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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)
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1945 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Sid Luckman | 29 | 6 | 2 | 117 for 217, 1,727 yards, 14 td, 10 int, & 36 rushes for -118 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| FB | Jim Fordham | 29 | 1 | 5 | 45 rushes for 153 yards, 1 td, & 4 catches for 34 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 8th / 67th pick / 1940 |
| LH | Bob Margarita | 25 | 1 | 8 | 112 rushes for 497 yards, 3 td, & 23 catches for 394 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
| RH | Hugh Gallarneau | 28 | 4 | 7 | 75 rushes for 260 yards, 2 td, & 7 catches for 58 yards and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
| LE | Rudy Smeja | 25 | 1 | 8 | 1 catch for 11 yards, 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 24th pick / 1944 |
| LT | Al Babartsky | 30 | 7 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 35th pick / 1938 |
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| LT | Jim Daniell | 27 | Rook | 5 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 12th / 110th pick / 1942 |
| LG | Pete Gudauskas | 29 | 5 | 6 | ||
| C | John Schiechl | 28 | 4 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1940 |
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| RG | George Zorich | 30 | 1 | 6 | ||
| RT | Lee Artoe | 28 | 5 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
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| RE | George Wilson | 31 | 8 | 5 | 28 catches for 259 yards, 3 td | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Pete Gudauskas | 29 | 5 | 6 | 1 of 2 field goals & 27 of 27 extra points | |
| P | Sid Luckman | 29 | 6 | 2 | 36 punts for a 36.1 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| PR | Ray McLean | 30 | 5 | 1 | 6 punt returns for a 14.5 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
| KR | Bob Margarita | 25 | 1 | 8 | 10 kick returns for a 15.5 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lee Artoe | 28 | T | 9 | 6 | 234 | 6-3 | California,Santa Clara | 3/2/1917 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 97th pick / 1940 |
| Al Babartsky | 30 | T | 8 | 7 | 225 | 6-0 | Fordham | 4/19/1915 | 7 | Chicago Cardinals / 5th / 35th pick / 1938 |
| Connie Mack Berry | 30 | E | 7 | 3 | 215 | 6-3 | North Carolina State | 4/19/1915 | 6 | |
| Glen Burgeis | 24 | T | 3 | 1 | 218 | 6-1 | Tulsa | 10/7/1921 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 60th pick / 1945 |
| Abe Croft | 25 | E | 1 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | SMU | 3/12/1920 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1944 |
| Jim Daniell | 27 | T | 7 | 5 | 230 | 6-2 | Ohio State | 4/10/1918 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 12th / 110th pick / 1942 |
| Chuck Drulis | 27 | G-LB | 3 | 0 | 216 | 5-10 | Temple | 3/8/1918 | 3 | |
| Gary Famiglietti | 32 | FB-HB | 10 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Boston University | 11/28/1913 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 25th pick / 1938 |
| Jim Fordham | 29 | FB | 9 | 5 | 215 | 5-11 | Georgia | 12/6/1916 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 67th pick / 1940 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 28 | HB | 8 | 7 | 190 | 6-0 | Stanford | 4/2/1917 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 23rd pick / 1941 |
| Al Grygo | 27 | HB | 10 | 2 | 173 | 5-10 | South Carolina | 8/14/1918 | 1 | |
| Pete Gudauskas | 29 | G | 8 | 6 | 222 | 6-2 | Murray State | 10/19/1916 | 5 | |
| Al Hoptowit | 30 | T | 10 | 2 | 217 | 6-1 | Washington State | 9/7/1915 | 3 | Cleveland Rams / 11th / 91st pick / 1938 |
| Jackie Hunt | 25 | FB | 4 | 1 | 192 | 6-0 | Marshall | 2/17/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 13th / 120th pick / 1942 |
| Edgar Jones | 25 | HB-DB | 1 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | Pittsburgh | 5/6/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 19th / 180th pick / 1942 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 29 | E | 10 | 2 | 207 | 6-3 | LSU | 11/23/1916 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 22nd pick / 1940 |
| Nick Kerasiotis | 27 | G | 1 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa,St. Ambrose | 7/4/1918 | 3 | |
| Johnny Long | 31 | QB-HB | 3 | 2 | 186 | 6-0 | Colgate | 12/13/1914 | 1 | |
| Sid Luckman | 29 | QB-HB-DB | 10 | 2 | 197 | 6-0 | Columbia | 11/21/1916 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 2nd pick / 1939 |
| Bob Margarita | 25 | HB | 10 | 8 | 178 | 5-11 | Brown | 11/3/1920 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 216th pick / 1944 |
| Forrest Masterson | 23 | C-G | 7 | 1 | 246 | 6-3 | Iowa | 4/2/1922 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 40th pick / 1945 |
| George McAfee | 27 | HB-DB | 3 | 0 | 178 | 6-0 | Duke | 3/13/1918 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 2nd pick / 1940 |
| Ray McLean | 30 | HB | 5 | 1 | 168 | 5-10 | St. Anselm | 12/6/1915 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 21st / 192nd pick / 1940 |
| Charlie Mitchell | 25 | HB-G | 8 | 1 | 188 | 6-0 | Southwest Missouri State,Tulsa | 12/28/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 28th / 293rd pick / 1944 |
| Tipp Mooney | 26 | B | 7 | 4 | 187 | 5-10 | Abilene Christian | 4/19/1919 | 1 | |
| Jack Morton | 23 | E-DE-DB | 8 | 1 | 197 | 6-0 | Missouri,Purdue | 7/22/1922 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 9th / 84th pick / 1944 |
| Rudy Mucha | 27 | G-C | 4 | 2 | 236 | 6-1 | Washington | 7/22/1918 | 4 | Cleveland Rams / 1st / 4th pick / 1941 |
| Fred Mundee | 32 | C-LB | 6 | 1 | 220 | 6-1 | Notre Dame | 5/20/1913 | 2 | |
| Pete Perez | 21 | G | 3 | 0 | 220 | 5-9 | Illinois | 4/23/1924 | Rook | |
| Don Perkins | 28 | B | 2 | 2 | 196 | 6-0 | Wisconsin-Platteville | 9/18/1917 | 1 | |
| Frank Ramsey | 29 | T | 9 | 2 | 240 | 6-1 | Oregon State | 5/16/1916 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 60th pick / 1938 |
| Tom Roberts | 29 | T-G | 9 | 1 | 215 | 6-1 | DePaul | 4/1/1916 | 2 | New York Giants / 10th / 90th pick / 1939 |
| Gene Ronzani | 36 | B | 7 | 3 | 200 | 5-9 | Marquette | 3/28/1909 | 12 | |
| John Schiechl | 28 | C | 9 | 5 | 244 | 6-3 | Santa Clara | 8/22/1917 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 13th pick / 1940 |
| Rudy Smeja | 25 | E | 8 | 8 | 195 | 6-2 | Michigan | 12/1/1920 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 24th pick / 1944 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 22 | DE-E-G-LB | 6 | 4 | 206 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons,Navy | 9/3/1923 | 1 | |
| Joe Stydahar | 33 | T | 3 | 0 | 233 | 6-4 | Pittsburgh,West Virginia | 3/16/1912 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 6th pick / 1936 |
| Bob Swisher | 31 | HB | 3 | 0 | 163 | 5-11 | Northwestern | 7/14/1914 | 7 | |
| Bulldog Turner | 26 | C-T-LB-G | 2 | 2 | 237 | 6-1 | Hardin-Simmons | 3/10/1919 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1940 |
| Joe Vodicka | 24 | HB | 4 | 2 | 189 | 5-10 | Illinois State | 3/4/1921 | 2 | |
| Milt Vucinich | 25 | C | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Stanford | 11/1/1920 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 59th pick / 1943 |
| George Wilson | 31 | E-DE | 9 | 5 | 199 | 6-1 | Northwestern | 2/3/1914 | 8 | |
| George Zorich | 30 | G-LB | 8 | 6 | 213 | 6-2 | Northwestern | 11/24/1915 | 1 | |
| Team Total | 27.6 | 10 | 206.9 | 6-0.3 | 3.0 |