1943 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-1-1
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: Luke Johnsos (8-1-1)
Coach: Hunk Anderson (8-1-1)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1943 Chicago Bears Roster
1943 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1943 season with a record of 8 wins and 1 losses and 1 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.

On offense, the Bears scored 303 points, best in the league. Meanwhile, the stingy defense conceded 157 points. Sid Luckman passed for 2,194 yards. Harry Clarke topped the receiving corps, hauling in 23 balls for 535 yards, while George Wilson contributed to the receiving game, too.

Harry Clarke rushed for a team-leading 556 yards.

Harry Clarke picked off 5 opponent throws.

Luke Johnsos and Hunk Anderson coached the team. The 1943 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	202	110	54.5	2194	10.9	28	13.9	12	5.9	66	107.5
Bob Snyder	26	7	26.9	116	4.5	0	0.0	4	15.4	55	6.1
Harry Clarke	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0.0
Totals	229	117	51.1	2310	10.1	28	12.2	17	7.4	66

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Clarke	120	556	4.6	20	2
Dante Magnani	51	310	6.1	79	2
Gary Famiglietti	64	229	3.6	31	2
Ray Nolting	38	209	5.5	22	1
Ray McLean	35	127	3.6	34	1
Bill Osmanski	37	102	2.8	9	1
Bronko Nagurski	16	84	5.2	11	1
Doug McEnulty	16	45	2.8	9	0
Bill Geyer	16	36	2.2	15	1
Bob Masters	2	10	5.0	10	0
Bob Steuber	1	3	3.0	3	0
Bob Snyder	6	-20	-3.3	3	0
Sid Luckman	22	-40	-1.8	8	1
Totals	424	1651	3.9	79	12

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Clarke	23	535	23.3	52	7
George Wilson	21	293	14.0	28	5
Ray McLean	18	435	24.2	66	2
Hampton Pool	18	363	20.2	42	5
Jim Benton	13	235	18.1	55	3
Dante Magnani	6	88	14.7	51	1
Bill Geyer	5	123	24.6	64	2
Ray Nolting	5	90	18.0	48	0
Connie Berry	4	99	24.8	54	2
John Siegal	2	29	14.5	18	0
Doug McEnulty	1	10	10.0	10	1
Gary Famiglietti	1	10	10.0	10	0
Totals	117	2310	19.7	66	28

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Snyder	42	39	92.9	7	2	28.6	45
Ray McLean	1		0.0				0
Totals	43	39	90.7	7	2	28.6	45

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Sid Luckman	34	1220	35.9	78
Bob Snyder	10	378	37.8	48
Doug McEnulty	4	187	46.8	59
Totals	48	1785	37.2	78

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Clarke	10	158	15.8	38
Ray McLean	7	94	13.4	29
Sid Luckman	4	46	11.5	14
Dante Magnani	4	40	10.0	19
Ray Nolting	2	13	6.5	11
Bill Geyer	1	8	8.0	8
Totals	28	359	12.8	38

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Harry Clarke	13	326	25.1	50	0
Dante Magnani	6	171	28.5	96	1
Ray McLean	4	105	26.2	31	0
Bill Geyer	2	71	35.5	42	0
Ray Nolting	2	40	20.0	30	0
Sid Luckman	1	7	7.0	7	0
Jim Logan	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	29	722	24.9	96	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Harry Clarke	5	32	6.4	22
Sid Luckman	4	85	21.2	27
Ray McLean	4	20	5.0	11
Dante Magnani	2	23	11.5	14
George Wilson	2	15	7.5	13
Bill Geyer	2	0	0.0	0
Doug McEnulty	1	11	11.0	11
Bob Snyder	1	8	8.0	8
Fred Mundee	1	8	8.0	8
Tony Ippolito	1	5	5.0	5
Ray Nolting	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	24	212	8.8	27

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Harry Clarke	2	7	0	0		0		1	0	0	0			60
Bob Snyder	0					0			2	39	0			45
George Wilson		5				0			0	0	0			30
Hampton Pool		5							0	0	0			30
Bill Geyer	1	2	0	0		0		1	0	0	0			24
Dante Magnani	2	1	0	1		0			0	0	0			24
Jim Benton		3							0	0	0			18
Ray McLean	1	2	0	0		0			0	0	0			18
Gary Famiglietti	2	0							0	0	0			12
Connie Berry		2							0	0	0			12
Doug McEnulty	0	1				0			0	0	0			6
Ray Nolting	1	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Bill Osmanski	1								0	0	0			6
Sid Luckman	1		0	0		0			0	0	0			6
Bronko Nagurski	1								0	0	0			6
Totals	12	28	0	1	0	0	0	2	2	39	0	0	0	303