1942 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 11-0
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Championship
Coach: Hunk Anderson (6-0)
Coach: Luke Johnsos (6-0)
Coach: George Halas (5-0)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1942 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1942 season with a record of 11 wins and 0 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
On offense, the Bears topped the league with 376 points. Defensively, Chicago relinquished 84 points, fewest in the league. Gary Famiglietti rushed for a team-leading 503 yards.
Sid Luckman passed for 1,024 yards. Ray McLean hauled in 19 balls for 571 yards.
The ball-hawking defense pounced on 51 turnovers, topping in the league. Bulldog Turner intercepted 8 opponent throws.
Hunk Anderson, Luke Johnsos and George Halas coached the team. The 1942 Chicago Bears lost in the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Sid Luckman | 105 | 57 | 54.3 | 1024 | 9.8 | 10 | 9.5 | 13 | 12.4 | 52 | 80.1 | Charlie O'Rourke | 88 | 37 | 42.0 | 951 | 10.8 | 11 | 12.5 | 16 | 18.2 | 68 | 82.1 | Frank Maznicki | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 194 | 94 | 48.5 | 1975 | 10.2 | 21 | 10.8 | 29 | 14.9 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gary Famiglietti | 118 | 503 | 4.3 | 21 | 8 | Frank Maznicki | 54 | 343 | 6.4 | 42 | 1 | Hugh Gallarneau | 68 | 292 | 4.3 | 20 | 4 | Harry Clarke | 58 | 273 | 4.7 | 26 | 4 | Ray Nolting | 57 | 245 | 4.3 | 39 | 2 | John Petty | 41 | 149 | 3.6 | 14 | 2 | Ray McLean | 26 | 63 | 2.4 | 15 | 0 | Bill Geyer | 9 | 18 | 2.0 | 6 | 0 | Bill Osmanski | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 14 | 0 | Frank Morris | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 6 | 0 | Bob Nowaskey | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Adolph Kissell | 2 | -1 | -0.5 | 11 | 0 | Sid Luckman | 13 | -6 | -0.5 | 9 | 0 | Charlie O'Rourke | 18 | -17 | -0.9 | 17 | 1 |
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| Totals | 470 | 1881 | 4.0 | 42 | 22 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray McLean | 19 | 571 | 30.1 | 68 | 8 | Hugh Gallarneau | 14 | 291 | 20.8 | 60 | 3 | John Siegal | 13 | 264 | 20.3 | 32 | 2 | Hampton Pool | 10 | 321 | 32.1 | 64 | 5 | George Wilson | 9 | 89 | 9.9 | 16 | 0 | Harry Clarke | 6 | 131 | 21.8 | 49 | 2 | Bob Nowaskey | 6 | 128 | 21.3 | 29 | 0 | John Petty | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 16 | 0 | Connie Berry | 4 | 29 | 7.2 | 16 | 0 | Frank Morris | 3 | 24 | 8.0 | 17 | 0 | Ray Nolting | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 15 | 0 | Frank Maznicki | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 16 | 1 | Bill Geyer | 1 | 22 | 22.0 | 22 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
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| Totals | 94 | 1975 | 21.0 | 68 | 21 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Frank Maznicki | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 5 | 4 | 80.0 | 33 | Lee Artoe | 22 | 20 | 90.9 | 1 | 0.0 | 20 | Joe Stydahar | 8 | 5 | 62.5 | 5 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 46 | 86.8 | 6 | 4 | 66.7 | 58 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Sid Luckman | 24 | 976 | 40.7 | 60 | Charlie O'Rourke | 23 | 817 | 35.5 | 57 | John Petty | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 53 |
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| Totals | 49 | 1902 | 38.8 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ray McLean | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 89 | 1 | Hugh Gallarneau | 9 | 101 | 11.2 | 32 | 0 | Harry Clarke | 5 | 76 | 15.2 | 35 | 0 | Sid Luckman | 6 | 55 | 9.2 | 13 | 0 | Frank Maznicki | 6 | 50 | 8.3 | 18 | 0 | Bill Geyer | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 15 | 0 | Ray Nolting | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 10 | 0 | Charlie O'Rourke | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
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| Totals | 39 | 459 | 11.8 | 89 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Harry Clarke | 5 | 159 | 31.8 | 62 | 0 | Hugh Gallarneau | 5 | 151 | 30.2 | 61 | 0 | Ray McLean | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 44 | 0 | Adolph Kissell | 2 | 63 | 31.5 | 43 | 0 | Frank Maznicki | 1 | 33 | 33.0 | 33 | 0 | Ray Nolting | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Bulldog Turner | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 20 | 537 | 26.8 | 62 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bulldog Turner | 8 | 96 | 12.0 | 42 | 1 | Sid Luckman | 4 | 96 | 24.0 | 54 | 1 | Danny Fortmann | 4 | 40 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | Frank Maznicki | 4 | 13 | 3.2 | 9 | 0 | Ray McLean | 3 | 74 | 24.7 | 30 | 0 | Charlie O'Rourke | 3 | 15 | 5.0 | 10 | 0 | Al Matuza | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Chuck Drulis | 1 | 41 | 41.0 | 41 | 0 | Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | John Petty | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | George Wilson | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | Len Akin | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 33 | 402 | 12.2 | 54 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Connie Berry | 0 | 1 | Ray Nolting | 0 | 1 | Bulldog Turner | 0 | 1 | Danny Fortmann | 0 | 1 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
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 | Ray McLean | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | Gary Famiglietti | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Frank Maznicki | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 0 | 45 | Hugh Gallarneau | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Harry Clarke | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Hampton Pool | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Lee Artoe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 20 | Ray Nolting | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Connie Berry | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Siegal | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Petty | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bulldog Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | George Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Danny Fortmann | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Sid Luckman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie O'Rourke | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Joe Stydahar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Totals | 22 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 376 |
