1947 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 8-4
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1947 Chicago Bears Roster
1947 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1947 season with a record of 8 wins and 4 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.

Offensively, Chicago topped the league with 363 points. At the same time, the defense allowed 241 points. Sid Luckman passed for 2,712 yards. Jim Keane topped pass catchers, hauling in 64 balls for 910 yards, while Ken Kavanaugh was targeted regularly, too.

Joe Osmanski rushed for a team-leading 328 yards for the Bears, while Don Kindt and Mike Holovak additionally aided the ground game.

Noah Mullins picked off 6 opponent throws.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Rating
Sid Luckman	323	176	54.5	2712	8.4	24	7.4	31	9.6	81	67.7
Nick Sacrinty	48	15	31.2	299	6.2	5	10.4	3	6.2	44	62.8
George Gulyanics	2	1	50.0	55	27.5	0	0.0	1	50.0	55	56.3
Bob Fenimore	3	2	66.7	27	9.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	15	95.1
Tom Farris	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	39.6
Totals	378	194	51.3	3093	8.2	29	7.7	35	9.3	81

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Joe Osmanski	64	328	5.1	24	1
Mike Holovak	51	281	5.5	52	1
Don Kindt	61	266	4.4	48	2
George Gulyanics	35	212	6.1	46	4
George McAfee	63	209	3.3	39	3
Bob Fenimore	53	189	3.6	13	1
Frank Minini	26	132	5.1	33	2
Hugh Gallarneau	39	89	2.3	8	6
Sid Luckman	10	86	8.6	40	1
Ray McLean	10	58	5.8	24	0
Noah Mullins	9	55	6.1	41	0
Bill Osmanski	10	37	3.7	15	0
Eddie Allen	12	16	1.3	7	0
Nick Sacrinty	4	4	1.0	5	0
Tom Farris	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	448	1959	4.4	52	21

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Jim Keane	64	910	14.2	50	10
Ken Kavanaugh	32	818	25.6	81	13
George McAfee	32	492	15.4	53	1
Bob Fenimore	15	219	14.6	29	2
Ray McLean	11	125	11.4	19	1
Joe Osmanski	7	134	19.1	39	0
Mike Holovak	7	119	17.0	60	0
Hugh Gallarneau	7	56	8.0	28	0
Ed Sprinkle	4	43	10.8	15	0
Ed Cifers	3	48	16.0	22	1
George Gulyanics	3	22	7.3	16	0
Mike Jarmoluk	2	33	16.5	24	1
Don Kindt	2	24	12.0	14	0
Frank Minini	2	23	11.5	12	0
Sid Luckman	1	15	15.0	15	0
Jack Matheson	1	8	8.0	8	0
Noah Mullins	1	4	4.0	4	0
Totals	194	3093	15.9	81	29

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Ray McLean	52	44	84.6	1		0.0	44
Sid Luckman	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	53	45	84.9	1	0	0.0	45

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George Gulyanics	23	1031	44.8	56
Eddie Allen	8	299	37.4	46
Sid Luckman	5	177	35.4	42
George McAfee	2	71	35.5	40
Totals	38	1578	41.5	56

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
George McAfee	18	261	14.5	35
Noah Mullins	13	153	11.8	50
Ray McLean	5	58	11.6	24
Bob Fenimore	2	16	8.0	9
George Gulyanics	1	7	7.0	7
Totals	39	495	12.7	50

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Frank Minini	11	261	23.7	35
Don Kindt	10	220	22.0	45
George Gulyanics	5	124	24.8	40
Bill Osmanski	3	67	22.3	28
Mike Holovak	2	47	23.5	24
Hugh Gallarneau	2	43	21.5	30
Ray McLean	2	35	17.5	20
Ed Cifers	2	33	16.5	18
George McAfee	1	23	23.0	23
Allen Smith	2	18	9.0	15
Mike Jarmoluk	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	41	871	21.2	45

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Noah Mullins	6	113	18.8	51	0
Don Kindt	3	19	6.3	10	0
Bulldog Turner	2	103	51.5	96	1
Bob Fenimore	2	83	41.5	71	0
George Gulyanics	2	36	18.0	22	0
Stu Clarkson	2	10	5.0	10	0
George McAfee	1	49	49.0	49	0
Ed Cifers	1	20	20.0	20	1
Fred Hartman	1	16	16.0	16	1
Ray McLean	1	12	12.0	12	0
Hugh Gallarneau	1	9	9.0	9	0
Nick Sacrinty	1	7	7.0	7	0
Bill Milner	1	7	7.0	7	0
Frank Minini	1	3	3.0	3	0
Tom Farris	1	2	2.0	2	0
Thurman Garrett	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	27	491	18.2	96	3

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Don Kindt		0	6	6	12
George McAfee		0	3	4	0
Ed Cifers		0	1	2	0
Fred Davis			1	2	0	0
Frank Minini		0	3	2	2
Ray McLean		0	0	1	0
Jim Keane			2	1	0
Nick Sacrinty		0	1	1	-1	0
Pat Preston			0	1	37	0
Bill Milner		0	0	1	0	0
Noah Mullins		0	3	1	-11	0
Ed Ecker			0	1	0	0
George Gulyanics		0	1	1	0
Jack Matheson			0	1	0	0
Walt Stickel			0	1	0	0
Stu Clarkson		0	1	1	0	0
Joe Osmanski			0	1	0
Tom Farris		0	0	1	0	0
Mike Jarmoluk			0	1	0
Ray Bray			0	1	4	0
Eddie Allen			2	0	0	0
Sid Luckman			2	0	0
Bob Fenimore		0	4	0	0
Hugh Gallarneau		0	4	0	0
Totals	0	0	34	31	43	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Ken Kavanaugh		13							0	0	0			78
Jim Keane		10							0	0	0			60
Ray McLean	0	1	0	0		0			0	44	0			50
Hugh Gallarneau	6	0		0		0			0	0	0			36
George Gulyanics	4	0	0	0		0			0	0	0			24
George McAfee	3	1	0	0		0			0	0	0			24
Bob Fenimore	1	2	0			0			0	0	0			18
Ed Cifers		1		0		1			0	0	0			12
Don Kindt	2	0		0		0			0	0	0			12
Frank Minini	2	0		0		0			0	0	0			12
Sid Luckman	1	0							0	1	0			7
Mike Holovak	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Fred Hartman						1			0	0	0			6
Joe Osmanski	1	0							0	0	0			6
Mike Jarmoluk		1		0					0	0	0			6
Bulldog Turner						1			0	0	0			6
Totals	21	29	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	45	0	0	0	363