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1951 Chicago Bears

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Record: 7-5-0, Finished 4th in NFL National Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 286 points (23.8/g), 4th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 282 points (23.5/g), 8th.
 Differential of 4 points (0.3/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 6.1-5.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +7 (0.6/g), 3rd.

Coached by George Halas (7-5-0)

1951 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 W 1-0 @ Green Bay Packers 31 20 22 329 152 177 3 17 282 214 68 4
2 Sun October 7 box L 1-1 @ Chicago Cardinals 14 28 19 321 262 59 6 15 360 144 216 2
3 Sun October 14 box W 2-1 New York Yanks 24 21 21 452 141 311 3 17 321 130 191 2
4 Sun October 21 box W 3-1 San Francisco 49ers 13 7 16 381 134 247 3 18 244 174 70 7
5 Sun October 28 box W 4-1 @ Detroit Lions 28 23 17 384 243 141 2 19 418 299 119 4
6 Sun November 4 box W 5-1 @ Washington Redskins 27 0 21 392 89 303 1 10 175 95 80 5
7 Sun November 11 box L 5-2 Detroit Lions 28 41 21 377 283 94 6 24 436 259 177 2
8 Sun November 18 box W 6-2 Green Bay Packers 24 13 25 423 167 256 1 18 240 67 173 3
9 Sun November 25 box L 6-3 @ Cleveland Browns 21 42 22 237 163 74 2 22 516 243 273 4
10 Sun December 2 box L 6-4 Los Angeles Rams 17 42 24 351 85 266 25 496 290 206 3
11 Sun December 9 box W 7-4 @ New York Yanks 45 21 30 485 149 336 2 20 360 248 112 2
12 Sun December 16 box L 7-5 Chicago Cardinals 14 24 18 398 254 144 6 23 408 135 273 4

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 286 4364 889 4.9 256 143 315 1956 12 20 5.6 90 539 2408 24 4.5 141 35 15 25
Team Defense 282 4046 752 5.4 356 160 337 2088 21 21 5.5 101 372 1958 15 5.3 228 42 21 27
Lg Rank Offense 4 2 2 7 5 9 3 5 2 1 1 4 2 4
Lg Rank Defense 8 9 10 8 8 10 8 6 1 7 7 12 5 2

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Johnny Lujack* 26 QB 12 8 85 176 48.3 1295 8 4.5 8 4.5 78 7.4 5.8 15.2 107.9 69.2
Steve Romanik 27 qb 12 5 43 101 42.6 791 3 3.0 9 8.9 54 7.8 4.1 18.4 65.9 43.0
Bob Williams 21 8 0 14 33 42.4 146 1 3.0 2 6.1 19 4.4 2.0 10.4 18.3 40.7
Julie Rykovich 28 RH 12 0 0 3 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 -15.0 0.0 0.0
Fred Morrison 25 FB 12 0 1 1 100.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 7.0 7.0 7.0 0.6 95.8
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 26.7 12 143 315 45.4 2239 12 3.8 20 6.3 78 7.1 4.6 15.7 186.6 55.8
Opp Total 12 160 337 47.5 2088 21 6.2 21 6.2 6.2 4.0 13.1 174.0 62.3 43 343 5.5 2.7

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
John Dottley* 23 fb 12 0 127 670 3 38 5.3 55.8 10.6 14 225 16.1 1 77 1.2 18.8 895 4 3
George Gulyanics 30 LH 12 0 105 403 4 30 3.8 33.6 8.8 13 146 11.2 0 32 1.1 12.2 549 4 4
Julie Rykovich 28 RH 12 0 83 399 4 56 4.8 33.3 6.9 6 133 22.2 0 51 0.5 11.1 532 4 3
Chuck Hunsinger 26 lh 12 0 73 369 3 39 5.1 30.8 6.1 6 59 9.8 1 19 0.5 4.9 428 4 0
Johnny Lujack* 26 QB 12 8 47 171 7 22 3.6 14.3 3.9 171 7 2
Billy Stone 26 RDH 12 0 30 123 1 42 4.1 10.3 2.5 18 320 17.8 1 62 1.5 26.7 443 2 1
Fred Morrison 25 FB 12 0 29 96 0 26 3.3 8.0 2.4 1 -3 -3.0 0 -3 0.1 -0.3 93 0 2
Steve Romanik 27 qb 12 5 12 23 1 10 1.9 1.9 1.0 23 1 2
Brad Rowland 23 RET 12 0 10 50 0 20 5.0 4.2 0.8 1 -2 -2.0 0 -2 0.1 -0.2 48 0 1
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 9 86 1 38 9.6 14.3 1.5 4 45 11.3 1 22 0.7 7.5 131 2 1
Bob Williams 21 8 0 5 0 0 3 0.0 0.0 0.6 0 0 2
J.R. Boone 26 LDH 10 0 3 9 0 6 3.0 0.9 0.3 6 117 19.5 0 24 0.6 11.7 126 0 0
Don Kindt 26 LS 12 0 2 5 0 3 2.5 0.4 0.2 4 39 9.8 1 12 0.3 3.3 44 1 0
Al Campana 25 RS 2 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 1.5 1.0 3 0 0
John Hoffman 26 LE 12 0 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -0.3 0.1 28 394 14.1 2 78 2.3 32.8 391 2 0
Gene Schroeder 22 RE 12 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 0.3 0.1 24 461 19.2 3 75 2.0 38.4 465 3 0
Jim Keane 27 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 247 16.5 1 37 1.3 20.6 247 1 0
Ed Sprinkle* 28 RDE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 11 5.5 1 7 0.2 0.9 11 1 0
Bill Wightkin 24 LDE 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 47 47.0 0 47 0.1 4.7 47 0 0
Team Total 26.7 12 539 2408 24 56 4.5 200.7 44.9 143 2239 15.7 12 78 11.9 186.6 4647 36 23
Opp Total 12 372 1958 15 5.3 163.2 31.0 160 2088 13.1 21 13.3 174.0 4046 36 25

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
Billy Stone 26 RDH 12 0 14 120 0 58 8.6 5 108 0 30 21.6 671
Brad Rowland 23 RET 12 0 15 350 0 48 23.3 398
J.R. Boone 26 LDH 10 0 14 113 0 23 8.1 239
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 14 131 0 29 9.4 262
Fred Morrison 25 FB 12 0 13 353 0 86 27.2 446
Chuck Hunsinger 26 lh 12 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 4 66 0 35 16.5 501
Fred Davis 33 LDT 12 0 3 26 0 16 8.7 26
George Blanda 24 LLB 12 0 2 19 0 17 9.5 19
George Connor*+ 26 LT 12 0 1 9 0 9 9.0 9
Wayne Hansen 23 12 0 1 23 0 23 23.0 23
Gene Schroeder 22 RE 12 0 1 18 0 18 18.0 483
Wash Serini 29 RG 12 0 1 2 0 2 2.0 2
Bill Wightkin 24 LDE 10 0 1 3 1 3 3.0 50
Team Total 26.7 12 44 374 1 58 8.5 46 974 0 86 21.2 5995
Opp Total 12 25 0 38 977 0 25.7

Kicking & Punting

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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 25 FB 12 0 57 2227 67 1 39.1
George Blanda 24 LLB 12 0 17 6 35.3% 26 26 100.0%
Johnny Lujack* 26 QB 12 8 11 10 90.9%
Bob Williams 21 8 0 4 145 50 0 36.3
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 2 1 50.0% 1 1 100.0%
Brad Rowland 23 RET 12 0 1 18 18 0 18.0
Team Total 26.7 12 19 7 36.8% 38 37 97.4% 62 2390 67 1 38.5
Opp Total 12 5 3 60.0% 39 37 94.9% 66 2488 37.7

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
Dick Barwegan*+ 30 LG 12 0 0 2 0 0
George Blanda 24 LLB 12 0 1 13 0 13 0 2 0 0
Ray Bray* 34 RDT 12 0 0 2 0 0
Stu Clarkson 32 RLB 11 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 6 0
George Connor*+ 26 LT 12 0 2 21 0 11
Les Cowan 26 9 0 0 2 8 0
Fred Davis 33 LDT 12 0 1 1 0 0
Frank Dempsey 26 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Dottley* 23 fb 12 0 3 1 0 0
George Gulyanics 30 LH 12 0 4 0 0 0
Wayne Hansen 23 12 0 1 2 0 0
Don Kindt 26 LS 12 0 4 56 0 39 0 2 10 0
Johnny Lujack* 26 QB 12 8 3 44 0 31 2 0 0 0
Fred Morrison 25 FB 12 0 2 0 0 0
Bob Moser 23 MG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Steve Romanik 27 qb 12 5 2 0 0 0
Brad Rowland 23 RET 12 0 1 4 0 0
Julie Rykovich 28 RH 12 0 3 0 0 0
Gene Schroeder 22 RE 12 0 5 62 0 22
Ed Sprinkle* 28 RDE 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 56 1
Paul Stenn 33 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Billy Stone 26 RDH 12 0 4 20 0 9 1 1 0 0
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Williams 21 8 0 2 1 0 0
Team Total 26.7 12 21 216 0 39 23 28 80 1
Opp Total 12 35 25 4 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Johnny Lujack* 26 QB 12 8 7 10 52
George Blanda 24 LLB 12 0 26 6 44
John Dottley* 23 fb 12 0 3 1 24
George Gulyanics 30 LH 12 0 4 24
Chuck Hunsinger 26 lh 12 0 3 1 24
Julie Rykovich 28 RH 12 0 4 24
Gene Schroeder 22 RE 12 0 3 18
Wilford White 23 RET 6 0 1 1 1 1 16
John Hoffman 26 LE 12 0 2 12
Ed Sprinkle* 28 RDE 12 0 1 1 12
Billy Stone 26 RDH 12 0 1 1 12
Jim Keane 27 12 0 1 6
Don Kindt 26 LS 12 0 1 6
Steve Romanik 27 qb 12 5 1 6
Bill Wightkin 24 LDE 10 0 1 6
Team Total 26.7 12 24 12 1 1 37 7 286
Opp Total 12 15 21 37 3 1 282