1931 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 3rd place • 8-5-0 .615 |
| Head Coach: Ralph Jones |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 9/18/1931 | H | Cleveland Indians | 21-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Loyola Stadium | 6000 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1931 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-7 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 13500 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1931 | A | Cicero Boosters | 43-0 | W | Cicero, IL | Morton High School Field | 5000 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1931 | H | New York Giants | 6-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 8000 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1931 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 26-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Comiskey Park | 9000 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1931 | H | Frankford Yellow Jackets | 12-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 26000 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1931 | H | Green Bay Packers | 2-6 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 29000 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1931 | H | Portsmouth Spartans | 9-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 25000 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1931 | A | New York Giants | 12-6 | W | New York, NY | Polo Grounds | 20000 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1931 | A | Brooklyn Dodgers | 26-0 | W | New York, NY | Ebbets Field | 25000 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1931 | H | Chicago Cardinals | 18-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 14000 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1931 | A | Portsmouth Spartans | 0-3 | L | Portsmouth, OH | Universal Stadium | 9000 | |
| Sun | 12/6/1931 | H | Green Bay Packers | 7-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 18000 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1931 | H | New York Giants | 6-25 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 8000 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Carl Brumbaugh | 8 | QB-S | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Ohio State; Florida | 12 | 9 |
| Bill Buckler | 15 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-0 | 224 | 30 | Alabama | 13 | 8 |
| Lloyd Burdick | 14 | ROT-RDT-LOT-LDT | 6-5 | 248 | 22 | Illinois | 9 | 7 |
| Zuck Carlson | 20 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 208 | 27 | Oregon State | 11 | 8 |
| Hoot Drury | 23 | ROE-RDE-LOE-LDE | 6-4 | 189 | 25 | St. Louis | 10 | 6 |
| Howard Edwards | 12 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 184 | 25 | Brown | 1 | 0 |
| Latham Flanagan | 19 | ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 185 | 24 | Carnegie Mellon | 2 | 2 |
| Paul Franklin | 9 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 198 | 25 | Franklin; Canterbury | 12 | 3 |
| Garland Grange | 25 | ROE-RDE | 6-0 | 173 | 25 | Illinois | 12 | 3 |
| Red Grange | 77 | LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 183 | 28 | Illinois | 13 | 11 |
| Jesse Hibbs | 54/12 | LOT-LDT-ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 195 | 25 | Southern California | 9 | 4 |
| Leo Jensvold | 10 | ROH-RDH | 5-8 | 173 | 23 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| Herb Joesting | 33 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 194 | 26 | Minnesota | 6 | 2 |
| Luke Johnsos | 24 | LOE-LDE | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Northwestern | 13 | 13 |
| Eddie Kawal | 27 | C-MG | 6-2 | 205 | 22 | Illinois; Widener | 1 | 0 |
| Joe Lintzenich | 7 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 5-11 | 187 | 23 | St. Louis | 11 | 7 |
| Link Lyman | 11 | LOT-LDT-LOG-LDG-ROT-RDT | 6-2 | 233 | 33 | Nebraska | 10 | 9 |
| George Lyon | 17 | LOT-DT | 6-2 | 235 | 24 | Kansas State | 1 | 0 |
| Gus Mastrogany | 29 | ROE-DE | 6-0 | 180 | 24 | Iowa | 1 | 0 |
| Danny McMullen | 21 | ROG-RDG-LOG-LDG | 5-8 | 231 | 25 | Nebraska | 11 | 5 |
| Keith Molesworth | 4 | LOH-LDH-ROH-RDH-QB-S | 5-9 | 167 | 26 | Monmouth (Illinois) | 11 | 2 |
| Don Murry | 18 | ROT-RDT-ROG-RDG | 6-2 | 191 | 32 | Wisconsin | 13 | 0 |
| Denny Myers | 33 | LOG-LDG | 6-1 | 206 | 26 | Iowa | 2 | 0 |
| Bronko Nagurski | 3 | FB-LB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | Minnesota | 10 | 8 |
| Dick Nesbitt | 2 | ROH-RDH-LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 204 | 24 | Drake | 13 | 6 |
| Bert Pearson | 26 | C-MG | 6-0 | 206 | 26 | Kansas State | 13 | 12 |
| Paul Schuette | 22 | LOG-LDG-ROG-RDG | 6-0 | 220 | 25 | Wisconsin | 11 | 5 |
| Bill Senn | 6 | LOH-LDH | 6-0 | 177 | 26 | Knox | 1 | 0 |
| Larry Steinbach | 28 | ROT-RDT | 6-0 | 215 | 31 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) | 4 | 3 |
| Cookie Tackwell | 19 | LOT-LDT-ROE-RDE | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Kansas State | 5 | 5 |
| George Trafton | 13 | C-MG | 6-1 | 231 | 35 | Notre Dame | 11 | 1 |
| Laurie Walquist | 5 | QB-S-LOH-LDH | 5-8 | 167 | 33 | Illinois | 10 | 4 |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 27 | 25 | 37 | 56 | 145 |
| Opponents Totals | 7 | 41 | 19 | 25 | 92 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Grange | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | |||
| Luke Johnsos | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 15 | ||
| Joe Lintzenich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Bronko Nagurski | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Dick Nesbitt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||
| Garland Grange | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Bill Senn | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Hoot Drury | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Paul Franklin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Herb Joesting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Link Lyman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Keith Molesworth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||
| Charles Tackwell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Bill Buckler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Team Totals | 22 | 8 | 22 | 36.4 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 145 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 5 | 14 | 35.7 | 1 | 0 | 92 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Luke Johnsos | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 33 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Team Totals | 1 | 33 | 0/ | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | |||
| Opponents Totals | 1 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Grange | 5 | ||||
| Bronko Nagurski | 2 | ||||
| Carl Brumbaugh | 1 | ||||
| Paul Franklin | 1 | ||||
| Herb Joesting | 1 | ||||
| Keith Molesworth | 1 | ||||
| Dick Nesbitt | 1 | ||||
| Bill Senn | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 13 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Brumbaugh | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Joe Lintzenich | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Keith Molesworth | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Dick Nesbitt | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Team Totals | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Grange | 2 | ||||
| Joe Lintzenich | 2 | ||||
| Hoot Drury | 1 | ||||
| Garland Grange | 1 | ||||
| Luke Johnsos | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 7 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 5 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Nesbitt | 1 | ||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Link Lyman | 1 | ||||||
| Team Totals | 1 | ||||||
| Opponents Totals | 0 |
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