1932 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-1-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL
Won Championship
Coach: Ralph Jones (7-1-6)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1932 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 7-1-6
Finishing 1st in the NFL
Won Championship
Coach: Ralph Jones (7-1-6)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1932 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1932 season with a record of 7 wins and 1 losses and 6 ties, finishing first in the NFL.
On offense, Chicago led the league with 160 points. The defense proved to be a force, as the Bears relinquished 44 points, fewest in the league. Bronko Nagurski rushed for a team-leading 533 yards.
Keith Molesworth threw for 346 yards, and John Doehring threw the ball, too. Luke Johnsos topped all receivers, hauling in 19 passes for 321 yards.
Ralph Jones coached the team. The 1932 Chicago Bears won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keith Molesworth | 64 | 25 | 39.1 | 346 | 5.4 | 3 | 4.7 | 4 | 6.2 | 0 | 46.7 |
| John Doehring | 26 | 10 | 38.5 | 203 | 7.8 | 2 | 7.7 | 1 | 3.8 | 0 | 76.3 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 26 | 11 | 42.3 | 150 | 5.8 | 3 | 11.5 | 2 | 7.7 | 0 | 67.8 |
| Red Grange | 13 | 5 | 38.5 | 96 | 7.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 64.9 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 71 | 10.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 80.1 |
| George Corbett | 3 | 2 | 66.7 | 61 | 20.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 36 | 109.7 |
| Herb Joesting | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 22 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 22 | 89.6 |
| Dick Nesbitt | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 14 | 3.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 58.3 |
| Johnny Sisk | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 8 | 2.7 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 42.4 |
| Totals | 148 | 60 | 40.5 | 971 | 6.6 | 8 | 5.4 | 7 | 4.7 | 36 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronko Nagurski | 121 | 533 | 4.4 | 0 | 4 |
| Dick Nesbitt | 92 | 295 | 3.2 | 0 | 2 |
| Keith Molesworth | 65 | 213 | 3.3 | 0 | 2 |
| George Corbett | 52 | 178 | 3.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Red Grange | 57 | 136 | 2.4 | 0 | 3 |
| Johnny Sisk | 28 | 124 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 |
| Herb Joesting | 10 | 36 | 3.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 1 |
| John Doehring | 36 | 28 | 0.8 | 0 | 1 |
| Al Moore | 6 | 17 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 17 | 14 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 |
| Paul Franklin | 26 | 14 | 0.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Pederson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bernie Leahy | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Totals | 513 | 1620 | 3.2 | 29 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Johnsos | 19 | 321 | 16.9 | 0 | 2 |
| Red Grange | 11 | 168 | 15.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 9 | 129 | 14.3 | 0 | 0 |
| George Corbett | 7 | 164 | 23.4 | 0 | 1 |
| Bill Hewitt | 7 | 77 | 11.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 6 | 67 | 11.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Sisk | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Keith Molesworth | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 0 | 1 |
| Dick Nesbitt | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 67 | 982 | 14.7 | 0 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiny Engebretsen | 10 | 1 | 13 | ||||
| Cookie Tackwell | 3 | 3 | |||||
| Luke Johnsos | 2 | 2 | |||||
| George Corbett | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Bill Buckler | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
Interceptions:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Red Grange | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||||||||
| Luke Johnsos | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 26 | |||||||
| Bronko Nagurski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||||
| Keith Molesworth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Tiny Engebretsen | 1 | 10 | 0 | 13 | ||||||||||
| Dick Nesbitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| George Corbett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||||||||
| John Doehring | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Bill Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Cookie Tackwell | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Bill Buckler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 158 |
