1949 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1949 Chicago Bears Roster
1949 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

The Bears scored 332 points, and the defensive squad conceded 218. Johnny Lujack threw for 2,658 yards. Jim Keane topped the receiving corps, hauling in 47 balls for 696 yards. Ken Kavanaugh contributed to the receiving game, too.

George Gulyanics rushed for a team-leading 452 yards for Chicago, while Julie Rykovich also buoyed the ground attack.

Bob Perina and George McAfee each seized 6 opponent throws.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Johnny Lujack	312	162	51.9	2658	8.5	23	7.4	22	7.1	81	76.0
Sid Luckman	50	22	44.0	200	4.0	1	2.0	3	6.0	34	37.1
George Blanda	21	9	42.9	197	9.4	0	0.0	5	23.8	44	37.3
Ed Sprinkle	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
George Gulyanics	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	385	193	50.1	3055	7.9	24	6.2	30	7.8	81

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Gulyanics	102	452	4.4	31	5
Julie Rykovich	88	340	3.9	18	6
John Hoffman	53	216	4.1	27	1
Wally Dreyer	45	172	3.8	38	0
George McAfee	42	161	3.8	23	3
Don Kindt	41	118	2.9	15	0
J.R. Boone	35	111	3.2	22	0
Johnny Lujack	8	64	8.0	20	2
Dante Magnani	33	59	1.8	9	0
Joe Osmanski	15	45	3.0	0	0
Ed Cody	11	25	2.3	11	0
George Blanda	2	9	4.5	5	1
Ed Sprinkle	1	5	5.0	5	0
Sid Luckman	3	4	1.3	14	0
Bob Perina	4	4	1.0	2	0
Totals	483	1785	3.7	38	18

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Keane	47	696	14.8	39	6
Ken Kavanaugh	29	655	22.6	81	9
John Hoffman	25	373	14.9	64	2
Julie Rykovich	16	210	13.1	45	2
George Gulyanics	16	165	10.3	34	1
J.R. Boone	14	336	24.0	43	3
Don Kindt	12	118	9.8	38	0
George McAfee	9	157	17.4	52	1
Wally Dreyer	7	94	13.4	24	0
Ed Sprinkle	4	69	17.2	47	0
George Connor	3	51	17.0	25	0
Bob Perina	3	33	11.0	14	0
Dante Magnani	3	29	9.7	15	0
Paul Stenn	2	11	5.5	11	0
Billy deCorrevont	1	44	44.0	44	0
Jack Dugger	1	11	11.0	11	0
Joe Osmanski	1	3	3.0	3	0
Totals	193	3055	15.8	81	24

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Blanda				15	7	46.7	21
Johnny Lujack	44	42	95.5	1	1	100.0	45
Totals	44	42	95.5	16	8	50.0	66

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George Gulyanics	29	1368	47.2	69
George Blanda	19	746	39.3	57
Johnny Lujack	3	123	41.0	48
Sid Luckman	1	16	16.0	16
Totals	52	2253	43.3	69

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George McAfee	24	279	11.6	33
J.R. Boone	14	170	12.1	37
Wally Dreyer	13	130	10.0	28
Ed Cody	1	4	4.0	4
Totals	52	583	11.2	37

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Wally Dreyer	13	338	26.0	52
John Hoffman	10	249	24.9	33
Ed Cody	8	181	22.6	32
Dick Flanagan	5	88	17.6	24
Bob Perina	1	10	10.0	10
Jack Dugger	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	38	874	23.0	52

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George McAfee	6	76	12.7	54	1
Bob Perina	6	23	3.8	17	0
Billy deCorrevont	4	53	13.2	40	0
Jim Canady	3	22	7.3	0	0
Ed Cody	2	50	25.0	38	1
Stu Clarkson	2	9	4.5	11	0
Don Kindt	2	3	1.5	3	0
J.R. Boone	1	21	21.0	21	0
Chuck Drulis	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	27	257	9.5	54	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Ray Bray			0	3	0	0
Paul Stenn			0	2	0	0
Frank Szymanski			0	2	-8	0
George Connor			0	2	0	0
Chuck Drulis		0	0	1	0	0
Walt Stickel			0	1	0	0
Johnny Lujack			2	1	0
Wally Dreyer			3	1	0	0
Dick Flanagan			0	1	0	0
Wash Serini			0	1	3	0
Bob Perina		0	0	1	0	0
J.R. Boone		0	5	1	0
Ed Cody		0	4	1	0
George McAfee		0	2	1	0
Alf Bauman			0	1	0	0
Jack Dugger			0	1	0	0
Dante Magnani			1	1	2	0
John Hoffman			1	1	0
George Gulyanics			1	0	0
Don Kindt		0	3	0	0	0
Sid Luckman			1	0	0	0
Julie Rykovich			2	0	0
Totals	0	0	25	23	-3	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Johnny Lujack	2								1	42	0			57
Ken Kavanaugh		9							0	0	0			54
Julie Rykovich	6	2							0	0	0			48
Jim Keane		6							0	0	0			36
George Gulyanics	5	1							0	0	0			36
George McAfee	3	1	0			1			0	0	0			30
George Blanda	1								7	0	0			27
John Hoffman	1	2		0					0	0	0			18
J.R. Boone	0	3	0			0			0	0	0			18
Ed Cody	0		0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Ed Sprinkle	0	0							0	0	0		1	2
Totals	18	24	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	42	0	0	1	332