1944 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-3-1
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: Hunk Anderson (6-3-1)
Coach: Luke Johnsos (6-3-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1944 Chicago Bears Roster
1944 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1944 season with a record of 6 wins and 3 losses and 1 ties, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Chicago kept the scoreboard humming with 258 points, while the defensive unit allowed 172. Bob Margarita rushed for a team-leading 463 yards for the Bears, while Jim Fordham also contributed to the rushing attack.

Sid Luckman threw for 1,018 yards. George Wilson hauled in 24 balls, while Ray McLean added 414 receiving yards. Connie Berry provided receiving help, too.

Al Grygo seized 4 opponent throws.

Hunk Anderson and Luke Johnsos coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sid Luckman	143	71	49.7	1018	7.1	11	7.7	12	8.4	86	63.8
Gene Ronzani	56	26	46.4	448	8.0	9	16.1	5	8.9	61	76.5
Johnny Long	14	9	64.3	128	9.1	1	7.1	1	7.1	51	87.8
Bill Glenn	4	1	25.0	22	5.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	22	50.0
Totals	217	107	49.3	1616	7.4	21	9.7	18	8.3	86

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bob Margarita	88	463	5.3	47	4
Jim Fordham	73	381	5.2	40	4
Al Grygo	53	322	6.1	66	2
Gary Famiglietti	63	282	4.5	16	2
Tipp Mooney	29	88	3.0	14	0
Bulldog Turner	1	48	48.0	48	1
Gene Ronzani	12	26	2.2	14	0
Ray McLean	29	25	0.9	8	1
Doug McEnulty	8	11	1.4	7	0
Bob Masters	11	9	0.8	6	0
Johnny Long	24	2	0.1	12	0
Bill Glenn	1	1	1.0	1	0
Sid Luckman	20	-96	-4.8	7	1
Totals	412	1562	3.8	66	15

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Wilson	24	265	11.0	24	4
Connie Berry	21	378	18.0	51	6
Ray McLean	19	414	21.8	86	5
Bob Margarita	15	130	8.7	22	0
Abe Croft	9	140	15.6	67	2
Rudy Smeja	7	110	15.7	19	1
Al Grygo	5	42	8.4	15	0
Tipp Mooney	2	74	37.0	61	1
Doug McEnulty	2	10	5.0	5	1
Gary Famiglietti	1	23	23.0	23	1
Dick Plasman	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jim Fordham	1	13	13.0	13	0
Totals	107	1616	15.1	86	21

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Pete Gudauskas	37	36	97.3				36
Totals	37	36	97.3	0	0		36

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Doug McEnulty	25	993	39.7	60
Sid Luckman	20	685	34.2	63
Johnny Long	7	249	35.6	52
Al Grygo	4	123	30.8	39
Bob Margarita	1	34	34.0	34
Totals	57	2084	36.6	63

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Al Grygo	11	100	9.1	15
Ray McLean	8	79	9.9	19
Tipp Mooney	1	46	46.0	46
Johnny Long	2	14	7.0	9
Bulldog Turner	1	9	9.0	9
Bob Margarita	5	9	1.8	7
Sid Luckman	1	6	6.0	6
Totals	29	263	9.1	46

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Margarita	12	279	23.2	30
Al Grygo	7	162	23.1	52
Ray McLean	4	102	25.5	35
Tipp Mooney	3	65	21.7	29
Jim Fordham	2	42	21.0	22
Johnny Long	1	14	14.0	14
Rudy Smeja	1	7	7.0	7
Dick Plasman	1	-1	-1.0	-1
Totals	31	670	21.6	52

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Al Grygo	4	79	19.8	29
Ray McLean	3	42	14.0	36
Bob Margarita	3	34	11.3	36
Gene Ronzani	3	19	6.3	11
Bulldog Turner	2	44	22.0	38
Sid Luckman	2	36	18.0	35
Tipp Mooney	1	35	35.0	35
Doug McEnulty	1	34	34.0	34
Pete Gudauskas	1	26	26.0	26
Abe Croft	1	19	19.0	19
Ed Sprinkle	1	15	15.0	15
George Zorich	1	4	4.0	4
Fred Mundee	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	24	387	16.1	38

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ray McLean	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0			42
Connie Berry	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			36
Pete Gudauskas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	36	0			36
Jim Fordham	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Bob Margarita	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
George Wilson	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			24
Gary Famiglietti	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Abe Croft	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Al Grygo	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Doug McEnulty	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Tipp Mooney	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Sid Luckman	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Bulldog Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Rudy Smeja	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Totals	15	21	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	36	0	0	0	258