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1943 Chicago Bears

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Record: 8-1-1, Finished 1st in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

1943 NFL Champions

Scored 303 points (30.3/g), 1st of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 157 points (15.7/g), 4th.
 Differential of 146 points (14.6/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 8.3-1.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.5/g), 6th.

Coached by Hunk Anderson (8-1-1) (co-coach with Luke Johnsos) and Luke Johnsos (8-1-1)

1943 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Drafted Players

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Passing Rushing Receiving
Rnd Pick Tm Pos Yrs From To AP1 PB St G Cmp Att Yds TD Int Att Yds TD Rec Yds TD College/Univ
1 9 CHI Bob Steuber HB 4 1943 1948 0 0 2 19 1 2 -4 0 0 79 461 3 3 23 0 DePauw
3 24 CHI Fred Evans HB 3 1946 1948 0 0 1 22 0 2 0 0 0 49 166 1 7 89 1 Notre Dame
5 39 CHI Ed Stamm T 0 0 0 Stanford
6 49 CHI Derrell Palmer DT 8 1946 1953 0 0 3 96 TCU
7 59 CHI Milt Vucinich C 1 1945 1945 0 0 0 3 Stanford
8 69 CHI Alyn Beals E 6 1946 1951 0 0 4 77 11 73 0 211 2951 49 Santa Clara
9 79 CHI Jim Jurkovich B 0 0 0 California
10 89 CHI Walt Lamb E 1 1946 1946 0 0 0 11 1 10 0 Oklahoma
11 99 CHI Ray (Duke) Hammett B 0 0 0 Stanford
12 109 CHI Al Zikmund B 0 0 0 Nebraska
13 119 CHI Clark Wood T 0 0 0 Kentucky
14 129 CHI Loyd Arms G 3 1946 1948 0 0 2 27 Oklahoma State
15 139 CHI Lyle Sturdy B 0 0 0 Wichita State
16 149 CHI Buddy Tomlinson T 0 0 0 Hardin-Simmons
17 159 CHI Pat Preston G 4 1946 1949 0 0 1 38 Duke
18 169 CHI Hank Norberg E 3 1946 1948 0 0 0 35 6 64 0 Stanford
19 179 CHI Pat Lyons E 0 0 0 Wisconsin
20 189 CHI Marion Butler B 0 0 0 Clemson
21 199 CHI Al Santucci C 0 0 0 Santa Clara
22 209 CHI Bill O. Johnson G 1 1947 1947 0 0 0 6 SMU
23 219 CHI Wally Boudreau B 0 0 0 Boston College
24 229 CHI Bob Baumann T 0 0 0 Wisconsin
25 239 CHI Elwood Holtscher C 0 0 0 Shurtleff
26 249 CHI Ben Keller G 0 0 0 Duquesne
27 259 CHI Charley Block E 0 0 0 Shurtleff
28 269 CHI Ted Brannon T 0 0 0 Rice
29 279 CHI Lou Wayne E 0 0 0 Texas
30 289 CHI Dick Creevy B 0 0 0 Notre Dame
31 294 CHI Bill Buffington B 0 0 0 Purdue
32 299 CHI Woody Peterson B 0 0 0 Utah