1946 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 8-2-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1946 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1946 season with a record of 8 wins and 2 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Offensively, the Bears topped the circuit with 289 points. On the other side of the ball, the defense surrendered 193 points. Hugh Gallarneau rushed for a team-leading 476 yards.
Sid Luckman threw for 1,826 yards. Ken Kavanaugh hauled in 18 balls, while Ray McLean added 348 receiving yards.
The larcenous defense pounced on 49 turnovers. Tom Farris picked off 4 opponent throws. The 1946 Chicago Bears won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 229 | 110 | 48.0 | 1826 | 8.0 | 17 | 7.4 | 16 | 7.0 | 48 | 71.0 |
| Tom Farris | 21 | 8 | 38.1 | 108 | 5.1 | 1 | 4.8 | 2 | 9.5 | 20 | 31.5 |
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 16 | 16.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 16 | 118.8 |
| George McAfee | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Totals | 253 | 120 | 47.4 | 1950 | 7.7 | 18 | 7.1 | 18 | 7.1 | 48 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Gallarneau | 112 | 476 | 4.2 | 52 | 6 |
| Bill Osmanski | 78 | 343 | 4.4 | 20 | 5 |
| Dante Magnani | 68 | 277 | 4.1 | 32 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 55 | 201 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Don Perkins | 34 | 105 | 3.1 | 36 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 20 | 102 | 5.1 | 45 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 20 | 94 | 4.7 | 27 | 3 |
| Lloyd Reese | 18 | 84 | 4.7 | 16 | 2 |
| George McAfee | 14 | 53 | 3.8 | 14 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 19 | 43 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 16 | 29 | 1.8 | 11 | 1 |
| Bob Margarita | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Mucha | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Tom Farris | 12 | -11 | -0.9 | 6 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 25 | -76 | -3.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Totals | 496 | 1719 | 3.5 | 52 | 19 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Kavanaugh | 18 | 337 | 18.7 | 38 | 5 |
| Ray McLean | 17 | 348 | 20.5 | 48 | 2 |
| Jim Keane | 14 | 331 | 23.6 | 42 | 3 |
| Dante Magnani | 14 | 156 | 11.1 | 38 | 1 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 12 | 185 | 15.4 | 36 | 1 |
| George Wilson | 11 | 104 | 9.5 | 17 | 1 |
| George McAfee | 10 | 137 | 13.7 | 25 | 3 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 7 | 124 | 17.7 | 34 | 2 |
| Connie Berry | 4 | 58 | 14.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 2 | 41 | 20.5 | 21 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 38 | 19.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 14 | 7.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Tom Farris | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Walt Lamb | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Totals | 120 | 1950 | 16.2 | 48 | 18 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Maznicki | 26 | 25 | 96.2 | 9 | 4 | 44.4 | 37 |
| Joe Stydahar | 13 | 12 | 92.3 | 2 | 0.0 | 12 | |
| Totals | 39 | 37 | 94.9 | 11 | 4 | 36.4 | 49 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 33 | 1235 | 37.4 | 69 |
| Rudy Mucha | 23 | 896 | 39.0 | 53 |
| Jim Keane | 2 | 79 | 39.5 | 47 |
| Totals | 58 | 2210 | 38.1 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Gallarneau | 10 | 99 | 9.9 | 22 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 7 | 87 | 12.4 | 23 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 21 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Jim Keane | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Tom Farris | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 336 | 11.6 | 24 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Osmanski | 8 | 203 | 25.4 | 50 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 5 | 115 | 23.0 | 26 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 46 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 65 | 32.5 | 48 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 3 | 63 | 21.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 3 | 54 | 18.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 26 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 50 | 16.7 | 23 | 0 |
| Tom Farris | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Don Perkins | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Bill Geyer | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 37 | 800 | 21.6 | 50 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tom Farris | 4 | 43 | 10.8 | 16 | 0 |
| Noah Mullins | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 64 | 0 |
| Stu Clarkson | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 60 | 1 |
| John Schiechl | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 15 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Frank Maznicki | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 35 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 34 | 34.0 | 34 | 0 |
| Dick Schweidler | 1 | 31 | 31.0 | 31 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Chuck Drulis | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 465 | 17.2 | 64 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bill Osmanski | 0 | 5 | 5 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Sid Luckman | 0 | 7 | 4 | -17 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 0 | |
| Pat Preston | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ray McLean | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bulldog Turner | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Stydahar | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Mike Jarmoluk | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Wilson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Fred Davis | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Noah Mullins | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Lamb | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Al Baisi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Walt Stickel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tom Farris | 0 | 2 | 1 | -9 | 0 | 0 | |
| George McAfee | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dante Magnani | 0 | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | ||
| Ray Bray | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Osmanski | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Stu Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Don Perkins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Schweidler | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||
| Frank Maznicki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 37 | |||||
| Bill Osmanski | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Jim Keane | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||||
| Ray McLean | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Ed Sprinkle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Dick Schweidler | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| George McAfee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Joe Stydahar | 0 | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||||
| Joe Osmanski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
| Lloyd Reese | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
| Dante Magnani | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| George Wilson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Stu Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Totals | 19 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 289 |
