1947 Chicago Bears season

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1947 Chicago Bears season
Head coach
NFL Western
Playoff finishDid not qualify

The

Chicago Cardinals missing out on an NFL title game appearance.[1]

Before the season

Draft

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1947 NFL Draft
1947 Chicago Bears draft
Round Pick Player Position College Notes
1 1 Bob Fenimore  HB Oklahoma A&M Special Lottery Pick
1 11 Don Kindt  DB Wisconsin
3 23 Frank Minini *  HB San Jose State
5 32 Lloyd Merriman  B Stanford
5 35 Jim Canady  B
Arkansas A&M
 Played with Bears in 1948
6 42 Roger Stephens  B Cincinnati
6 45 Harlan Wetz  T Texas Signed with the Brooklyn Dodgers (AAFC)
7 55 Reid Moseley  E Georgia
8 65 Allen Smith  E Ole Miss
9 75 Dwight Eddleman  B Illinois
10 85 Arnold Tucker  B Army
11 95 Larry Hatch  B Washington
12 105 Tony Adamle *  LB Ohio State Signed with the Cleveland Browns (AAFC)
13 115 Emile Fritz  G Maryland
14 125 Jim Turner  T California
15 135 Wayne Goodall  E Oklahoma City
16 145 Verne Gagne  E Minnesota
17 155 Wally Dreyer  DB Michigan Played with the Bears in 1949
18 165 Walt Pupa  B North Carolina
19 175 John McLellan  T
Montana State
20 185 Bill Cromer  B Texas
21 195 Russ Reader  DB Michigan State
22 205 Jim Batchelor  B
East Texas State
23 215 Al Lawler  HB Texas Played for Bears in 1948
24 225 Gordon Berlin  C Washington
25 235 John Cunningham  E California
26 245 Max Morris  E Northwestern Signed with the Chicago Rockets (AAFC)
27 255 Bill Morris  E Oklahoma
28 265 Joe Billy Baumgardner  HB Texas
29 275 Jerry McCarthy  E Penn
30 285 Jack Pierce  B Illinois
31 293 Ed Ehlers  B Purdue
      Made roster    *   Made at least one Pro Bowl during career

[2]

Schedule

Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Game
recap
1 Bye
2 September 28 at Green Bay Packers L 20–29 0–1 City Stadium Recap
3 October 5 at Chicago Cardinals L 7–31 0–2 Comiskey Park Recap
4 October 12 Philadelphia Eagles W 40–7 1–2 Wrigley Field Recap
5 October 19 Detroit Lions W 33–24 2–2 Wrigley Field Recap
6 October 26 at Washington Redskins W 56–20 3–2 Griffith Stadium Recap
7 November 2 at Boston Yanks W 28–24 4–2 Fenway Park Recap
8 November 9 Green Bay Packers W 20–17 5–2 Wrigley Field Recap
9 November 16 at Los Angeles Rams W 41–21 6–2 Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Recap
10 November 23 Pittsburgh Steelers W 49–7 7–2 Wrigley Field Recap
11 November 27 at Detroit Lions W 34–14 8–2 Briggs Stadium Recap
12 December 7 Los Angeles Rams L 14–17 8–3 Wrigley Field Recap
13 December 14 Chicago Cardinals L 21–30 8–4 Wrigley Field Recap
Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.

Standings

NFL Western Division
 W L T PCT DIV PF PA STK
Chicago Cardinals 9 3 0 .750 7–1 306 231 W2
Chicago Bears 8 4 0 .667 4–4 363 241 L2
Green Bay Packers 6 5 1 .545 5–3 274 210 L1
Los Angeles Rams 6 6 0 .500 4–4 259 214 W2
Detroit Lions 3 9 0 .250 0–8 231 305 L3

Note: Tie games were not officially counted in the standings until 1972.

References

  1. ^ "Chicago Bears 1947 Games and Schedule". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  2. ^ "1947 Chicago Bears Draftees". Pro Football Reference. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
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