1954 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1954 Chicago Bears Roster
1954 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1954 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Chicago scored 301 points, while the defense gave up 279. George Blanda threw for 1,929 yards, and Zeke Bratkowski threw the ball also. Harlon Hill topped the receiving corps, hauling in 45 passes for 1,124 yards. Jim Dooley and Billy Stone were targeted regularly as well.

Chick Jagade rushed for a team-leading 498 yards for the Bears.

S.J. Whitman picked off 5 opponent throws.

George Halas coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
George Blanda	281	131	46.6	1929	6.9	15	5.3	17	6.0	76	62.1
Zeke Bratkowski	130	67	51.5	1087	8.4	8	6.2	17	13.1	71	60.8
Ed Brown	17	10	58.8	283	16.6	3	17.6	1	5.9	69	118.3
Jimmy Lesane	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	429	208	48.5	3299	7.7	26	6.1	35	8.2	76

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Chick Jagade	157	498	3.2	46	3
Billy Stone	79	306	3.9	23	3
John Hoffman	39	178	4.6	19	1
George Blanda	19	41	2.2	19	0
Leon Campbell	18	38	2.1	24	0
Ed Brown	9	36	4.0	18	0
Zeke Bratkowski	15	35	2.3	19	1
Pete Perini	4	11	2.8	4	0
Billy Anderson	3	8	2.7	6	0
Don Kindt	10	-9	-0.9	10	0
Totals	353	1142	3.2	46	8

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harlon Hill	45	1124	25.0	76	12
Billy Stone	35	395	11.3	42	3
Jim Dooley	34	658	19.4	69	7
John Hoffman	28	354	12.6	54	1
Bill McColl	24	368	15.3	45	2
Chick Jagade	24	172	7.2	26	0
Don Kindt	9	101	11.2	21	0
Pete Perini	5	56	11.2	20	0
Leon Campbell	3	0	0.0	2	0
Gene Schroeder	1	71	71.0	71	1
Totals	208	3299	15.9	76	26

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
George Blanda	23	23	100.0	16	8	50.0	47
Bill George	14	13	92.9	6	4	66.7	25
Pete Perini	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	38	37	97.4	22	12	54.5	73

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Zeke Bratkowski	39	1599	41.0	70
Ed Brown	18	684	38.0	60
Totals	57	2283	40.1	70

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
McNeil Moore	11	80	7.3	34
Ray Smith	7	43	6.1	12
Billy Stone	14	40	2.9	12
Jimmy Lesane	6	13	2.2	11
John Hoffman	1	5	5.0	5
Lloyd Lowe	2	4	2.0	4
Don Kindt	1	1	1.0	1
Totals	42	186	4.4	34

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Billy Stone	8	215	26.9	35
Chick Jagade	11	195	17.7	34
McNeil Moore	8	156	19.5	24
Jimmy Lesane	4	91	22.8	26
Leon Campbell	3	77	25.7	33
Pete Perini	3	44	14.7	22
Ray Smith	2	38	19.0	26
George Connor	2	32	16.0	18
John Hoffman	1	23	23.0	23
Bucky McElroy	1	21	21.0	21
Ed Meadows	1	17	17.0	17
Billy Anderson	1	15	15.0	15
Don Kindt	1	10	10.0	10
Ed Sprinkle	3	8	2.7	7
Lloyd Lowe	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	50	942	18.8	35

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
S.J. Whitman	5	117	23.4	38	1
Stan Wallace	4	63	15.8	51	0
McNeil Moore	3	76	25.3	50	0
John Helwig	3	22	7.3	12	0
Bones Weatherly	2	56	28.0	40	0
Don Kindt	2	28	14.0	25	0
Bill George	2	9	4.5	6	0
Ray Smith	2	0	0.0	0	0
Wayne Hansen	1	57	57.0	57	0
Ed Brown	1	18	18.0	18	0
Ed Sprinkle	1	6	6.0	6	0
George Connor	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	27	458	17.0	57	1

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Billy Stone			3	4	0
Chick Jagade			12	3	0
Bill Bishop			0	3	0	0
McNeil Moore		0	1	2	5	0
Don Kindt		0	0	2	0	0
Stan Wallace		0	0	2	0	0
Zeke Bratkowski			2	2	0
Wayne Hansen		0	1	2	49	1
Larry Brink			0	2	84	1
Billy Anderson			1	1	0	0
George Connor		0	0	1	6	0
Ted Daffer			0	1	0	0
John Kreamcheck			0	1	0	0
Ed Meadows			1	1	0	0
Bill McColl			0	1	0
John Helwig		0	0	1	0	0
Paul Lipscomb			0	1	0	0
Pete Perini			1	1	0
Ray Smith		0	1	1	0	0
Stan Jones			0	1	0	0
George Blanda			3	0	0
John Hoffman			4	0	0
Totals	0	0	30	33	144	2

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Harlon Hill		12							0	0	0			72
George Blanda	0								8	23	0			47
Jim Dooley		7							0	0	0			42
Billy Stone	3	3	0	0					0	0	0			36
Bill George						0			4	13	0			25
Chick Jagade	3	0		0					0	0	0			18
Bill McColl		2							0	0	0			12
John Hoffman	1	1	0	0					0	0	0			12
Zeke Bratkowski	1								0	0	0			6
Gene Schroeder		1							0	0	0			6
Wayne Hansen						0	1		0	0	0			6
S.J. Whitman						1			0	0	0			6
Larry Brink							1		0	0	0			6
Bones Weatherly						0		1	0	0	0			6
Pete Perini	0	0		0					0	1	0			1
Totals	8	26	0	0	0	1	2	1	12	37	0	0	0	301