1939 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 8-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-3)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1939 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1939 season with a record of 8 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.
On offense, the Bears earned 298 points, tops in the circuit. On the other side of the ball, the defense conceded 157 points. Bill Osmanski rushed for a team-leading 699 yards, and Joe Maniaci also aided the ground game.
Bernie Masterson passed for 914 yards, and Sid Luckman spent time under center, too. Dick Plasman hauled in 19 balls for 403 yards.
The ball-hawking defense created 42 turnovers.
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 | 113 | 44 | 38.9 | 914 | 8.1 | 8 | 7.1 | 9 | 8.0 | 0 | 58.6 | Sid Luckman | 51 | 23 | 45.1 | 636 | 12.5 | 5 | 9.8 | 4 | 7.8 | 85 | 91.6 | Billy Patterson | 38 | 14 | 36.8 | 227 | 6.0 | 3 | 7.9 | 4 | 10.5 | 0 | 44.4 | Bob Snyder | 12 | 5 | 41.7 | 135 | 11.2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 16.7 | 0 | 44.1 | Solly Sherman | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 43 | 10.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 88.5 | Joe Maniaci | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 10 | 5.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 10 | 64.6 | Dick Plasman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 221 | 89 | 40.3 | 1965 | 8.9 | 16 | 7.2 | 19 | 8.6 | 85 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bill Osmanski | 121 | 699 | 5.8 | 86 | 7 | Joe Maniaci | 77 | 544 | 7.1 | 75 | 4 | Ray Nolting | 50 | 216 | 4.3 | 0 | 2 | Bob Swisher | 30 | 192 | 6.4 | 0 | 2 | Gary Famiglietti | 33 | 128 | 3.9 | 0 | 0 | Bob MacLeod | 17 | 88 | 5.2 | 0 | 1 | Jack Manders | 25 | 63 | 2.5 | 0 | 3 | Bob Snyder | 15 | 56 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | Sid Luckman | 24 | 42 | 1.8 | 0 | 0 | Billy Patterson | 14 | 34 | 2.4 | 0 | 0 | Dick Schweidler | 5 | 15 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | Bert Johnson | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | Les McDonald | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | Solly Sherman | 3 | -5 | -1.7 | 0 | 0 | Bernie Masterson | 21 | -31 | -1.5 | 0 | 2 |
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| Totals | 439 | 2043 | 4.7 | 86 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick Plasman | 19 | 403 | 21.2 | 0 | 3 | Les McDonald | 16 | 261 | 16.3 | 0 | 3 | Eggs Manske | 10 | 321 | 32.1 | 50 | 2 | Bob MacLeod | 10 | 231 | 23.1 | 53 | 3 | Bob Swisher | 7 | 228 | 32.6 | 85 | 1 | Ray Nolting | 6 | 87 | 14.5 | 0 | 1 | George Wilson | 5 | 66 | 13.2 | 0 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 0 | 0 | John Siegal | 3 | 71 | 23.7 | 32 | 1 | Bill Osmanski | 3 | 65 | 21.7 | 0 | 1 | Dick Schweidler | 2 | 43 | 21.5 | 0 | 0 | Bernie Masterson | 2 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0 | Solly Sherman | 1 | 42 | 42.0 | 42 | 0 | Jack Manders | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 1 | Joe Stydahar | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 89 | 1965 | 22.1 | 85 | 16 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Jack Manders | 20 | 17 | 85.0 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 26 | Joe Maniaci | 8 | 4 | 50.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 7 | Bob Snyder | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 | Joe Stydahar | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 4 | Dick Plasman | 3 | 3 | 100.0 | 1 | 0.0 | 3 | Billy Patterson | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 41 | 31 | 75.6 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 46 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Sid Luckman | 27 | 1199 | 44.4 | 67 | Ray Nolting | 12 | 463 | 38.6 | 47 | Billy Patterson | 8 | 300 | 37.5 | 53 | Bob Snyder | 7 | 291 | 41.6 | 46 | Bob Swisher | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 36 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 57 | 2346 | 41.2 | 67 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray Nolting | 1 | Bob MacLeod | 1 | Sid Luckman | 1 | Solly Sherman | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
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 | Jack Manders | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 50 | Bill Osmanski | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Joe Maniaci | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 37 | Bob MacLeod | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Ray Nolting | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Dick Plasman | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 21 | Bob Swisher | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Les McDonald | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bernie Masterson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Eggs Manske | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Siegal | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Solly Sherman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sid Luckman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Stydahar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Bob Snyder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | Billy Patterson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Gary Famiglietti | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Totals | 21 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 298 |
