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1950 Chicago Bears

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Record: 9-3-0, Finished 1st in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 279 points (23.2/g), 5th of 13 in the NFL.
 Allowed 207 points (17.2/g), 5th.
 Differential of 72 points (6.0/g), 5th.
 Expected W-L: 8.0-4.0.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.8/g), 10th.

Coached by George Halas (9-3-0)

1950 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 17 box W 1-0 @ Los Angeles Rams 24 20 19 338 137 201 1 15 309 255 54 2
2 Sun September 24 box W 2-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 32 20 20 360 172 188 4 17 269 74 195 4
3 Sun October 1 box L 2-1 @ Green Bay Packers 21 31 23 402 240 162 5 8 223 44 179 2
4 Sun October 8 box W 3-1 Chicago Cardinals 27 6 23 334 93 241 4 7 135 69 66 2
5 Sun October 15 box W 4-1 Green Bay Packers 28 14 13 215 87 128 1 11 251 80 171 3
6 Sun October 29 box L 4-2 @ New York Yanks 27 38 25 472 364 108 6 15 470 276 194 3
7 Sun November 5 box W 5-2 @ Detroit Lions 35 21 25 455 131 324 3 24 467 374 93 3
8 Sun November 12 box W 6-2 New York Yanks 28 20 20 356 120 236 5 18 318 225 93 1
9 Sun November 19 box W 7-2 San Francisco 49ers 17 0 19 362 105 257 2 12 270 141 129 3
10 Sun November 26 box W 8-2 Los Angeles Rams 24 14 21 362 174 188 2 20 334 263 71 4
11 Sun December 3 box L 8-3 @ Chicago Cardinals 10 20 14 252 112 140 3 18 375 255 120 2
12 Sun December 10 box W 9-3 Detroit Lions 6 3 14 280 145 135 5 13 250 166 84 3
Playoffs
Division December 17 box L 9-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 14 24

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 279 4095 888 4.6 236 135 296 1787 5 24 5.7 85 574 2308 25 4.0 141 41 17 10
Team Defense 207 3357 787 4.3 289 169 354 1908 11 16 4.8 88 388 1449 14 3.7 178 32 16 23
Lg Rank Offense 5 3 2 9 7 13 3 5 2 3 2 10 4 5
Lg Rank Defense 5 5 5 9 5 4 13 3 1 3 7 4 12 7

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%
Johnny Lujack*+ 25 QB 12 12 121 254 47.6 1731 4 1.6 21 8.3 70 6.8 3.3 14.3 144.3 41.0
Sid Luckman 34 11 0 13 37 35.1 180 1 2.7 2 5.4 44 4.9 2.7 13.8 16.4 38.1
Steve Romanik 26 1 0 0 2 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
George Blanda 23 11 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
George Gulyanics 29 LH 12 0 1 1 100.0 16 0 0.0 0 0.0 16 16.0 16.0 16.0 1.3 118.7
George McAfee 32 RDH 12 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 27.0 12 135 296 45.6 1927 5 1.7 24 8.1 70 6.5 3.0 14.3 160.6 39.1
Opp Total 12 169 354 47.7 1908 11 3.1 16 4.5 5.4 3.7 11.3 159.0 55.8 45 357 4.8 2.4

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
George Gulyanics 29 LH 12 0 146 571 2 31 3.9 47.6 12.2 12 137 11.4 0 42 1.0 11.4 708 2 6
Julie Rykovich 27 RH 12 0 122 394 7 18 3.2 32.8 10.2 21 344 16.4 0 39 1.8 28.7 738 7 2
Fred Morrison 24 P 12 0 66 252 1 25 3.8 21.0 5.5 13 86 6.6 0 15 1.1 7.2 338 1 3
Johnny Lujack*+ 25 QB 12 12 63 397 11 40 6.3 33.1 5.3 1 16 16.0 0 16 0.1 1.3 413 11 2
Chuck Hunsinger 25 RET 10 0 61 326 2 45 5.3 32.6 6.1 1 20 20.0 0 20 0.1 2.0 346 2 3
Al Campana 24 9 0 45 134 1 23 3.0 14.9 5.0 5 58 11.6 0 30 0.6 6.4 192 1 2
John Hoffman 25 FB 12 0 42 154 0 25 3.7 12.8 3.5 8 161 20.1 2 44 0.7 13.4 315 2 1
J.R. Boone 25 10 0 13 15 0 7 1.2 1.5 1.3 8 139 17.4 0 31 0.8 13.9 154 0 0
Harper Davis 25 12 0 10 57 1 36 5.7 4.8 0.8 2 15 7.5 0 8 0.2 1.3 72 1 0
Sid Luckman 34 11 0 2 1 0 1 0.5 0.1 0.2 1 0 0
George McAfee 32 RDH 12 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 0.3 0.2 4 0 0
Ed Sprinkle* 27 RE/RDE 12 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 4 70 17.5 0 27 0.3 5.8 69 0 0
Don Kindt 25 S 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 3 72 24.0 1 42 0.3 6.0 76 1 0
Jim Keane 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 36 433 12.0 0 70 3.0 36.1 433 0 2
Ken Kavanaugh 34 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 331 19.5 2 67 1.4 27.6 331 2 1
Bill Wightkin 23 LDE/le 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 24 8.0 0 17 0.3 2.0 24 0 1
George Connor*+ 25 LT/LDT 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 21 21.0 0 21 0.1 1.9 21 0 0
Team Total 27.0 12 574 2308 25 45 4.0 192.3 47.8 135 1927 14.3 5 70 11.3 160.6 4235 30 23
Opp Total 12 388 1449 14 3.7 120.8 32.3 169 1908 11.3 11 14.1 159.0 3357 25 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
George McAfee 32 RDH 12 0 33 284 0 25 8.6 1 23 0 23 23.0 311
J.R. Boone 25 10 0 17 215 0 48 12.6 369
Chuck Hunsinger 25 RET 10 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 12 343 0 33 28.6 693
Fred Morrison 24 P 12 0 10 261 0 37 26.1 599
John Hoffman 25 FB 12 0 7 75 0 20 10.7 2 52 0 32 26.0 442
Al Campana 24 9 0 4 54 0 18 13.5 246
Don Kindt 25 S 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 2 33 0 18 16.5 113
Alf Bauman 30 RDT 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Fred Davis* 32 12 0 1 13 0 13 13.0 13
Harper Davis 25 12 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 91
Ed Sprinkle* 27 RE/RDE 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 74
Paul Stenn 32 RT 12 0 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Team Total 27.0 12 60 601 0 48 10.0 35 818 0 37 23.4 5654
Opp Total 12 24 1 44 848 0 19.3

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
Fred Morrison 24 P 12 0 57 2470 65 0 43.3
Johnny Lujack*+ 25 QB 12 12 5 3 60.0% 35 34 97.1%
George Blanda 23 11 0 15 6 40.0% 2 30 30 1 15.0
George Gulyanics 29 LH 12 0 6 201 51 1 33.5
Julie Rykovich 27 RH 12 0 1 48 48 0 48.0
Team Total 27.0 12 20 9 45.0% 35 34 97.1% 66 2749 65 2 41.7
Opp Total 12 12 5 41.7% 27 24 88.9% 87 3454 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
Al Campana 24 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0
Ed Cody 27 RLB 10 0 0 1 0 0
George Connor*+ 25 LT/LDT 11 0 1 8 0 8
Harper Davis 25 12 0 5 59 0 41
Dub Garrett 25 3 0 0 3 62 1
George Gulyanics 29 LH 12 0 6 0 0 0
Wayne Hansen 22 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Hoffman 25 FB 12 0 1 39 1 39 1 1 0 0
Chuck Hunsinger 25 RET 10 0 3 0 0 0
Ken Kavanaugh 34 LE 12 0 1 1 0 1
Jim Keane 26 12 0 2 0 0 0
Johnny Lujack*+ 25 QB 12 12 1 15 0 15 2 1 0 0
George McAfee 32 RDH 12 0 2 31 0 19 0 2 0 0
Fred Morrison 24 P 12 0 3 2 0 0
Red O'Quinn 25 LDH 12 0 3 73 1 38
Julie Rykovich 27 RH 12 0 2 0 0 0
Ed Sprinkle* 27 RE/RDE 12 0 0 2 0 0
Paul Stenn 32 RT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Bones Weatherly 22 LLB 6 0 2 58 2 35 0 1 0 0
Bill Wightkin 23 LDE/le 12 0 1 4 0 0
Team Total 27.0 12 16 283 4 41 23 22 62 2 1
Opp Total 12 18 24 8

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
Johnny Lujack*+ 25 QB 12 12 11 34 3 109
Julie Rykovich 27 RH 12 0 7 42
George Blanda 23 11 0 6 18
John Hoffman 25 FB 12 0 2 1 18
Ken Kavanaugh 34 LE 12 0 2 1 18
George Gulyanics 29 LH 12 0 2 12
Chuck Hunsinger 25 RET 10 0 2 12
Bones Weatherly 22 LLB 6 0 2 12
Al Campana 24 9 0 1 6
Harper Davis 25 12 0 1 6
Dub Garrett 25 3 0 1 6
Don Kindt 25 S 12 0 1 6
Fred Morrison 24 P 12 0 1 6
Red O'Quinn 25 LDH 12 0 1 6
Wash Serini 28 12 0 1 2
Team Total 27.0 12 25 5 2 4 34 9 1 279
Opp Total 12 14 11 1 24 5 207