1951 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-5
Finishing 4th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: George Halas (7-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1951 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 7-5
Finishing 4th in the NFL's National Division
Coach: George Halas (7-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1951 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1951 season with a record of 7 wins and 5 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's National Division.
Chicago racked up 286 points, while the defense allowed 282. John Dottley rushed for a team-leading 670 yards for the Bears.
Johnny Lujack passed for 1,295 yards. John Hoffman hauled in 28 balls, while Gene Schroeder added 461 receiving yards.
Gene Schroeder intercepted 5 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Johnny Lujack | 176 | 85 | 48.3 | 1295 | 7.4 | 8 | 4.5 | 8 | 4.5 | 78 | 69.2 | Steve Romanik | 101 | 43 | 42.6 | 791 | 7.8 | 3 | 3.0 | 9 | 8.9 | 54 | 43.0 | Bob Williams | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 146 | 4.4 | 1 | 3.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 19 | 40.7 | Fred Morrison | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 7 | 7.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 7 | 95.8 | Wilford White | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Julie Rykovich | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 315 | 143 | 45.4 | 2239 | 7.1 | 12 | 3.8 | 20 | 6.3 | 78 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Dottley | 127 | 670 | 5.3 | 38 | 3 | George Gulyanics | 105 | 403 | 3.8 | 30 | 4 | Julie Rykovich | 83 | 399 | 4.8 | 56 | 4 | Chuck Hunsinger | 73 | 369 | 5.1 | 39 | 3 | Johnny Lujack | 47 | 171 | 3.6 | 22 | 7 | Billy Stone | 30 | 123 | 4.1 | 42 | 1 | Fred Morrison | 29 | 96 | 3.3 | 26 | 0 | Wilford White | 9 | 86 | 9.6 | 38 | 1 | Brad Rowland | 10 | 50 | 5.0 | 20 | 0 | Steve Romanik | 12 | 23 | 1.9 | 10 | 1 | J.R. Boone | 3 | 9 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 | Don Kindt | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Gene Schroeder | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Al Campana | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 | Bob Williams | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | John Hoffman | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
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| Totals | 539 | 2408 | 4.5 | 56 | 24 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | John Hoffman | 28 | 394 | 14.1 | 78 | 2 | Gene Schroeder | 24 | 461 | 19.2 | 75 | 3 | Billy Stone | 18 | 320 | 17.8 | 62 | 1 | Jim Keane | 15 | 247 | 16.5 | 37 | 1 | John Dottley | 14 | 225 | 16.1 | 77 | 1 | George Gulyanics | 13 | 146 | 11.2 | 32 | 0 | Julie Rykovich | 6 | 133 | 22.2 | 51 | 0 | J.R. Boone | 6 | 117 | 19.5 | 24 | 0 | Chuck Hunsinger | 6 | 59 | 9.8 | 19 | 1 | Wilford White | 4 | 45 | 11.2 | 22 | 1 | Don Kindt | 4 | 39 | 9.8 | 12 | 1 | Ed Sprinkle | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 7 | 1 | Bill Wightkin | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 | Brad Rowland | 1 | -2 | -2.0 | -2 | 0 | Fred Morrison | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 143 | 2239 | 15.7 | 78 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | George Blanda | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 17 | 6 | 35.3 | 44 | Wilford White | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | Johnny Lujack | 11 | 10 | 90.9 | 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 38 | 37 | 97.4 | 19 | 7 | 36.8 | 58 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Fred Morrison | 57 | 2227 | 39.1 | 67 | Bob Williams | 4 | 145 | 36.2 | 50 | Brad Rowland | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62 | 2390 | 38.5 | 67 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Wilford White | 14 | 131 | 9.4 | 29 | 0 | Billy Stone | 14 | 120 | 8.6 | 58 | 0 | J.R. Boone | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 23 | 0 | Chuck Hunsinger | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Bill Wightkin | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 44 | 374 | 8.5 | 58 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Fred Morrison | 13 | 353 | 27.2 | 86 | 0 | Brad Rowland | 15 | 350 | 23.3 | 48 | 0 | Billy Stone | 5 | 108 | 21.6 | 30 | 0 | Chuck Hunsinger | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 35 | 0 | Fred Davis | 3 | 26 | 8.7 | 16 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 | George Blanda | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 17 | 0 | Gene Schroeder | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | George Connor | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Wash Serini | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 46 | 974 | 21.2 | 86 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gene Schroeder | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 22 | 0 | Don Kindt | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 39 | 0 | Billy Stone | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 | Johnny Lujack | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 31 | 0 | George Connor | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 11 | 0 | George Blanda | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Stu Clarkson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 21 | 216 | 10.3 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Brad Rowland | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stu Clarkson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Don Kindt | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Wayne Hansen | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ray Bray | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Barwegen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Les Cowan | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 2 | 56 | 1 | 0 | Frank Dempsey | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Williams | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Paul Stenn | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Davis | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Dottley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Moser | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Stone | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Julie Rykovich | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Gulyanics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Romanik | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Lujack | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Wilford White | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Morrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 28 | 80 | 1 | 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 | Johnny Lujack | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 52 | George Blanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 26 | 0 | 44 | John Dottley | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | George Gulyanics | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Julie Rykovich | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Chuck Hunsinger | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Gene Schroeder | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wilford White | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 16 | John Hoffman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Billy Stone | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim Keane | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Kindt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bill Wightkin | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Steve Romanik | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 24 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 286 |
