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Those numbers through 12 games played all seem to match the Bears rushing numbers in the Neft/Cohen/Korch 1990s Football Encyclopedia Yes, they do. I just went and checked the same thing myself. So that's where Neft got those stats! Just out of curiosity, where did the clipping come from? Presumabl...

If i recall correctly, Aikman started the first one and Beuerlein started the second one. The second one had a playoff berth on the line, i think, too. Both teams were 9-5 entering the game and i think the winner was ensured a playoff berth Eagles lost and then beat the Redskins (who had nothing to ...

Those numbers through 12 games played all seem to match the Bears rushing numbers in the Neft/Cohen/Korch 1990s Football Encyclopedia

Going to assume Molesworth didn't run for 404 yards in the final game, which is what would be needed for him to have 1705 career rushing yards with the Bears. Unless, of course, the 1932 statistics are as incomplete as they're reputed to be.

Through 12 games played

1931 Bears through 11 games played:

Dick Butkus’s unfortunate passing had me checking out some old Bears media guides and I noticed an item of interest in the 1965 Guide on Page 43: https://archive.org/details/bears-1965-media-guide-chicago-c/page/42/mode/2up The page lists the Bears all-time leaders in passing, rushing and receiving ...

When this note was done through eight weeks, it was since 1933 "when game by game stats were first compiled" and they cited Elias

Interesting to hear. It seems highly doubtful that any official game-by-game records exist to underpin the 1932 statistics