Bernie Masterson
Bernard Edward Masterson
Born: August 10, 1911
Shenandoah, IA USA
Deceased: May 16, 1963
Chicago, IL
Position: QB
Height: 6'3"
Weight: 195
College: Nebraska
High School: Lincoln (NE)
Career: 1934-1940
Bernie Masterson played from 1934 to 1940 during his career with the Chicago Bears. Masterson threw for 3,366 yards in his career, completing 156 of 409 passes with 34 touchdowns and 38 interceptions. He also ran for -69 yards in 108 attempts with 6 rushing touchdowns.
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Passing:
Year | Team | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | NFL Chicago Bears | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 39 | 13.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 158.3 |
1935 | NFL Chicago Bears | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 446 | 10.1 | 6 | 13.6 | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 80.1 |
1936 | NFL Chicago Bears | 42 | 10 | 23.8 | 292 | 7.0 | 3 | 7.1 | 6 | 14.3 | 0 | 40.3 |
1937 | NFL Chicago Bears | 72 | 26 | 36.1 | 615 | 8.5 | 9 | 12.5 | 7 | 9.7 | 0 | 67.8 |
1938 | NFL Chicago Bears | 112 | 46 | 41.1 | 848 | 7.6 | 5 | 4.5 | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 49.3 |
1939 | NFL Chicago Bears | 113 | 44 | 38.9 | 914 | 8.1 | 8 | 7.1 | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 58.6 |
1940 | NFL Chicago Bears | 23 | 9 | 39.1 | 212 | 9.2 | 2 | 8.7 | 3 | 13.0 | 0 | 62.5 |
Totals | 409 | 156 | 38.1 | 3366 | 8.2 | 34 | 8.3 | 38 | 9.3 | 0 |
Rushing:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | NFL Chicago Bears | 4 | 11 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
1935 | NFL Chicago Bears | 21 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
1936 | NFL Chicago Bears | 9 | -7 | -0.8 | 0 | 2 |
1937 | NFL Chicago Bears | 30 | -21 | -0.7 | 0 | 1 |
1938 | NFL Chicago Bears | 13 | -16 | -1.2 | 0 | 0 |
1939 | NFL Chicago Bears | 21 | -31 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 |
1940 | NFL Chicago Bears | 10 | -7 | -0.7 | 0 | 1 |
Totals | 108 | -69 | -0.6 | 0 | 6 |
Receiving:
Year | Team | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | NFL Chicago Bears | 5 | 89 | 17.8 | 0 | 1 |
1935 | NFL Chicago Bears | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 |
1936 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 |
1938 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
1939 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 16 | 257 | 16.1 | 28 | 2 |
Kicking:
Year | Team | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | |||||
1940 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
Totals | 1 | 2 | 200.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | |||||||||||||
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Year | Team | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
1934 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
1935 | NFL Chicago Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
1936 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1937 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
1939 | NFL Chicago Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
1940 | NFL Chicago Bears | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |||||||||
Totals | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 50 |
Playing Career:
Year | League | Team | GP | GS |
---|---|---|---|---|
1934 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 9 | 0 |
1935 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 11 |
1936 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 12 | 9 |
1937 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 10 | 5 |
1938 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 11 | 3 |
1939 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 11 | 7 |
1940 | NFL | Chicago Bears | 7 | 2 |
Honors
1936 - Chicago Daily News All-NFL (2nd Team)