	20	17	320	230	90	4	18	332	157	175	1
6	Sun	November 1		boxscore	W		2-4	@	Los Angeles Rams	26	21	20	339	196	143	1	17	403	237	166	3
7	Sun	November 8		boxscore	W		3-4		Green Bay Packers	28	17	15	279	107	172	1	16	230	72	158	3
8	Sun	November 15		boxscore	W		4-4		San Francisco 49ers	14	3	14	357	142	215	4	16	263	181	82	6
9	Sun	November 22		boxscore	W		5-4	@	Detroit Lions	24	14	13	130	14	116	3	18	339	196	143	8
10	Sun	November 29		boxscore	W		6-4	@	Chicago Cardinals	31	7	15	273	180	93	1	13	270	99	171	7
11	Sun	December 6		boxscore	W		7-4		Pittsburgh Steelers	27	21	24	391	230	161	3	18	314	166	148	1
12	Sun	December 13		boxscore	W		8-4		Detroit Lions	25	14	15	347	208	139	1	17	256	134	122	2

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Yds	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Ed Brown	31	QB	12	8	5-3-0	125	247	50.6	1881	13	5.3	10	4.0	88	7.6	6.85	15.0	156.8	76.7	162	0	0
2	Zeke Bratkowski	28	QB	12	4	3-1-0	31	62	50.0	403	2	3.2	5	8.1	36	6.5	3.52	13.0	33.6	48.0	25	0	0
3	Rick Casares	28	FB	12	12		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	100.0		0.0	-45.00		0.0	0.0	13	0	0	PB
	Team Totals			12	12	8-4-0	156	310	50.3	2073	15	4.8	16	5.2	88	7.4	6.01	14.6	172.8	69.3	200	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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	Rick Casares	28	FB	12	12	177	699	10	47	3.9	58.3	14.8	27	273	10.1	2	43	2.3	22.8	204	4.8	972	12	7	PB
2	Jim Dooley	29	FL	12	10	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	41	580	14.1	3	41	3.4	48.3	41	14.1	580	3	0
3	Harlon Hill	27	LE	11	10	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	36	578	16.1	3	88	3.3	52.5	37	15.6	578	3	1
4	Johnny Morris	24	LH	12	12	87	312	0	33	3.6	26.0	7.3	13	197	15.2	2	51	1.1	16.4	100	5.1	509	2	3
5	Willard Dewveall	23	RE	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	20	420	21.0	3	76	1.8	38.2	20	21.0	420	3	0
6	Willie Galimore	24	HB	12	2	58	199	1	36	3.4	16.6	4.8	10	125	12.5	2	34	0.8	10.4	68	4.8	324	3	4
7	Ed Brown	31	QB	12	8	33	108	1	48	3.3	9.0	2.8	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	33	3.3	108	1	7
8	Bill McColl	29	RE	12	7	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	8	94	11.8	0	26	0.7	7.8	8	11.8	94	0	0
9	Zeke Bratkowski	28	QB	12	4	7	86	0	41	12.3	7.2	0.6	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	12.3	86	0	0
10	Merrill Douglas	23	HB	12	1	24	47	2	9	2.0	3.9	2.0	1	17	17.0	0	17	0.1	1.4	25	2.6	64	2	0
11	Rudy Bukich	29	QB	5	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0	0
12	John Adams	22	FB	12	0	4	-13	0	8	-3.3	-1.1	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	4	-3.3	-13	0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	392	1438	14	48	3.7	119.8	32.7	156	2284	14.6	15	88	13.0	190.3	548	6.8	3722	29	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Erich Barnes	24	RDH	12	12	5	67	0	29	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-2
2	Bill Bishop	28	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
3	J.C. Caroline	26	LDH	12	12	5	14	0	8	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
4	Rick Casares	28	FB	12	12	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
5	Joe Fortunato	29	LLB	12	12	2	10	0	6	0	3	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bill George	30	MLB	12	12	2	20	0	20	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
7	Stan Jones	28	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
8	Dick Klein	25	RT	12	12	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Earl Leggett	26	LDE	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	1
10	Johnny Morris	24	LH	12	12	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
11	Richie Petitbon	21	SS	12	12	3	52	1	33	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
12	Fred Williams	30	LDT	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Harlon Hill	27	LE	11	10	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
14	John Mellekas	26	C	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
15	Larry Morris	26	RLB	12	9	1	14	0	14	0	2	19	1	0.0	0
16	Ed Brown	31	QB	12	8	0	0	0	0	7	1	-3	0	0.0	0
17	Willard Dewveall	23	RE	11	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	0	0.0	0
18	Jack Johnson	26	FS	6	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
19	Charlie Sumner	29	FS	12	6	3	22	0	15	1	2	27	0	0.0	0
20	Willie Galimore	24	HB	12	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
21	John Damore	26	G	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Chuck Howley	23	LB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			12	12	22	199	1	33	26	27	37	1	0.0	1

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