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 Roster
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, Chicago earned 298 points, tops in the circuit. At the same time, the defense conceded 157 points. Bill Osmanski rushed for a team-leading 699 yards for the Bears, 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
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
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
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
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	Long	TDs
Ray Nolting				1
Bob MacLeod				1
Sid Luckman				1
Solly Sherman				1
Totals	0	0	0	4

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Joe Maniaci			0			1
Totals	0	0	0	0	0	1	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Jack Manders	3	1							3	17	0			50
Bill Osmanski	7	1							0	0	0			48
Joe Maniaci	4						1		1	4	0			37
Bob MacLeod	1	3				1			0	0	0			30
Ray Nolting	2	1				1			0	0	0			24
Dick Plasman		3							0	3	0			21
Bob Swisher	2	1							0	0	0			18
Les McDonald	0	3							0	0	0			18
Bernie Masterson	2	0							0	0	0			12
Eggs Manske		2							0	0	0			12
John Siegal		1							0	0	0			6
Solly Sherman	0	0				1			0	0	0			6
Sid Luckman	0					1			0	0	0			6
Joe Stydahar		0							0	4	0			4
Bob Snyder	0								1	1	0			4
Billy Patterson	0								0	1	0			1
Gary Famiglietti	0	0							0	1	0			1
Totals	21	16	0	0	0	4	1	0	5	31	0	0	0	298