1935 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 6-4-2
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (6-4-2)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1935 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1935 season with a record of 6 wins and 4 losses and 2 ties, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
On offense, Chicago scored 192 points, best in the league. At the same time, the defensive unit yielded 106 points. Gene Ronzani rushed for a team-leading 356 yards for the Bears, while Beattie Feathers, Keith Molesworth and Jack Manders each also contributed to the rushing attack.
Bernie Masterson threw for 446 yards, while Keith Molesworth and Gene Ronzani threw the ball, too. Luke Johnsos topped all receivers, hauling in 19 passes for 298 yards.
The sticky-fingered defense led the way with 67 turnovers, best in the league.
George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Bernie Masterson | 44 | 18 | 40.9 | 446 | 10.1 | 6 | 13.6 | 4 | 9.1 | 0 | 80.1 | Keith Molesworth | 36 | 13 | 36.1 | 266 | 7.4 | 3 | 8.3 | 3 | 8.3 | 0 | 56.0 | Gene Ronzani | 41 | 16 | 39.0 | 230 | 5.6 | 2 | 4.9 | 5 | 12.2 | 0 | 34.7 | Bob Dunlap | 37 | 11 | 29.7 | 121 | 3.3 | 1 | 2.7 | 2 | 5.4 | 0 | 27.2 | George Grosvenor | 15 | 6 | 40.0 | 69 | 4.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6.7 | 0 | 26.8 | Beattie Feathers | 14 | 5 | 35.7 | 53 | 3.8 | 1 | 7.1 | 2 | 14.3 | 0 | 31.8 | Red Pollock | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 18 | 1.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 18 | 0.0 | Jack Manders | 9 | 1 | 11.1 | 10 | 1.1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 11.1 | 10 | 0.0 | George Corbett | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 9 | 1.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 9 | 39.6 | Joe Kopcha | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bill Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bronko Nagurski | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | Johnny Sisk | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | -1 | -1.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | -1 | 79.2 |
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| Totals | 221 | 73 | 33.0 | 1221 | 5.5 | 13 | 5.9 | 21 | 9.5 | 18 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Ronzani | 79 | 356 | 4.5 | 0 | 1 | Jack Manders | 93 | 296 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | Keith Molesworth | 81 | 293 | 3.6 | 0 | 4 | Beattie Feathers | 56 | 281 | 5.0 | 0 | 3 | Red Pollock | 45 | 254 | 5.6 | 0 | 3 | George Grosvenor | 55 | 234 | 4.3 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Sisk | 38 | 222 | 5.8 | 0 | 1 | Bronko Nagurski | 50 | 170 | 3.4 | 0 | 1 | Luke Johnsos | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Bernie Masterson | 21 | 2 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | Bill Hewitt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Buzz Wetzel | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | George Corbett | 9 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Dunlap | 7 | -16 | -2.3 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 539 | 2096 | 3.9 | 4 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Luke Johnsos | 19 | 298 | 15.7 | 0 | 4 | Bill Karr | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 42 | 6 | Gene Ronzani | 8 | 122 | 15.2 | 44 | 1 | Keith Molesworth | 7 | 154 | 22.0 | 0 | 0 | Red Pollock | 7 | 135 | 19.3 | 0 | 1 | Bernie Masterson | 7 | 99 | 14.1 | 0 | 1 | Bill Hewitt | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 | Beattie Feathers | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Manders | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 0 | 0 | George Corbett | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Sisk | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 | Eddie Kawal | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | Fred Crawford | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Bob Dunlap | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 73 | 1221 | 16.7 | 44 | 13 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jack Manders | 16 | 1 | 19 | Joe Kopcha | 1 | 3 | George Corbett | 1 | 3 | Gene Ronzani | 3 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 19 | 0 | 3 | 28 |
Interceptions:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Bill Karr | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Keith Molesworth | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Luke Johnsos | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Red Pollock | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jack Manders | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 19 | Beattie Feathers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Gene Ronzani | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 15 | Bernie Masterson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bronko Nagurski | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Johnny Sisk | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Eddie Kawal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Corbett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | Joe Kopcha | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Totals | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 190 |
