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1954 Chicago Bears

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Record: 8-4-0, Finished 2nd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 301 points (25.1/g), 5th of 12 in the NFL.
 Allowed 279 points (23.2/g), 8th.
 Differential of 22 points (1.8/g), 7th.
 Expected W-L: 6.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 9th.

Coached by George Halas (8-4-0)

1954 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 26 box L 0-1 @ Detroit Lions 23 48 19 387 348 39 6 19 374 257 117 3
2 Sun October 3 box W 1-1 @ Green Bay Packers 10 3 14 223 142 81 5 15 274 179 95 5
3 Sun October 10 box W 2-1 Baltimore Colts 28 9 14 242 161 81 4 8 139 85 54 3
4 Sun October 17 box L 2-2 San Francisco 49ers 24 31 19 437 387 50 8 12 356 62 294 2
5 Sun October 24 box L 2-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 38 42 28 443 338 105 3 30 557 243 314 3
6 Sun October 31 box W 3-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 31 27 21 469 342 127 2 21 388 241 147 2
7 Sun November 7 box W 4-3 Green Bay Packers 28 23 21 382 278 104 2 21 335 182 153 2
8 Sun November 14 box L 4-4 Cleveland Browns 10 39 10 206 169 37 6 21 316 94 222 1
9 Sun November 21 box W 5-4 @ Baltimore Colts 28 13 19 333 173 160 2 21 337 156 181 7
10 Sun November 28 box W 6-4 Los Angeles Rams 24 13 16 351 236 115 5 15 428 292 136 5
11 Sun December 5 box W 7-4 @ Chicago Cardinals 29 7 16 409 346 63 4 18 256 175 81 8
12 Sun December 12 box W 8-4 Detroit Lions 28 24 22 364 184 180 3 20 345 222 123 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 301 4246 806 5.3 219 208 429 3104 26 35 6.9 144 353 1142 8 3.2 63 50 15 12
Team Defense 279 4105 827 5.0 348 177 369 2188 13 27 5.5 106 427 1917 15 4.5 221 45 18 21
Lg Rank Offense 5 4 6 1 1 3 12 4 11 12 9 11 9 5
Lg Rank Defense 8 7 7 8 5 4 5 4 11 11 10 9 4 6

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%
George Blanda 27 QB 8 7 131 281 46.6 1929 15 5.3 17 6.0 76 6.9 4.7 14.7 241.1 62.1
Zeke Bratkowski 23 qb 12 5 67 130 51.5 1087 8 6.2 17 13.1 71 8.4 3.1 16.2 90.6 60.8
Ed Brown 26 12 0 10 17 58.8 283 3 17.6 1 5.9 69 16.6 15.8 28.3 23.6 118.3
Jimmy Lesane 24 3 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6
Team Total 25.8 12 208 429 48.5 3299 26 6.1 35 8.2 76 7.7 4.6 15.9 274.9 60.7
Opp Total 12 177 369 48.0 2188 13 3.5 27 7.3 5.9 3.0 12.4 182.3 48.0 31 244 5.5 2.1

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
Chick Jagade* 28 FB 11 0 157 498 3 46 3.2 45.3 14.3 24 172 7.2 0 26 2.2 15.6 670 3 12
Billy Stone 29 LH 12 0 79 306 3 23 3.9 25.5 6.6 35 395 11.3 3 42 2.9 32.9 701 6 3
John Hoffman 29 RE 12 0 39 178 1 19 4.6 14.8 3.3 28 354 12.6 1 54 2.3 29.5 532 2 4
George Blanda 27 QB 8 7 19 41 0 19 2.2 5.1 2.4 41 0 3
Leon Campbell 27 6 0 18 38 0 24 2.1 6.3 3.0 3 0 0.0 0 2 0.5 0.0 38 0 0
Zeke Bratkowski 23 qb 12 5 15 35 1 19 2.3 2.9 1.3 35 1 2
Don Kindt 29 12 0 10 -9 0 10 -0.9 -0.8 0.8 9 101 11.2 0 21 0.8 8.4 92 0 0
Ed Brown 26 12 0 9 36 0 18 4.0 3.0 0.8 36 0 0
Pete Perini 26 12 0 4 11 0 4 2.8 0.9 0.3 5 56 11.2 0 20 0.4 4.7 67 0 1
Billy Anderson 25 7 0 3 8 0 6 2.7 1.1 0.4 8 0 1
Harlon Hill* 22 LE 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 45 1124 25.0 12 76 3.8 93.7 1124 12 0
Jim Dooley 24 RH 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 658 19.4 7 69 2.8 54.8 658 7 0
Bill McColl 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 368 15.3 2 45 2.0 30.7 368 2 0
Gene Schroeder 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 71 71.0 1 71 0.2 14.2 71 1 0
Team Total 25.8 12 353 1142 8 46 3.2 95.2 29.4 208 3299 15.9 26 76 17.3 274.9 4441 34 30
Opp Total 12 427 1917 15 4.5 159.8 35.6 177 2188 12.4 13 14.8 182.3 4105 28 31

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 29 LH 12 0 14 40 0 12 2.9 8 215 0 35 26.9 956
McNeil Moore 21 RDH 12 0 11 80 0 34 7.3 8 156 0 24 19.5 236
Chick Jagade* 28 FB 11 0 11 195 0 34 17.7 865
Jimmy Lesane 24 3 0 6 13 0 11 2.2 4 91 0 26 22.8 104
Ray Gene Smith 26 7 0 7 43 0 12 6.1 2 38 0 26 19.0 81
Leon Campbell 27 6 0 3 77 0 33 25.7 115
Lloyd Lowe 26 1 0 2 4 0 4 2.0 1 0 0 0 0.0 4
Pete Perini 26 12 0 3 44 0 22 14.7 111
Ed Sprinkle* 31 RDE 12 0 3 8 0 7 2.7 8
George Connor 29 LLB 8 0 2 32 0 18 16.0 32
John Hoffman 29 RE 12 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 1 23 0 23 23.0 560
Don Kindt 29 12 0 1 1 0 1 1.0 1 10 0 10 10.0 103
Billy Anderson 25 7 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 23
Bucky McElroy 25 1 0 1 21 0 21 21.0 21
Ed Meadows 22 12 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 25.8 12 42 186 0 34 4.4 50 942 0 35 18.8 5569
Opp Total 12 40 2 47 1018 1 21.7

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
George Blanda 27 QB 8 7 16 8 50.0% 23 23 100.0%
Zeke Bratkowski 23 qb 12 5 39 1599 70 0 41.0
Bill George* 25 MG 12 0 6 4 66.7% 14 13 92.9%
Ed Brown 26 12 0 18 684 60 0 38.0
Pete Perini 26 12 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 25.8 12 22 12 54.5% 38 37 97.4% 57 2283 70 0 40.1
Opp Total 12 25 13 52.0% 34 32 94.1% 65 2561 39.4

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
Billy Anderson 25 7 0 1 1 0 0
Bill Bishop* 23 RDT 12 0 0 3 0 0
George Blanda 27 QB 8 7 3 0 0 0
Zeke Bratkowski 23 qb 12 5 2 2 0 0
Larry Brink 31 LDE 12 0 0 2 84 1
Ed Brown 26 12 0 1 18 0 18
George Connor 29 LLB 8 0 1 6 0 6 0 1 6 0
Ted Daffer 25 12 0 0 1 0 0
Bill George* 25 MG 12 0 2 9 0 6
Wayne Hansen 26 C 12 0 1 57 0 57 1 2 49 1
John Helwig 27 RS 12 0 3 22 0 12 0 1 0 0
John Hoffman 29 RE 12 0 4 0 0 0
Chick Jagade* 28 FB 11 0 12 3 0 0
Stan Jones 23 RT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Don Kindt 29 12 0 2 28 0 25 0 2 0 0
John Kreamcheck 28 LDT 12 0 0 1 0 0
Paul Lipscomb 31 11 0 0 1 0 0
Bill McColl 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Ed Meadows 22 12 0 1 1 0 0
McNeil Moore 21 RDH 12 0 3 76 0 50 1 2 5 0
Pete Perini 26 12 0 1 1 0 0
Ray Gene Smith 26 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
Ed Sprinkle* 31 RDE 12 0 1 6 0 6
Billy Stone 29 LH 12 0 3 4 0 0
Stan Wallace 23 LS 7 0 4 63 0 51 0 2 0 0
Bones Weatherly 26 RLB 12 0 2 56 0 40
S.J. Whitman 28 LDH 8 0 5 117 1 38
Team Total 25.8 12 27 458 1 57 30 33 144 2
Opp Total 12 24 31 13 2

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Harlon Hill* 22 LE 12 0 12 72
George Blanda 27 QB 8 7 23 8 47
Jim Dooley 24 RH 12 0 7 42
Billy Stone 29 LH 12 0 3 3 36
Bill George* 25 MG 12 0 13 4 25
Chick Jagade* 28 FB 11 0 3 18
John Hoffman 29 RE 12 0 1 1 12
Bill McColl 24 12 0 2 12
Zeke Bratkowski 23 qb 12 5 1 6
Larry Brink 31 LDE 12 0 1 6
Wayne Hansen 26 C 12 0 1 6
Gene Schroeder 25 5 0 1 6
Bones Weatherly 26 RLB 12 0 1 6
S.J. Whitman 28 LDH 8 0 1 6
Pete Perini 26 12 0 1 1
Team Total 25.8 12 8 26 2 1 1 37 12 301
Opp Total 12 15 13 2 1 32 13 2 279