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1937 Chicago Bears

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Record: 9-1-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 201 points (18.3/g), 2nd of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 100 points (9.1/g), 1st.
 Differential of 101 points (9.2/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 9.2-1.8.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +25 (2.3/g), 2nd.

Coached by George Halas

Training Camp: St. John's Military Academy (Delafield, Wisconsin)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 201 2626 626 4.2 114 56 147 1014 17 13 6.9 479 1612 5 3.4 114 13 0
Team Defense 100 2225 607 3.7 78 195 1292 6 17 6.6 412 933 5 2.3 38 21
Lg Rank Offense 2 4 5 9 5 1 2 1 4 3 6 4 2 1
Lg Rank Defense 1 5 1 7 9 3 7 9 6 1 2 1 6 3

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
2 Sun September 19 W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 14 2
4 Mon October 4 W 2-0 @ Pittsburgh Pirates 7 0
5 Sun October 10 W 3-0 @ Cleveland Rams 20 2
4 Sun October 17 W 4-0 Chicago Cardinals 16 7
5 Sun October 24 W 5-0 Detroit Lions 28 20
6 Sun October 31 T 5-0-1 @ New York Giants 3 3 11 233 105 128 4 4 90 8 82 1
7 Sun November 7 L 5-1-1 Green Bay Packers 14 24
8 Sun November 14 W 6-1-1 Brooklyn Dodgers 29 7
11 Thu November 25 W 7-1-1 @ Detroit Lions 13 0
10 Sun November 28 W 8-1-1 Cleveland Rams 15 7
11 Sun December 5 W 9-1-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 42 28
Playoffs
Championship Sun December 12 L 9-2-1 Washington Redskins 21 28 11 332 207 125 4 18 475 398 77 6

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
Bernie Masterson 26 QB 10 5 26 72 36.1 615 9 12.5 7 9.7 0 8.5 6.7 23.7 61.5 67.8
Ray Buivid 22 6 0 17 35 48.6 205 6 17.1 2 5.7 0 5.9 6.7 12.1 34.2 82.7
Gene Ronzani 28 b 11 3 4 13 30.8 84 0 0.0 1 7.7 0 6.5 3.0 21.0 7.6 22.6
Beattie Feathers 29 LH 11 7 2 6 33.3 12 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 2.0 2.0 6.0 1.1 42.4
Sam Francis 24 fb 8 3 3 6 50.0 34 1 16.7 2 33.3 0 5.7 -6.0 11.3 4.3 67.4
Keith Molesworth 32 hb 9 3 1 6 16.7 4 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 0.7 0.7 4.0 0.4 39.6
Ray Nolting 24 rh 11 4 0 4 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 25.0 0 0.0 -11.3 0.0 0.0
John Doehring 28 3 0 2 3 66.7 25 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 8.3 8.3 12.5 8.3 92.4 0 0
Bronko Nagurski 29 FB 10 8 1 2 50.0 35 1 50.0 0 0.0 35 17.5 27.5 35.0 3.5 135.4
Team Total 25.8 11 56 147 38.1 1014 17 11.6 13 8.8 35 6.9 5.2 18.1 92.2 64.3 0 0
Opp Total 11 78 195 40.0 1292 6 3.1 17 8.7 6.6 3.32 16.6 117.5 37.0 0 0 6.6 3.3 0.0

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Ray Nolting 24 rh 11 4 106 424 2 0 4.0 38.5 9.6 4 64 16.0 0 0 0.4 5.8 488 2 0
Jack Manders+ 28 RH 11 9 73 319 0 0 4.4 29.0 6.6 7 163 23.3 4 63 0.6 14.8 482 4 0
Bronko Nagurski 29 FB 10 8 73 343 1 0 4.7 34.3 7.3 343 1 0
Beattie Feathers 29 LH 11 7 66 211 1 0 3.2 19.2 6.0 211 1 0
Sam Francis 24 fb 8 3 48 129 0 0 2.7 16.1 6.0 1 -9 -9.0 0 -9 0.1 -1.1 120 0 0
Bernie Masterson 26 QB 10 5 30 -21 1 0 -0.7 -2.1 3.0 -21 1 0
Pug Rentner 27 b 10 2 21 70 0 0 3.3 7.0 2.1 6 101 16.8 1 0 0.6 10.1 171 1 0
Keith Molesworth 32 hb 9 3 20 53 0 0 2.7 5.9 2.2 4 21 5.3 0 0 0.4 2.3 74 0 0
Ray Buivid 22 6 0 19 24 0 0 1.3 4.0 3.2 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.2 0.7 28 1 0
Gene Ronzani 28 b 11 3 12 17 0 0 1.4 1.5 1.1 2 40 20.0 1 21 0.2 3.6 57 1 0
John Doehring 28 3 0 9 33 0 0 3.7 11.0 3.0 33 0 0
Bill Karr 26 RE 10 8 1 10 0 10 10.0 1.0 0.1 7 188 26.9 2 42 0.7 18.8 198 2 0
John Bettridge 27 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 0
Les McDonald 23 e 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 11 179 16.3 4 42 1.4 22.4 179 4 0
Eggs Manske 25 LE 11 6 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 225 25.0 3 64 0.8 20.5 225 3 0
Dick Plasman 23 e 9 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 18 6.0 1 0 0.3 2.0 18 1 0
George Wilson 23 e 11 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 1.8 20 0 0
Team Total 25.8 11 479 1612 5 10 3.4 146.5 43.5 56 1014 18.1 17 64 5.1 92.2 2626 22 0
Opp Total 11 412 933 5 2.3 84.8 37.5 78 1292 16.6 6 7.1 117.5 2225 11 0

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Jack Manders+ 28 RH 11 9 4 1 5 15 8 69
Eggs Manske 25 LE 11 6 3 1 4 24
Les McDonald 23 e 8 1 4 4 24
Bill Karr 26 RE 10 8 2 2 12
Ray Nolting 24 rh 11 4 2 2 12
Dick Plasman 23 e 9 2 1 1 2 8
Sam Francis 24 fb 8 3 1 1 1 7
Ray Buivid 22 6 0 1 1 6
Beattie Feathers 29 LH 11 7 1 1 6
Bernie Masterson 26 QB 10 5 1 1 6
Bronko Nagurski 29 FB 10 8 1 1 6
Pug Rentner 27 b 10 2 1 1 6
Gene Ronzani 28 b 11 3 1 1 6
George Wilson 23 e 11 2 1 1 6
Keith Molesworth 32 hb 9 3 1 1
Team Total 25.8 11 5 17 3 1 26 19 8 199
Opp Total 11 5 6 12 2 2 100