
1959 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1959 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1959 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division. George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Ed Brown | 247 | 125 | 50.6 | 1881 | 7.6 | 13 | 5.3 | 10 | 4.0 | 88 | 76.7 | Zeke Bratkowski | 62 | 31 | 50.0 | 403 | 6.5 | 2 | 3.2 | 5 | 8.1 | 36 | 48.0 | Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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Totals | 310 | 156 | 50.3 | 2284 | 7.4 | 15 | 4.8 | 16 | 5.2 | 88 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Rick Casares | 177 | 699 | 3.9 | 47 | 10 | Johnny Morris | 87 | 312 | 3.6 | 33 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 58 | 199 | 3.4 | 36 | 1 | Ed Brown | 33 | 108 | 3.3 | 46 | 1 | Zeke Bratkowski | 7 | 86 | 12.3 | 41 | 0 | Merrill Douglas | 24 | 47 | 2.0 | 9 | 2 | Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | John Adams | 4 | -13 | -3.2 | 8 | 0 |
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Totals | 392 | 1438 | 3.7 | 47 | 14 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jim Dooley | 41 | 580 | 14.1 | 41 | 3 | Harlon Hill | 36 | 578 | 16.1 | 88 | 3 | Rick Casares | 27 | 273 | 10.1 | 43 | 2 | Willard Dewveall | 20 | 420 | 21.0 | 76 | 3 | Johnny Morris | 13 | 197 | 15.2 | 51 | 2 | Willie Galimore | 10 | 125 | 12.5 | 34 | 2 | Bill McColl | 8 | 94 | 11.8 | 26 | 0 | Merrill Douglas | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
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Totals | 156 | 2284 | 14.6 | 88 | 15 |
Kicking:
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Ed Brown | 64 | 2634 | 41.2 | 66 | Rick Casares | 3 | 139 | 46.3 | 71 | Jack Johnson | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 |
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Totals | 68 | 2805 | 41.2 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 14 | 171 | 12.2 | 78 | 1 | Richie Petitbon | 11 | 72 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 | Vic Zucco | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 26 | 243 | 9.3 | 78 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 17 | 438 | 25.8 | 58 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 11 | 229 | 20.8 | 33 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 28 | 0 | Bill Roehnelt | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 33 | 735 | 22.3 | 58 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Erich Barnes | 5 | 67 | 13.4 | 29 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 5 | 14 | 2.8 | 8 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 33 | 1 | Charlie Sumner | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 15 | 0 | Bill George | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 | Larry Morris | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Jack Johnson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 22 | 199 | 9.0 | 33 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Klein | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willard Dewveall | 0 | 2 | -3 | 0 | Charlie Sumner | 0 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 0 | 0 | Erich Barnes | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 0 | Chuck Howley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Leggett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Stan Jones | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | John Mellekas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Damore | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 7 | 1 | -3 | 0 | Bill Bishop | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill George | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 26 | 27 | 37 | 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 | Rick Casares | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | John Aveni | 10 | 28 | 0 | 58 | Willie Galimore | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Willard Dewveall | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Johnny Morris | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jim Dooley | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Harlon Hill | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Merrill Douglas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Brown | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Larry Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Earl Leggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 14 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 252 |