1945 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Luke Johnsos (3-7)
Coach: Hunk Anderson (3-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1945 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 3-7
Finishing 4th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Luke Johnsos (3-7)
Coach: Hunk Anderson (3-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1945 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1945 season with a record of 3 wins and 7 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored 192 points, while the leaky defensive unit yielded 235, most in the circuit. Bob Margarita rushed for a team-leading 497 yards for the Bears.
Sid Luckman threw for 1,727 yards. George Wilson topped all receivers, hauling in 28 balls, while Ken Kavanaugh added 543 receiving yards. Bob Margarita was targeted regularly, too.
Bob Margarita intercepted 6 opponent throws.
Luke Johnsos and Hunk Anderson coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 217 | 117 | 53.9 | 1727 | 8.0 | 14 | 6.5 | 10 | 4.6 | 65 | 82.5 |
| Gene Ronzani | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 119 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 8.3 | 29 | 22.7 |
| Al Grygo | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 112.5 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| George McAfee | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 244 | 128 | 52.5 | 1857 | 7.6 | 14 | 5.7 | 12 | 4.9 | 65 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 112 | 497 | 4.4 | 38 | 3 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 75 | 260 | 3.5 | 31 | 2 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 65 | 235 | 3.6 | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Fordham | 45 | 153 | 3.4 | 11 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 16 | 139 | 8.7 | 38 | 3 |
| Tipp Mooney | 17 | 105 | 6.2 | 64 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 11 | 98 | 8.9 | 38 | 1 |
| Al Grygo | 23 | 98 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 8 | 41 | 5.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 9 | 22 | 2.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Jackie Hunt | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 3 | -20 | -6.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 36 | -118 | -3.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Totals | 423 | 1514 | 3.6 | 64 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Wilson | 28 | 259 | 9.2 | 18 | 3 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 25 | 543 | 21.7 | 64 | 6 |
| Bob Margarita | 23 | 394 | 17.1 | 47 | 2 |
| Connie Berry | 12 | 202 | 16.8 | 51 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 8 | 117 | 14.6 | 43 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 7 | 58 | 8.3 | 36 | 1 |
| Al Grygo | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 33 | 1 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 4 | 42 | 10.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Fordham | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 3 | 85 | 28.3 | 65 | 1 |
| Abe Croft | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tipp Mooney | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Morton | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Rudy Smeja | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 128 | 1857 | 14.5 | 65 | 14 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Gudauskas | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 30 |
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 27 | 27 | 100.0 | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 30 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 36 | 1299 | 36.1 | 61 |
| Al Grygo | 2 | 86 | 43.0 | 46 |
| George McAfee | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 33 |
| Jackie Hunt | 2 | 54 | 27.0 | 34 |
| Johnny Long | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 |
| Bob Margarita | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 |
| Totals | 44 | 1572 | 35.7 | 61 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray McLean | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Margarita | 6 | 51 | 8.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Long | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| George Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 25 | 217 | 8.7 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 10 | 155 | 15.5 | 33 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 5 | 98 | 19.6 | 25 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Edgar Jones | 2 | 72 | 36.0 | 48 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 60 | 20.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Tipp Mooney | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Jim Daniell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Gene Ronzani | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 39 | 677 | 17.4 | 48 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Margarita | 6 | 79 | 13.2 | 26 | 0 |
| Al Grygo | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 5 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Pete Gudauskas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 15 | 107 | 7.1 | 26 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Morton | 0 | 2 | 37 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Daniell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bulldog Turner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McLean | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Gene Ronzani | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Connie Berry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Long | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Fordham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Swisher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Tipp Mooney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Grygo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McAfee | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gary Famiglietti | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bob Margarita | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 21 | 15 | 62 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| Bob Margarita | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Pete Gudauskas | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| George McAfee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||
| Gary Famiglietti | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| George Wilson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Jim Fordham | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Al Grygo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 13 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 192 |
