1941 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 10-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Halas (10-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1941 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 10-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 2-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Halas (10-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1941 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1941 season with a record of 10 wins and 1 losses, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 2-0.
On offense, the Bears accumulated 396 points, most in the league. Meanwhile, the defense conceded 147 points. George McAfee rushed for a team-leading 474 yards, while Bill Osmanski and Norm Standlee also contributed to the rushing attack.
Sid Luckman tossed for 1,181 yards. Dick Plasman hauled in 14 balls, while Ken Kavanaugh added 314 receiving yards.
The larcenous defense led the way with 48 turnovers, best in the league. George McAfee intercepted 6 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team. The 1941 Chicago Bears won the Championship.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 119 | 68 | 57.1 | 1181 | 9.9 | 9 | 7.6 | 6 | 5.0 | 65 | 95.3 |
| Young Bussey | 40 | 13 | 32.5 | 353 | 8.8 | 5 | 12.5 | 3 | 7.5 | 48 | 74.3 |
| Bob Snyder | 28 | 13 | 46.4 | 353 | 12.6 | 3 | 10.7 | 2 | 7.1 | 59 | 98.8 |
| Ray Nolting | 5 | 3 | 60.0 | 71 | 14.2 | 1 | 20.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 53 | 143.8 |
| George McAfee | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 44 | 14.7 | 1 | 33.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 121.5 |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 196 | 98 | 50.0 | 2002 | 10.2 | 19 | 9.7 | 11 | 5.6 | 65 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 65 | 474 | 7.3 | 70 | 5 |
| Norm Standlee | 81 | 414 | 5.1 | 46 | 5 |
| Bill Osmanski | 70 | 371 | 5.3 | 23 | 4 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 49 | 304 | 6.2 | 40 | 8 |
| Ray Nolting | 40 | 169 | 4.2 | 28 | 1 |
| Bob Swisher | 37 | 149 | 4.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 28 | 122 | 4.4 | 15 | 0 |
| Gary Famiglietti | 36 | 101 | 2.8 | 10 | 1 |
| Joe Maniaci | 28 | 95 | 3.4 | 14 | 3 |
| Ray McLean | 13 | 78 | 6.0 | 21 | 1 |
| Sid Luckman | 18 | 18 | 1.0 | 20 | 1 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Plasman | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bob Snyder | 7 | -10 | -1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Young Bussey | 13 | -27 | -2.1 | 16 | 0 |
| Totals | 489 | 2264 | 4.6 | 70 | 29 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Plasman | 14 | 283 | 20.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Bob Nowaskey | 12 | 199 | 16.6 | 40 | 1 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 11 | 314 | 28.5 | 48 | 6 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 11 | 204 | 18.5 | 46 | 2 |
| John Siegal | 9 | 220 | 24.4 | 65 | 3 |
| George McAfee | 7 | 144 | 20.6 | 39 | 3 |
| Bob Swisher | 6 | 179 | 29.8 | 53 | 2 |
| Hampton Pool | 5 | 101 | 20.2 | 56 | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 5 | 84 | 16.8 | 40 | 1 |
| George Wilson | 4 | 75 | 18.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 68 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 4 | 52 | 13.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 61 | 30.5 | 38 | 0 |
| Joe Maniaci | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 19 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 98 | 2002 | 20.4 | 65 | 19 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Snyder | 24 | 20 | 83.3 | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 26 |
| Joe Maniaci | 8 | 8 | 100.0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 |
| Lee Artoe | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 7 | 1 | 14.3 | 6 |
| Hal Lahar | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 4 |
| Dick Plasman | 9 | 6 | 66.7 | 6 | |||
| Joe Stydahar | 4 | 4 | 100.0 | 4 | |||
| Harry Clarke | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Bob Nowaskey | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 56 | 45 | 80.4 | 11 | 5 | 45.5 | 60 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sid Luckman | 13 | 534 | 41.1 | 52 |
| George McAfee | 12 | 430 | 35.8 | 55 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 126 | 63.0 | 70 |
| Bob Snyder | 2 | 76 | 38.0 | 38 |
| Young Bussey | 2 | 74 | 37.0 | 41 |
| Totals | 31 | 1240 | 40.0 | 70 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 74 | 1 |
| Bob Swisher | 7 | 101 | 14.4 | 32 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 99 | 33.0 | 61 | 1 |
| Harry Clarke | 4 | 56 | 14.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 15 | 0 |
| Young Bussey | 1 | 40 | 40.0 | 40 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 36 | 18.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill Hughes | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 546 | 20.2 | 74 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 7 | 223 | 31.9 | 97 | 1 |
| Harry Clarke | 5 | 158 | 31.6 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Nolting | 4 | 73 | 18.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 2 | 70 | 35.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 2 | 35 | 17.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray McLean | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 685 | 23.6 | 97 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 6 | 78 | 13.0 | 43 | 1 |
| Ray McLean | 3 | 79 | 26.3 | 45 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill Osmanski | 3 | 19 | 6.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Danny Fortmann | 3 | 7 | 2.3 | 5 | 0 |
| Harry Clarke | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 35 | 0 |
| Norm Standlee | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Al Matuza | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Young Bussey | 2 | 5 | 2.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Swisher | 1 | 60 | 60.0 | 60 | 1 |
| Joe Stydahar | 1 | 55 | 55.0 | 55 | 0 |
| Hugh Gallarneau | 1 | 46 | 46.0 | 46 | 1 |
| Bob Snyder | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Bulldog Turner | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| John Federovitch | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Bill Hughes | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 34 | 556 | 16.4 | 60 | 3 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| George McAfee | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||||
| Hugh Gallarneau | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | |||||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 37 | |||||||
| Norm Standlee | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| Joe Maniaci | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||
| Bob Snyder | 0 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 26 | ||||||||
| Bill Osmanski | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||||||
| Bob Swisher | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| John Siegal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||||
| Ray McLean | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||
| Bob Nowaskey | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |||||||
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
| Lee Artoe | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Gary Famiglietti | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Hampton Pool | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Ray Nolting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Dick Plasman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Joe Stydahar | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||
| Hal Lahar | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Harry Clarke | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||||
| Totals | 29 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 396 |
