1949 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1949 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 9-3
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's West Division
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1949 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1949 season with a record of 9 wins and 3 losses, finishing second in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored 332 points, while the defensive squad conceded 218. Johnny Lujack threw for 2,658 yards. Jim Keane topped the receiving corps, hauling in 47 balls for 696 yards. Ken Kavanaugh was targeted regularly, too.
George Gulyanics rushed for a team-leading 452 yards for the Bears, while Julie Rykovich also buoyed the ground attack.
Bob Perina and George McAfee each seized 6 opponent throws.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Lujack | 312 | 162 | 51.9 | 2658 | 8.5 | 23 | 7.4 | 22 | 7.1 | 81 | 76.0 |
| Sid Luckman | 50 | 22 | 44.0 | 200 | 4.0 | 1 | 2.0 | 3 | 6.0 | 34 | 37.1 |
| George Blanda | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 197 | 9.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 23.8 | 44 | 37.3 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 385 | 193 | 50.1 | 3055 | 7.9 | 24 | 6.2 | 30 | 7.8 | 81 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 102 | 452 | 4.4 | 31 | 5 |
| Julie Rykovich | 88 | 340 | 3.9 | 18 | 6 |
| John Hoffman | 53 | 216 | 4.1 | 27 | 1 |
| Wally Dreyer | 45 | 172 | 3.8 | 38 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 42 | 161 | 3.8 | 23 | 3 |
| Don Kindt | 41 | 118 | 2.9 | 15 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 35 | 111 | 3.2 | 22 | 0 |
| Johnny Lujack | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 20 | 2 |
| Dante Magnani | 33 | 59 | 1.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 15 | 45 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 11 | 25 | 2.3 | 11 | 0 |
| George Blanda | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 5 | 1 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Sid Luckman | 3 | 4 | 1.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 4 | 4 | 1.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Totals | 483 | 1785 | 3.7 | 38 | 18 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jim Keane | 47 | 696 | 14.8 | 39 | 6 |
| Ken Kavanaugh | 29 | 655 | 22.6 | 81 | 9 |
| John Hoffman | 25 | 373 | 14.9 | 64 | 2 |
| Julie Rykovich | 16 | 210 | 13.1 | 45 | 2 |
| George Gulyanics | 16 | 165 | 10.3 | 34 | 1 |
| J.R. Boone | 14 | 336 | 24.0 | 43 | 3 |
| Don Kindt | 12 | 118 | 9.8 | 38 | 0 |
| George McAfee | 9 | 157 | 17.4 | 52 | 1 |
| Wally Dreyer | 7 | 94 | 13.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Ed Sprinkle | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 47 | 0 |
| George Connor | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 3 | 33 | 11.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Dante Magnani | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 15 | 0 |
| Paul Stenn | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 1 | 44 | 44.0 | 44 | 0 |
| Jack Dugger | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Joe Osmanski | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Totals | 193 | 3055 | 15.8 | 81 | 24 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Blanda | 15 | 7 | 46.7 | 21 | |||
| Johnny Lujack | 44 | 42 | 95.5 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 45 |
| Totals | 44 | 42 | 95.5 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 66 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Gulyanics | 29 | 1368 | 47.2 | 69 |
| George Blanda | 19 | 746 | 39.3 | 57 |
| Johnny Lujack | 3 | 123 | 41.0 | 48 |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 16 | 16.0 | 16 |
| Totals | 52 | 2253 | 43.3 | 69 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 24 | 279 | 11.6 | 33 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 14 | 170 | 12.1 | 37 | 0 |
| Wally Dreyer | 13 | 130 | 10.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Totals | 52 | 583 | 11.2 | 37 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Dreyer | 13 | 338 | 26.0 | 52 | 0 |
| John Hoffman | 10 | 249 | 24.9 | 33 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 8 | 181 | 22.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Dick Flanagan | 5 | 88 | 17.6 | 24 | 0 |
| Bob Perina | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Jack Dugger | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 38 | 874 | 23.0 | 52 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George McAfee | 6 | 76 | 12.7 | 54 | 1 |
| Bob Perina | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 17 | 0 |
| Billy deCorrevont | 4 | 53 | 13.2 | 40 | 0 |
| Jim Canady | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed Cody | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 38 | 1 |
| Stu Clarkson | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Don Kindt | 2 | 3 | 1.5 | 3 | 0 |
| J.R. Boone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Chuck Drulis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 27 | 257 | 9.5 | 54 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Bray | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Paul Stenn | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Frank Szymanski | 0 | 2 | -8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Connor | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chuck Drulis | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Walt Stickel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Johnny Lujack | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Wally Dreyer | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Flanagan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Wash Serini | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bob Perina | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| J.R. Boone | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed Cody | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George McAfee | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Alf Bauman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jack Dugger | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dante Magnani | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
| John Hoffman | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
| George Gulyanics | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Kindt | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sid Luckman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Julie Rykovich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 25 | 23 | -3 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Johnny Lujack | 2 | 1 | 42 | 0 | 57 | |||||||||
| Ken Kavanaugh | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 54 | |||||||||
| Julie Rykovich | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||||||||
| Jim Keane | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
| George Gulyanics | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||||||||
| George McAfee | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||
| George Blanda | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |||||||||
| John Hoffman | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
| J.R. Boone | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||||||
| Ed Cody | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||
| Ed Sprinkle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| Totals | 18 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 332 |
