1923 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • 9-2-1 .818 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Ed Sternaman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sun | 9/30/1923 | A | Rock Island Independents | 0-3 | L | Rock Island, IL | Douglas Park | 3500 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1923 | A | Racine Legion | 3-0 | W | Racine, WI | Horlick Athletic Field | 4000 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1923 | A | Green Bay Packers | 3-0 | W | Green Bay, WI | Bellevue Field | 4451 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1923 | H | Canton Bulldogs | 0-6 | L | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | ||
| Sun | 10/28/1923 | H | Buffalo All-Americans | 18-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | ||
| Sun | 11/4/1923 | H | Oorang Indians | 26-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 1000 | |
| Sun | 11/11/1923 | H | Akron Pros | 20-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 4000 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1923 | H | Rock Island Independents | 7-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 6500 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1923 | H | Rochester Jeffersons | - | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | |||
| Sun | 11/25/1923 | H | Hammond Pros | 14-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 3500 | |
| Thu | 11/29/1923 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 3-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 13500 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1923 | H | Milwaukee Badgers | 0-0 | T | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | ||
| Sun | 12/9/1923 | H | Rock Island Independents | 29-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 6000 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1923 | H | Milwaukee Badgers | 7-7 | T | Chicago, IL | Cubs Park | 7500 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 11/25/1923 | Rochester Jeffersons | Canceled |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Hunk Anderson | 18 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 5-11 | 191 | 25 | Notre Dame | 10 | 9 |
| Hugh Blacklock | 12 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 220 | 30 | Michigan State | 4 | 4 |
| George Bolan | 5 | FB-LB-ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 203 | 26 | Purdue | 10 | 7 |
| Johnny Bryan | 8 | QB-S-ROH-RDH | 5-7 | 170 | 26 | Dartmouth; Chicago | 12 | 12 |
| Gus Fetz | 10 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH-FB-LB | 145 | 24 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Jim Flaherty | 15 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE-LOH-LDH | 198 | 26 | Princeton | 10 | 0 | |
| Art Garvey | 6 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-LOE-LDE | 6-1 | 234 | 23 | Notre Dame | 12 | 12 |
| George Halas | 7 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 182 | 28 | Illinois | 12 | 12 |
| Frank Hanny | 19 | LOE-LDE | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Indiana | 11 | 11 |
| Ed Healey | 16 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 210 | 29 | Dartmouth | 11 | 11 |
| Oscar Knop | 11 | FB-LB | 6-0 | 191 | 27 | Illinois | 8 | 8 |
| Joe LaFleur | 2 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG-FB-LB-C-MG-ROH-RDH | 6-0 | 223 | 25 | St. Norbert; Marquette | 10 | 3 |
| Ralph Lanum | 9 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 190 | 27 | Millikin; Illinois | 10 | 7 |
| Frank Rydzewski | C-MG | 6-1 | 220 | 31 | Notre Dame | 1 | 0 | |
| Ralph Scott | 17 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 235 | 29 | Wisconsin | 11 | 7 |
| Ed Sternaman | 3 | LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 177 | 28 | Illinois | 11 | 10 |
| Joey Sternaman | QB-S | 5-6 | 152 | 23 | Illinois | 3 | 3 | |
| George Trafton | 13 | C-MG | 6-1 | 231 | 27 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| Lou Usher | 11/12 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 240 | 26 | Detroit Mercy; Syracuse | 8 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 37 | 44 | 7 | 35 | 123 |
| Opponents Totals | 0 | 13 | 16 | 13 | 42 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sternaman | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 0 | 51 | ||
| Johnny Bryan | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||
| Oscar Knop | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Joey Sternaman | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | ||||
| Gus Fetz | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Halas | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Frank Hanny | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Lanum | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Ralph Scott | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |||
| Team Totals | 16 | 9 | 16 | 56.3 | 6 | 0 | 123 | ||
| Opponents Totals | 4 | 3 | 4 | 75.0 | 5 | 0 | 42 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Sternaman | 5 | 20 | 25.0 | 40 | 2/ | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | |
| Joey Sternaman | 1 | 20 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Gus Fetz | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | ||
| Team Totals | 6 | 40 | 2/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 5 | 1/ | 3/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bryan | 4 | ||||
| Ed Sternaman | 3 | ||||
| Joey Sternaman | 2 | ||||
| Gus Fetz | 1 | ||||
| Oscar Knop | 1 | ||||
| Ralph Lanum | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 12 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 2 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Bryan | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frank Hanny | 1 | ||||
| Ed Sternaman | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 2 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oscar Knop | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 0 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Halas | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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