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1936 Chicago Bears
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Record: 9-3-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 222 points (18.5/g), 3rd of 9 in the NFL.
Allowed 94 points (7.8/g), 1st.
Differential of 128 points (10.7/g), 3rd.
Expected W-L: 10.6-1.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +38 (3.2/g), 1st.
Coached by George Halas (9-3-0)
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1936 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Team Games & Schedule
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Score | Offense | Defense | |||||||||||||||||
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| Week | Date | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | ||||
| 1 | Sun | September 20 | W | 1-0 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 30 | 3 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Sun | September 27 | W | 2-0 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 17 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Sun | October 4 | W | 3-0 | @ | Pittsburgh Pirates | 27 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Sun | October 11 | W | 4-0 | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | Sun | October 18 | W | 5-0 | Pittsburgh Pirates | 26 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | Sun | October 25 | W | 6-0 | Detroit Lions | 12 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Sun | November 1 | L | 6-1 | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 21 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | Sun | November 8 | W | 7-1 | @ | New York Giants | 25 | 7 | 11 | 249 | 126 | 123 | 13 | 226 | 81 | 145 | 6 | ||
| 9 | Sun | November 15 | W | 8-1 | @ | Boston Redskins | 26 | 0 | |||||||||||
| 10 | Sun | November 22 | W | 9-1 | @ | Philadelphia Eagles | 28 | 7 | |||||||||||
| 11 | Thu | November 26 | L | 9-2 | @ | Detroit Lions | 7 | 13 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Sun | November 29 | L | 9-3 | @ | Chicago Cardinals | 7 | 14 | |||||||||||
Team Stats and Rankings
Glossary · CSV · PRE| Passing | Rushing | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 222 | 3305 | 722 | 4.6 | 145 | 58 | 170 | 1099 | 16 | 21 | 6.5 | 552 | 2206 | 12 | 4.0 | 145 | 21 | 0 | ||
| Team Defense | 94 | 2996 | 737 | 4.1 | 86 | 227 | 1174 | 3 | 35 | 5.2 | 510 | 1822 | 9 | 3.6 | 59 | 24 | ||||
| Lg Rank Offense | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 1 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernie Masterson | 25 | QB | 12 | 9 | 10 | 42 | 23.8 | 292 | 3 | 7.1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 7.0 | 1.2 | 29.2 | 24.3 | 40.3 | |||||
| Keith Molesworth | 31 | 11 | 0 | 15 | 31 | 48.4 | 188 | 4 | 12.9 | 4 | 12.9 | 0 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 12.5 | 17.1 | 67.7 | ||||||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 30 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 28 | 28.6 | 140 | 3 | 10.7 | 3 | 10.7 | 0 | 5.0 | 1.3 | 17.5 | 11.7 | 44.0 | ||||||
| George Corbett | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 38.5 | 64 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 4.9 | 1.5 | 12.8 | 7.1 | 22.6 | ||||||
| Ray Nolting | 23 | RH | 11 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 23.1 | 30 | 2 | 15.4 | 1 | 7.7 | 0 | 2.3 | 0.4 | 10.0 | 2.7 | 47.1 | |||||
| John Doehring | 27 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 41.7 | 145 | 1 | 8.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 29.0 | 24.2 | 114.9 | ||||||
| Gene Ronzani | 27 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 66.7 | 170 | 1 | 8.3 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 14.2 | 7.5 | 21.3 | 17.0 | 97.9 | ||||||
| Beattie Feathers | 28 | LH | 12 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 9.1 | 10 | 1 | 9.1 | 2 | 18.2 | 10 | 0.9 | -6.4 | 10.0 | 0.8 | 30.3 | |||||
| Bronko Nagurski+ | 28 | FB | 11 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 20.0 | 8 | 1 | 20.0 | 2 | 40.0 | 8 | 1.6 | -14.4 | 8.0 | 0.7 | 39.6 | |||||
| Jack Manders | 27 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 66.7 | 52 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 17.3 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 4.3 | 109.7 | ||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 12 | 58 | 170 | 34.1 | 1099 | 16 | 9.4 | 21 | 12.4 | 10 | 6.5 | 1.8 | 18.9 | 91.6 | 49.2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 86 | 227 | 37.9 | 1174 | 3 | 1.3 | 35 | 15.4 | 5.2 | -1.6 | 13.7 | 97.8 | 20.0 | 0 | 0 | 5.2 | -1.6 |
| Rushing | Receiving | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| Bronko Nagurski+ | 28 | FB | 11 | 8 | 122 | 529 | 3 | 0 | 4.3 | 48.1 | 11.1 | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 0 | 12 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 541 | 3 | 0 |
| Beattie Feathers | 28 | LH | 12 | 12 | 97 | 350 | 2 | 0 | 3.6 | 29.2 | 8.1 | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 355 | 2 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 23 | RH | 11 | 6 | 76 | 352 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 32.0 | 6.9 | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.2 | 4.5 | 402 | 1 | 0 |
| Jack Manders | 27 | 12 | 4 | 63 | 207 | 4 | 0 | 3.3 | 17.3 | 5.3 | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 0 | 4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 211 | 4 | 0 | |
| Keith Molesworth | 31 | 11 | 0 | 60 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 4.6 | 25.1 | 5.5 | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 | 0.8 | 13.3 | 422 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Sisk | 31 | 10 | 4 | 41 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | 16.3 | 4.1 | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 0 | 39 | 0.1 | 3.9 | 202 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gene Ronzani | 27 | 10 | 2 | 37 | 186 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 18.6 | 3.7 | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 2 | 38 | 0.4 | 5.8 | 244 | 2 | 0 | |
| John Doehring | 27 | 6 | 0 | 18 | 101 | 0 | 0 | 5.6 | 16.8 | 3.0 | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 0 | 19 | 0.2 | 3.2 | 120 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Corbett | 28 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 3.5 | 5.0 | 1.4 | 3 | 69 | 23.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.3 | 7.7 | 114 | 1 | 0 | |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 30 | 12 | 3 | 9 | -1 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.8 | 5 | 39 | 7.8 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 | 3.3 | 38 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bernie Masterson | 25 | QB | 12 | 9 | 9 | -7 | 2 | 0 | -0.8 | -0.6 | 0.8 | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 0 | 28 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 21 | 2 | 0 |
| Bill Karr | 25 | RE | 8 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2.8 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 6 | 121 | 20.2 | 2 | 40 | 0.8 | 15.1 | 132 | 3 | 0 |
| Bill Hewitt+ | 27 | LE | 12 | 12 | 2 | -9 | 0 | 0 | -4.5 | -0.8 | 0.2 | 15 | 358 | 23.9 | 6 | 45 | 1.3 | 29.8 | 349 | 6 | 0 |
| George Grosvenor | 26 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| Luke Johnsos | 31 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5 | 121 | 24.2 | 2 | 0 | 0.4 | 10.1 | 121 | 2 | 0 | ||
| Red Pollock | 25 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.1 | 2.1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ted Rosequist | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 0 | 15 | 0.3 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 12 | 552 | 2206 | 12 | 3 | 4.0 | 183.8 | 46.0 | 58 | 1099 | 18.9 | 16 | 45 | 4.8 | 91.6 | 3305 | 28 | 0 | ||
| Opp Total | 12 | 510 | 1822 | 9 | 3.6 | 151.8 | 42.5 | 86 | 1174 | 13.7 | 3 | 7.2 | 97.8 | 2996 | 12 | 0 | |||||
| Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Manders | 27 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 7 | 62 | |||||||||
| Bill Hewitt+ | 27 | LE | 12 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 42 | |||||||||
| Bronko Nagurski+ | 28 | FB | 11 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 19 | |||||||||
| Bill Karr | 25 | RE | 8 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 18 | |||||||||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 30 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Beattie Feathers | 28 | LH | 12 | 12 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Luke Johnsos | 31 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| Bernie Masterson | 25 | QB | 12 | 9 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Gene Ronzani | 27 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 12 | |||||||||||
| George Corbett | 28 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ookie Miller | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Ray Nolting | 23 | RH | 11 | 6 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Joe Stydahar | 24 | LT | 12 | 12 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 26.5 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 222 | ||||||||
| Opp Total | 12 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 94 |