1937 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 9-1-1, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (9-1-1)

Points For: 201 (18.3/g) 2nd of 10

Points Against: 100 (9.1/g) 1st of 10

Expected W-L: 9.2-1.8

SRS: 9.74 (2nd of 10), SOS: .56

Playoffs:
Lost Championship 21-28 vs. Washington Redskins

Other Notable Asst.: Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

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

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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	201	2626	626	4.2	13	0	114	56	147	1014	17	13	6.9		479	1612	5	3.4		0	505
Opp. Stats	100	2225	607	3.7	38	21		78	195	1292	6	17	6.6		412	933	5	2.3		0	0
Lg Rank Offense	2	4			2	1	5		9	5	1	2	1		4	3	6	4
Lg Rank Defense	1	5			6	3	1		7	9	3	7	9		6	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
3	Sun	September 19	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	14	2		139	63	76			176	138	38
5	Mon	October 4	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Pittsburgh Pirates	7	0		204	44	160			177	68	109
6	Sun	October 10	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Cleveland Rams	20	2		261	81	180			133	91	42
7	Sun	October 17	boxscore	W		4-0		Chicago Cardinals	16	7		208	88	120			266	175	91
8	Sun	October 24	boxscore	W		5-0		Detroit Lions	28	20		357	97	260			245	132	113
9	Sun	October 31	boxscore	T		5-0-1	@	New York Giants	3	3	11	245	109	136	3	4	93	6	87	1
10	Sun	November 7	boxscore	L		5-1-1		Green Bay Packers	14	24		159	79	80			225	144	81
11	Sun	November 14	boxscore	W		6-1-1		Brooklyn Dodgers	29	7		357	93	264			182	148	34
13	Thu	November 25	boxscore	W		7-1-1	@	Detroit Lions	13	0		123	25	98			259	40	219
13	Sun	November 28	boxscore	W		8-1-1		Cleveland Rams	15	7		289	144	145			115	44	71
14	Sun	December 5	boxscore	W		9-1-1	@	Chicago Cardinals	42	28		284	191	93			351	306	45
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 12	boxscore	L		9-2-1		Washington Redskins	21	28	11	332	207	125	4	18	475	398	77	6

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate
1	Bernie Masterson	26	QB	10	5	26	72	36.1	615	9	12.5	7	9.7		8.5	6.7	23.7	61.5	67.8
2	Ray Buivid	22		6	0	17	35	48.6	205	6	17.1	2	5.7		5.9	6.7	12.1	34.2	82.7
3	Gene Ronzani	28		11	3	4	13	30.8	84	0	0.0	1	7.7		6.5	3.0	21.0	7.6	22.6
4	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
5	Sam Francis	24		8	3	3	6	50.0	34	1	16.7	2	33.3		5.7	-6.0	11.3	4.3	67.4
6	John Doehring	28		3	0	2	3	66.7	25	0	0.0	0	0.0		8.3	8.3	12.5	8.3	92.4
7	Beattie Feathers	28	LH	11	7	2	6	33.3	12	0	0.0	0	0.0		2.0	2.0	6.0	1.1	42.4
8	Keith Molesworth	32		9	3	1	6	16.7	4	0	0.0	0	0.0	4	0.7	0.7	4.0	0.4	39.6
9	Ray Nolting	24	RH	11	4	0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0		0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0
	Team Totals			11	11	56	147	38.1	1014	17	11.6	13	8.8	35	6.9	5.2	18.1	92.2	64.3

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	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A
1	Bernie Masterson	26	QB	1	1	0-1-0	4	18	22.2	130	2	11.1	2	11.1	51	7.2	4.4	32.5	130.0	54.6	1	7	5.26	6.47	3.8
2	Ray Buivid	22		1	0		3	12	25.0	42	0	0.0	1	8.3	32	3.5	-0.3	14.0	42.0	6.9	2	18	14.29	1.71	-1.5
3	Keith Molesworth	32		1	0		1	1	100.0	35	0	0.0	0	0.0	35	35.0	35.0	35.0	35.0	118.7	0	0	0.00	35.00	35.0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	8	31	25.8	207	2	6.5	3	9.7	51	6.7	3.6	25.9	207.0	36.8	3	25	8.82	5.35	2.6

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	Awards
1	Ray Nolting	24	RH	11	4	106	424	2		4.0	38.5	9.6	4	64	16.0	0		0.4	5.8	110	4.4	488	2
2	Jack Manders	28	RH	11	9	73	319	0		4.4	29.0	6.6	7	163	23.3	4	63	0.6	14.8	80	6.0	482	4	AP-1
3	Bronko Nagurski	29	FB	10	8	73	343	1		4.7	34.3	7.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	73	4.7	343	1
4	Eggs Manske	25	LE	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	9	225	25.0	3	64	0.8	20.5	9	25.0	225	3
5	Beattie Feathers	28	LH	11	7	66	211	1		3.2	19.2	6.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	66	3.2	211	1
6	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	8	24.8	198	2
7	Les McDonald	23		8	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	11	179	16.3	4	42	1.4	22.4	11	16.3	179	4
8	Pug Rentner	27		10	2	21	70	0		3.3	7.0	2.1	6	101	16.8	1		0.6	10.1	27	6.3	171	1
9	Sam Francis	24		8	3	48	129	0		2.7	16.1	6.0	1	-9	-9.0	0	-9	0.1	-1.1	49	2.4	120	0
10	Keith Molesworth	32		9	3	20	53	0		2.7	5.9	2.2	4	21	5.3	0		0.4	2.3	24	3.1	74	0
11	Gene Ronzani	28		11	3	12	17	0		1.4	1.5	1.1	2	40	20.0	1	21	0.2	3.6	14	4.1	57	1
12	John Doehring	28		3	0	9	33	0		3.7	11.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	3.7	33	0
13	Ray Buivid	22		6	0	19	24	0		1.3	4.0	3.2	1	4	4.0	1	4	0.2	0.7	20	1.4	28	1
14	George Wilson	23		11	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	20	20.0	0	20	0.1	1.8	1	20.0	20	0
15	Dick Plasman	23		9	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	18	6.0	1		0.3	2.0	3	6.0	18	1
16	John Bettridge	27		3	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	0.0	0	0
17	Bernie Masterson	26	QB	10	5	30	-21	1		-0.7	-2.1	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	30	-0.7	-21	1
	Team Totals			11	11	479	1612	5	10	3.4	146.5	43.5	56	1014	18.1	17	64	5.1	92.2	535	4.9	2626	22

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	Jack Manders	28	RH	1	1	11	73	1	17	6.6	73.0	11.0	1	37	37.0	1	37	1.0	37.0	12	9.2	110	2	0
2	Eggs Manske	25	LE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	55	27.5	1	51	2.0	55.0	2	27.5	55	1	0
3	Bronko Nagurski	29	FB	1	1	9	48	0	20	5.3	48.0	9.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	9	5.3	48	0	0
4	Dick Plasman	23		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	44	22.0	0	35	2.0	44.0	2	22.0	44	0	0
5	Les McDonald	23		1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	39	19.5	0	39	2.0	39.0	2	19.5	39	0	0
6	Ray Nolting	24	RH	1	1	10	31	0	8	3.1	31.0	10.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	10	3.1	31	0	0
7	Pug Rentner	27		1	0	1	-1	0	-1	-1.0	-1.0	1.0	1	32	32.0	0	32	1.0	32.0	2	15.5	31	0	0
8	Ray Buivid	22		1	0	3	-6	0	6	-2.0	-6.0	3.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	-2.0	-6	0	2
9	Gene Ronzani	28		1	0	2	-8	0	-3	-4.0	-8.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-4.0	-8	0	1
10	Bernie Masterson	26	QB	1	1	2	-9	0	-2	-4.5	-9.0	2.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-4.5	-9	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	38	128	1	20	3.4	125.0	34.0	8	207	25.9	2	51	8.0	207.0	46	7.3	335	3	3

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						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Jack Manders	28	RH	1	1	1	27	0	27	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Ray Nolting	24	RH	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	George Wilson	23		1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
4	Ray Buivid	22		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Bill Conkright	23		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Dick Plasman	23		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0
7	Gene Ronzani	28		1	0	1	16	0	16	0	1	1	-3	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	3	43	0	27	0	3	5	-3	0	2.0	0	0

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