1948 Chicago Bears Roster

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-2
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1948 Chicago Bears Statistics
1948 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1948 season with a record of 10 wins and 2 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Defensively, the Bears led the league with just 151 points allowed. Chicago chalked up 375 points. George Gulyanics rushed for a team-leading 439 yards, while Joe Osmanski and George McAfee also aided the ground game.

Sid Luckman threw for 1,047 yards. Jim Keane hauled in 30 balls for 414 yards.

Johnny Lujack intercepted 8 opponent throws.

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#	Player	Pos.	Birth Date	Height	Weight	College	Hometown	GP	GS
26	Joe Abbey	LDE-LOE	March 22, 1925	6'1"	200	Texas	Denton, TX	12	1
41	Alf Bauman	LDT-LOT	January 3, 1920	6'2"	228	Northwestern	Chicago, IL USA	5	0
57	J.R. Boone	E	July 28, 1925	5'8"	162	Tulsa	Clinton, OK USA	11	1
82	Ray Bray	RG	February 1, 1917	6'0"	237	West. Michigan	Caspian, MI USA	12	10
8	Jim Canady	ROH	January 14, 1926	5'10"	178	Texas	Austin, TX USA	3	0
14	Ed Cifers	RE	July 18, 1916	6'2"	227	Tennessee	Church Hill, TN USA	12	6
31	Stu Clarkson	LB	July 4, 1919	6'2"	217	Texas A&M-Kingsville	Corpus Christi, TX USA	10	1
81	George Connor	LT	January 21, 1925	6'3"	240	Holy Cross	Chicago, IL USA	11	5
24	Fred Davis	LT	February 15, 1918	6'3"	244	Alabama	Louisville, KY USA	12	7
36	Billy deCorrevont	B	November 26, 1918	6'0"	186	Northwestern	Chicago, IL USA	10	2
21	Chuck Drulis	LG	March 8, 1918	5'10"	216	Temple	Girardville, PA USA	12	10
11	Fred Evans	LOH	May 23, 1921	5'11"	185	Notre Dame	Grand Rapids, MI USA	3	0
9	Dick Flanagan	LB	October 31, 1926	6'0"	216	Ohio St.	Sidney, OH USA	11	1
13	Thurman Garrett	C	February 17, 1923	6'3"	268	Oklahoma St.	Blackwell, OK USA	10	0
39	George Gulyanics	LH	June 11, 1921	6'0"	198	Alabama	Mishakawa, IN USA	12	8
15	Mike Holovak	FB	September 19, 1919	6'1"	213	Boston Col.	Lansford, PA USA	11	5
51	Ken Kavanaugh	LE	November 23, 1916	6'3"	207	LSU	Little Rock, AR USA	12	7
20	Jim Keane	E	January 11, 1924	6'4"	217	Iowa	Bellaire, OH USA	11	4
6	Don Kindt	FB	July 2, 1925	6'1"	207	Wisconsin	Milwaukee, WI USA	12	6
33	Al Lawler	LOH-K	June 23, 1922	5'10"	175	Texas	Malta, TX USA	7	0
22	Bobby Layne	QB	December 19, 1926	6'1"	201	Texas	Santa Anna, TX USA	11	2
42	Sid Luckman	QB	November 21, 1916	6'0"	197	Columbia	Brooklyn, NY USA	12	8
32	Johnny Lujack	K	January 4, 1925	6'0"	186	Notre Dame	Connellsville, PA USA	9	3
5	George McAfee	PR	March 13, 1918	6'0"	178	Duke	Corbin, KY USA	12	8
38	Bill Milner	LB	March 7, 1919	6'1"	228	South Carolina	Waynesville, NC USA	12	2
44	Frank Minini	KR	December 23, 1921	6'1"	209	San Jose St.	Paso Robles, CA USA	12	3
10	Noah Mullins	HB	May 23, 1918	5'11"	182	Kentucky	Midway, KY USA	12	2
16	Hank Norberg	LOE-LDE	December 22, 1920	6'2"	225	Stanford	Oakland, CA	10	0
18	Joe Osmanski	FB	December 26, 1917	6'2"	218	Holy Cross	Providence, RI USA	12	1
53	Pat Preston	G	June 15, 1921	6'2"	216	Wake Forest	Kernersville, NC USA	12	2
23	Wash Serini	ROG-RDT	March 11, 1922	6'2"	236	Kentucky	Tuckahoe, NY USA	12	1
30	Allen Smith	E	March 29, 1922	6'2"	218	Mississippi	Hazlehurst, MS USA	10	4
7	Ed Sprinkle	DE	September 3, 1923	6'1"	206	Hardin-Simmons	Bradshaw, TX USA	10	2
35	Paul Stenn	T	July 12, 1918	6'2"	242	Villanova	Berwick, PA USA	12	3
45	Walt Stickel	RT	March 31, 1922	6'3"	247	Tulsa	Philadelphia, PA USA	10	9
66	Bulldog Turner	C	March 10, 1919	6'1"	237	Hardin-Simmons	Plains, TX USA	12	11
55	Fred Venturelli	K	August 22, 1917	5'11"	235	none	Farmington, IL USA	1	0