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1945 Chicago Bears

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Record: 3-7-0, Finished 4th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 192 points (19.2/g), 6th of 10 in the NFL.
 Allowed 235 points (23.5/g), 10th.
 Differential of -43 points (-4.3/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 3.8-6.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 7th.

Coached by Hunk Anderson (3-7-0) (co-coach with Luke Johnsos) and Luke Johnsos (3-7-0)

1945 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 30 box L 0-1 @ Green Bay Packers 21 31 26 409 227 182 2 14 292 94 198 1
2 Sun October 7 box L 0-2 @ Cleveland Rams 0 17 16 322 227 95 4 14 289 53 236 4
3 Sun October 14 box L 0-3 Chicago Cardinals 7 16 8 213 196 17 2 17 327 86 241 2
4 Sun October 21 box L 0-4 Cleveland Rams 21 41 22 343 104 239 3 19 407 270 137 2
5 Sun October 28 box L 0-5 @ Detroit Lions 10 16 16 215 84 131 1 4 148 133 15 3
6 Sun November 4 box W 1-5 Green Bay Packers 28 24 19 396 125 271 4 9 180 151 29 2
7 Sun November 11 box L 1-6 Detroit Lions 28 35 15 333 279 54 2 12 326 186 140 5
8 Sun November 18 box L 1-7 @ Washington Redskins 21 28 18 342 233 109 2 11 339 129 210 1
9 Sun November 25 box W 2-7 Pittsburgh Steelers 28 7 14 525 243 282 2 9 131 9 122 3
10 Sun December 2 box W 3-7 @ Chicago Cardinals 28 20 12 257 134 123 2 16 293 171 122 1

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 192 3372 667 5.1 164 132 244 1857 14 12 7.6 60 423 1515 13 3.6 86 22 10 18
Team Defense 235 2747 538 5.1 189 83 195 1283 10 15 6.6 44 343 1464 20 4.3 126 21 6 19
Lg Rank Offense 6 3 1 2 1 4 2 4 1 4 5 4 2 5
Lg Rank Defense 10 5 6 4 3 5 7 5 3 9 10 10 10 9

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Sid Luckman 29 QB 10 2 117 217 53.9 1727 14 6.5 10 4.6 65 8.0 6.5 14.8 172.7 82.5
Gene Ronzani 36 7 3 10 24 41.7 119 0 0.0 2 8.3 29 5.0 1.2 11.9 17.0 22.7
Al Grygo 27 10 2 1 1 100.0 11 0 0.0 0 0.0 11 11.0 11.0 11.0 1.1 112.5
Edgar Jones 25 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
George McAfee 27 3 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 27.6 10 128 244 52.5 1857 14 5.7 12 4.9 65 7.6 6.0 14.5 185.7 76.1
Opp Total 10 83 195 42.6 1283 10 5.1 15 7.7 6.6 3.6 15.5 128.3 50.0 0 0 6.6 3.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Bob Margarita 25 LH 10 8 112 497 3 38 4.4 49.7 11.2 23 394 17.1 2 47 2.3 39.4 891 5 4
Hugh Gallarneau 28 RH 8 7 75 260 2 31 3.5 32.5 9.4 7 58 8.3 1 36 0.9 7.3 318 3 3
Gary Famiglietti 32 10 0 65 235 3 14 3.6 23.5 6.5 4 42 10.5 0 13 0.4 4.2 277 3 2
Jim Fordham 29 FB 9 5 45 153 1 11 3.4 17.0 5.0 4 34 8.5 0 19 0.4 3.8 187 1 0
Sid Luckman 29 QB 10 2 36 -118 0 22 -3.3 -11.8 3.6 -118 0 4
Al Grygo 27 10 2 23 98 0 16 4.3 9.8 2.3 5 68 13.6 1 33 0.5 6.8 166 1 1
Tipp Mooney 26 7 4 17 105 0 64 6.2 15.0 2.4 2 10 5.0 0 6 0.3 1.4 115 0 1
George McAfee 27 3 0 16 139 3 38 8.7 46.3 5.3 3 85 28.3 1 65 1.0 28.3 224 4 1
Don Perkins 28 2 2 11 98 1 38 8.9 49.0 5.5 98 1 0
Ray McLean 30 RET 5 1 9 22 0 15 2.4 4.4 1.8 8 117 14.6 0 43 1.6 23.4 139 0 1
Edgar Jones 25 1 0 8 41 0 12 5.1 41.0 8.0 1 0 0.0 0 0 1.0 0.0 41 0 0
Gene Ronzani 36 7 3 3 -20 0 5 -6.7 -2.9 0.4 -20 0 0
Johnny Long 31 3 2 2 3 0 5 1.5 1.0 0.7 3 0 1
Jackie Hunt 25 4 1 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.3 0.3 1 0 0
George Wilson 31 RE 9 5 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 28 259 9.3 3 18 3.1 28.8 259 3 1
Ken Kavanaugh 29 10 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 25 543 21.7 6 64 2.5 54.3 543 6 0
Connie Mack Berry 30 7 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 12 202 16.8 0 51 1.7 28.9 202 0 0
Abe Croft 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 12 6.0 0 10 2.0 12.0 12 0 0
Bob Swisher 31 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 4 2.0 0 4 0.7 1.3 4 0 1
Jack Morton 23 8 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 18 18.0 0 18 0.1 2.3 18 0 0
Rudy Smeja 25 LE 8 8 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 11 11.0 0 11 0.1 1.4 11 0 0
Team Total 27.6 10 423 1514 13 64 3.6 151.4 42.3 128 1857 14.5 14 65 12.8 185.7 3371 27 21
Opp Total 10 343 1464 20 4.3 146.4 34.3 83 1283 15.5 10 8.3 128.3 2747 30 24

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Bob Margarita 25 LH 10 8 6 51 0 17 8.5 10 155 0 33 15.5 1097
Al Grygo 27 10 2 6 44 0 0 7.3 4 80 0 26 20.0 290
Hugh Gallarneau 28 RH 8 7 3 7 0 15 2.3 6 90 0 30 15.0 415
Ray McLean 30 RET 5 1 6 87 0 24 14.5 3 60 0 24 20.0 286
George McAfee 27 3 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 5 98 0 25 19.6 330
Tipp Mooney 26 7 4 3 51 0 28 17.0 166
Edgar Jones 25 1 0 2 72 0 48 36.0 113
Sid Luckman 29 QB 10 2 2 31 0 16 15.5 -87
Gene Ronzani 36 7 3 1 6 0 6 6.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 -14
Jim Daniell 27 lt 7 5 1 14 0 14 14.0 14
Gary Famiglietti 32 10 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 296
Ken Kavanaugh 29 10 2 1 7 0 7 7.0 550
Johnny Long 31 3 2 1 12 0 12 12.0 15
George Wilson 31 RE 9 5 1 2 0 2 2.0 261
Team Total 27.6 10 25 217 0 24 8.7 39 677 0 48 17.4 4265
Opp Total 10 24 0 37 688 0 18.6

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Sid Luckman 29 QB 10 2 36 1299 61 0 36.1
Pete Gudauskas 29 LG 8 6 2 1 50.0% 27 27 100.0%
Al Grygo 27 10 2 2 86 46 0 43.0
Jackie Hunt 25 4 1 2 54 34 0 27.0
George McAfee 27 3 0 2 62 33 0 31.0
Lee Artoe 28 RT 9 6 1 0.0%
Johnny Long 31 3 2 1 42 42 0 42.0
Bob Margarita 25 LH 10 8 1 29 29 0 29.0
Team Total 27.6 10 3 1 33.3% 27 27 100.0% 44 1572 61 0 35.7
Opp Total 10 7 3 42.9% 32 30 93.8% 42 1667 39.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Connie Mack Berry 30 7 3 0 1 0 0
Jim Daniell 27 lt 7 5 1 1 0 0
Chuck Drulis 27 3 0 0 1 1 0
Gary Famiglietti 32 10 0 2 0 0 0
Jim Fordham 29 FB 9 5 0 1 0 0
Hugh Gallarneau 28 RH 8 7 2 6 0 5 3 1 5 0
Al Grygo 27 10 2 3 9 0 6 1 0 0 0
Pete Gudauskas 29 LG 8 6 1 0 0 0
Johnny Long 31 3 2 1 1 7 0
Sid Luckman 29 QB 10 2 4 4 0 0
Bob Margarita 25 LH 10 8 6 79 0 26 4 0 0 0
George McAfee 27 3 0 1 13 0 7 1 0 0 0
Ray McLean 30 RET 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 3 0
Tipp Mooney 26 7 4 1 0 0 0
Jack Morton 23 8 1 0 2 37 0
Gene Ronzani 36 7 3 0 1 9 0
Bob Swisher 31 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Bulldog Turner 26 2 2 0 1 0 0
George Wilson 31 RE 9 5 1 0 0 0
Team Total 27.6 10 15 107 0 26 21 15 62 0
Opp Total 10 24 18 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Ken Kavanaugh 29 10 2 6 36
Pete Gudauskas 29 LG 8 6 27 1 30
Bob Margarita 25 LH 10 8 3 2 30
George McAfee 27 3 0 3 1 24
Gary Famiglietti 32 10 0 3 18
Hugh Gallarneau 28 RH 8 7 2 1 18
George Wilson 31 RE 9 5 3 18
Jim Fordham 29 FB 9 5 1 6
Al Grygo 27 10 2 1 6
Don Perkins 28 2 2 1 6
Team Total 27.6 10 13 14 27 1 192
Opp Total 10 20 10 30 3 1 235