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Chicago Bears Franchise Encyclopedia

Regular Season Record (all-time) : 722-526-42
Playoff Record (all-time) : 17-18 (Last appearance after 2010 season)
 Super Bowls Won: 1 out of 2 appearances
 Championships Won: 9
Passing Leader (all-time): Sid Luckman - 14,686 yards
Rushing Leader (all-time): Walter Payton - 16,726 yards
Receiving Leader (all-time): Johnny Morris - 5,059 yards
Winningest Coach (all-time): George Halas - 318 wins
Top Player by Approximate Value (all-time): Bill George - 170 AV

Retired Numbers

 3 
Bronko Nagurski
 5 
George McAfee
 7 
George Halas
28
Willie Galimore
34
Walter Payton
40
Gale Sayers
41
Brian Piccolo
42
Sid Luckman
51
Dick Butkus
56
Bill Hewitt
61
Bill George
66
Bulldog Turner
77
Red Grange

All-time franchise leaderboards

Single-seasonPassingRushingReceivingReturnsKickingScoring
CareerPassingRushingReceivingReturnsKickingScoringDefenseApproximate Value

Team Records, Leaders, and League Ranks

* indicate playoff appearances
Top Players Off Rank Def Rank Overall Rank Simple Rating System
Year Lg Tm W L T Pts PtsO PtDif Coaches AV Passing Rushing Receiving Pts Yds Pts Yds T/G Pts± Yds± out of MoV SoS SRS OSRS DSRS
2012 NFL Chicago Bears 10 6 0 375 277 98 Smith Peppers Cutler Forte Marshall 16 28 3 5 2 6 16 32 6.1 0.8 6.9 1.0 6.0
2011 NFL Chicago Bears 8 8 0 353 341 12 Smith Urlacher Cutler Forte Knox 17 24 14 17 11 16 26 32 0.8 0.9 1.7 -1.5 3.1
2010 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 334 286 48 Smith Peppers Cutler Forte Knox 21 30 4 9 11 10 22 32 3.0 1.1 4.1 -0.6 4.7
2009 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 327 375 -48 Smith Cutler Cutler Forte Hester 19 23 21 17 23 21 23 32 -3.0 -0.9 -3.9 -1.9 -2.0
2008 NFL Chicago Bears 9 7 0 375 350 25 Smith Briggs Orton Forte Hester 14 26 16 21 8 17 25 32 1.6 0.5 2.1 1.1 1.0
2007 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 334 348 -14 Smith Urlacher Griese Benson Berrian 18 27 16 28 17 20 30 32 -0.9 2.1 1.2 -0.2 1.4
2006 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 427 255 172 Smith Urlacher Grossman Jones Muhammad 2 15 3 5 4 2 10 32 10.8 -2.9 7.9 4.9 3.0
2005 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 260 202 58 Smith Briggs Orton Jones Muhammad 26 29 1 2 11 12 25 32 3.6 -2.2 1.4 -5.2 6.6
2004 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 231 331 -100 Smith Briggs Hutchinson Jones Terrell 32 32 13 21 23 28 32 32 -6.3 -2.0 -8.2 -8.5 0.3
2003 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 283 346 -63 Jauron Azumah Stewart Thomas Booker 23 28 22 14 27 23 26 32 -3.9 0.4 -3.5 -4.2 0.7
2002 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 281 379 -98 Jauron Urlacher Miller Thomas Booker 27 29 25 25 23 27 29 32 -6.1 0.9 -5.3 -4.4 -0.9
2001 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 3 0 338 203 135 Jauron Urlacher Miller Thomas Booker 11 26 1 15 4 3 21 31 8.4 -0.5 7.9 0.8 7.1
2000 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 216 355 -139 Jauron Urlacher McNown Allen Robinson 28 23 20 16 23 26 23 31 -8.7 2.4 -6.3 -6.4 0.1
1999 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 272 341 -69 Jauron Robinson Matthews Enis Robinson 25 8 20 29 17 24 20 31 -4.3 2.3 -2.0 -3.0 1.0
1998 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 276 368 -92 Wannstedt Engram Kramer Bennett Engram 25 21 23 14 22 24 18 30 -5.8 2.0 -3.7 -3.4 -0.3
1997 NFL Chicago Bears 4 12 0 263 421 -158 Wannstedt Flanigan Kramer Harris Proehl 28 17 29 12 26 29 11 30 -9.9 1.4 -8.5 -3.1 -5.3
1996 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 283 305 -22 Wannstedt Conway Krieg Harris Conway 26 21 12 12 14 19 14 30 -1.4 1.1 -0.2 -1.4 1.2
1995 NFL Chicago Bears 9 7 0 392 360 32 Wannstedt Kramer Kramer Salaam Graham 8 9 22 19 9 9 12 30 2.0 0.3 2.3 3.1 -0.8
1994 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 7 0 271 307 -36 Wannstedt Zorich Walsh Tillman Graham 24 23 10 13 20 18 15 28 -2.3 0.3 -1.9 -3.2 1.3
1993 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 234 230 4 Wannstedt Dent Harbaugh Anderson Waddle 24 28 3 4 14 14 26 28 0.3 -0.5 -0.2 -4.6 4.3
1992 NFL Chicago Bears 5 11 0 295 361 -66 Ditka Harbaugh Harbaugh Anderson Davis 16 8 22 17 19 18 13 28 -4.1 0.6 -3.5 -0.2 -3.3
1991 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 299 269 30 Ditka Singletary Harbaugh Anderson Davis 14 11 9 4 19 11 7 28 1.9 -1.0 0.8 -1.2 2.0
1990 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 5 0 348 280 68 Ditka Dent Harbaugh Anderson Davis 10 13 9 6 3 10 9 28 4.3 -0.8 3.4 0.1 3.3
1989 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 358 377 -19 Ditka Anderson Tomczak Anderson Morris 10 10 20 25 19 16 19 28 -1.2 1.2 -0.0 1.8 -1.8
1988 NFL Chicago Bears* 12 4 0 312 215 97 Ditka Singletary McMahon Anderson McKinnon 18 11 1 2 12 4 3 28 6.1 0.5 6.6 -0.0 6.6
1987 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 4 0 356 282 74 Ditka McMichael McMahon Anderson Gault 9 12 4 2 27 6 4 28 4.9 -1.0 3.8 1.5 2.3
1986 NFL Chicago Bears* 14 2 0 352 187 165 Ditka Marshall Tomczak Payton Gault 13 7 1 1 14 1 1 28 10.3 -2.7 7.6 -0.1 7.7
1985 NFL Chicago Bears* 15 1 0 456 198 258 Ditka Dent McMahon Payton Gault 2 7 1 1 1 1 1 28 16.1 -0.2 15.9 6.5 9.4
1984 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 325 248 77 Ditka Hampton McMahon Payton Gault 16 7 3 1 10 9 1 28 4.8 -0.1 4.7 -1.7 6.4
1983 NFL Chicago Bears 8 8 0 311 301 10 Ditka Singletary McMahon Payton Gault 20 6 5 8 12 12 5 28 0.6 -1.7 -1.1 -2.5 1.5
1982 NFL Chicago Bears 3 6 0 141 174 -33 Ditka Hampton McMahon Payton Moorehead 22 26 13 16 13 22 25 28 -3.7 -1.8 -5.4 -4.2 -1.2
1981 NFL Chicago Bears 6 10 0 253 324 -71 Armstrong Fencik Evans Payton Margerum 27 26 14 19 15 23 25 28 -4.4 1.6 -2.9 -4.4 1.5
1980 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 304 264 40 Armstrong Payton Evans Payton Scott 17 24 4 10 21 12 15 28 2.5 -1.1 1.4 -1.2 2.6
1979 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 6 0 306 249 57 Armstrong Payton Phipps Payton Baschnagel 18 24 3 6 4 6 11 28 3.6 -3.6 -0.0 -2.2 2.1
1978 NFL Chicago Bears 7 9 0 253 274 -21 Armstrong Payton Avellini Payton Scott 20 22 9 12 17 19 18 28 -1.3 -1.1 -2.4 -2.7 0.3
1977 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 5 0 255 253 2 Pardee Payton Avellini Payton Scott 13 3 19 22 15 16 8 28 0.1 -3.7 -3.6 0.0 -3.6
1976 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 253 216 37 Pardee Chambers Avellini Payton Scott 17 20 8 17 1 14 17 28 2.6 1.9 4.6 0.3 4.2
1975 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 191 379 -188 Pardee Chambers Huff Payton Rather 24 24 25 17 21 25 23 26 -13.4 1.9 -11.5 -4.9 -6.6
1974 NFL Chicago Bears 4 10 0 152 279 -127 Gibron Chambers Huff Grandberry Wade 25 25 17 9 19 24 19 26 -9.1 -1.2 -10.3 -7.4 -2.9
1973 NFL Chicago Bears 3 11 0 195 334 -139 Gibron Douglass Douglass Garrett Thomas 24 26 20 17 22 23 23 26 -9.9 1.1 -8.8 -4.4 -4.4
1972 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 1 225 275 -50 Gibron Butkus Douglass Douglass Farmer 21 23 15 13 12 19 20 26 -3.6 2.2 -1.3 -2.8 1.5
1971 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 185 276 -91 Dooley Butkus Douglass Shy Farmer 25 24 12 23 16 24 25 26 -6.5 3.1 -3.4 -4.4 1.1
1970 NFL Chicago Bears 6 8 0 256 261 -5 Dooley Butkus Concannon Montgomery Gordon 16 25 10 18 18 15 24 26 -0.4 2.6 2.2 0.4 1.8
1969 NFL Chicago Bears 1 13 0 210 339 -129 Dooley Butkus Concannon Sayers Wallace 16 15 12 5 14 15 11 16 -9.2 3.4 -5.9 -3.2 -2.6
1968 NFL Chicago Bears 7 7 0 250 333 -83 Dooley Butkus Carter Sayers Gordon 10 9 12 11 12 12 11 16 -5.9 0.9 -5.0 -1.1 -3.9
1967 NFL Chicago Bears 7 6 1 239 218 21 Halas Petitbon Concannon Sayers Gordon 13 15 4 2 3 6 10 16 1.5 1.5 3.0 -3.6 6.6
1966 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 2 234 272 -38 Halas Sayers Bukich Sayers Jones 13 12 7 6 6 12 9 15 -2.7 2.5 -0.3 -2.6 2.3
1965 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 409 275 134 Halas Sayers Bukich Sayers Morris 2 3 2 8 2 1 2 14 9.6 5.0 14.6 8.6 5.9
1964 NFL Chicago Bears 5 9 0 260 379 -119 Halas Morris Wade Arnett Morris 10 8 13 13 7 13 13 14 -8.5 4.0 -4.5 -0.8 -3.7
1963 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 1 2 301 144 157 Halas Fortunato Wade Marconi Ditka 10 10 1 1 1 3 3 14 11.2 -1.8 9.4 -1.5 10.9
1962 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 0 321 287 34 Halas Fortunato Wade Marconi Ditka 4 6 5 5 5 4 5 14 2.4 3.6 6.1 2.7 3.4
1961 NFL Chicago Bears 8 6 0 326 302 24 Halas George Wade Galimore Ditka 5 6 9 9 8 6 9 14 1.7 2.5 4.3 2.8 1.5
1960 NFL Chicago Bears 5 6 1 194 299 -105 Halas George Brown Casares Dewveall 11 8 11 2 12 11 5 13 -8.8 0.8 -8.0 -4.9 -3.0
1959 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 252 196 56 Halas George Brown Casares Dooley 7 8 2 5 4 3 8 12 4.7 0.8 5.4 -0.8 6.2
1958 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 298 230 68 Halas George Brown Casares McColl 4 9 4 1 7 3 4 12 5.7 0.2 5.9 1.1 4.8
1957 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 203 211 -8 Driscoll George Brown Casares Dooley 9 8 3 3 12 8 6 12 -0.7 0.1 -0.6 -4.9 4.3
1956 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 2 1 363 246 117 Driscoll Hill Brown Casares Hill 1 1 7 8 2 1 1 12 9.8 0.3 10.0 8.7 1.3
1955 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 294 251 43 Halas Hill Brown Casares Hill 2 1 7 12 9 3 4 12 3.6 -3.6 -0.0 2.3 -2.3
1954 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 301 279 22 Halas Sprinkle Blanda Jagade Hill 5 4 8 7 9 7 7 12 1.8 2.9 4.7 5.2 -0.5
1953 NFL Chicago Bears 3 8 1 218 262 -44 Halas Williams Blanda Morrison Dooley 6 6 7 11 12 7 8 12 -3.7 -0.9 -4.6 -4.5 -0.0
1952 NFL Chicago Bears 5 7 0 245 326 -81 Halas Connor Romanik Morrison Schroeder 8 9 11 10 10 11 10 12 -6.8 -0.0 -6.8 -1.3 -5.5
1951 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 0 286 282 4 Halas Barwegan Lujack Dottley Schroeder 4 2 8 9 3 6 5 12 0.3 -1.5 -1.2 -0.2 -0.9
1950 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 3 0 279 207 72 Halas Connor Lujack Gulyanics Keane 5 3 5 5 10 5 4 13 6.0 -5.5 0.5 -5.5 5.9
1949 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 332 218 114 Halas Lujack Gulyanics Keane 4 1 3 2 7 3 2 10 9.5
1948 NFL Chicago Bears 10 2 0 375 151 224 Halas Luckman Gulyanics Keane 3 5 1 1 3 1 2 10 18.7
1947 NFL Chicago Bears 8 4 0 363 241 122 Halas Luckman Osmanski Keane 1 1 4 6 10 1 1 10 10.2
1946 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 2 1 289 193 96 Halas Luckman Gallarneau McLean 1 2 5 3 2 1 1 10 8.7
1945 NFL Chicago Bears 3 7 0 192 235 -43 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita Kavanaugh 6 3 10 5 7 7 4 10 -4.3
1944 NFL Chicago Bears 6 3 1 258 172 86 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Margarita McLean 2 1 6 2 6 4 1 11 8.6
1943 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 1 1 303 157 146 Johnsos,Anderson Luckman Clarke Clarke 1 1 2 2 4 1 1 10 14.6
1942 NFL Chicago Bears* 11 0 0 376 84 292 Johnsos,Anderson,Halas Luckman Famiglietti McLean 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 10 26.5
1941 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 1 0 396 147 249 Halas Luckman McAfee Kavanaugh 1 1 4 4 2 1 1 10 22.6
1940 NFL Chicago Bears* 8 3 0 238 152 86 Halas Luckman Nolting Kavanaugh 2 3 4 5 1 2 2 10 7.8
1939 NFL Chicago Bears 8 3 0 298 157 141 Halas Masterson Osmanski Plasman 1 1 5 3 2 2 1 10 12.8
1938 NFL Chicago Bears 6 5 0 194 148 46 Halas Masterson Nolting Karr 2 3 4 2 3 3 2 10 4.2
1937 NFL Chicago Bears* 9 1 1 201 100 101 Halas Masterson Nolting Manske 2 4 1 5 2 1 4 10 9.2
1936 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 222 94 128 Halas Masterson Nagurski Hewitt 3 2 1 8 1 3 4 9 10.7
1935 NFL Chicago Bears 6 4 2 192 106 86 Halas Masterson Ronzani Johnsos 1 1 4 6 1 1 1 9 7.2
1934 NFL Chicago Bears* 13 0 0 286 86 200 Halas Molesworth Feathers Feathers 1 1 2 3 4 1 1 11 15.4
1933 NFL Chicago Bears* 10 2 1 133 82 51 Halas Molesworth Nagurski Hewitt 4 3 2 3 5 3 3 10 3.9
1932 NFL Chicago Bears 7 1 6 160 44 116 Jones Molesworth Nagurski Johnsos 1 3 1 1 2 1 3 8 8.3
1931 NFL Chicago Bears 8 5 0 145 92 53 Jones 4 1 3 1 1 3 1 10 4.1
1930 NFL Chicago Bears 9 4 1 169 71 98 Jones 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 11 7.0
1929 NFL Chicago Bears 4 9 2 119 227 -108 Halas 7 1 9 1 1 9 1 12 -7.2
1928 NFL Chicago Bears 7 5 1 182 85 97 Halas 2 1 3 1 1 3 1 10 7.5
1927 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 2 149 98 51 Halas 4 1 4 1 1 4 1 12 3.6
1926 NFL Chicago Bears 12 1 3 216 63 153 Halas 2 1 4 1 1 2 1 22 9.6
1925 NFL Chicago Bears 9 5 3 158 96 62 Halas 7 1 6 1 1 6 1 20 3.6
1924 NFL Chicago Bears 6 1 4 136 55 81 Halas 3 1 5 1 1 3 1 19 7.4
1923 NFL Chicago Bears 9 2 1 123 35 88 Halas 5 1 2 1 1 4 1 20 7.3
1922 NFL Chicago Bears 9 3 0 123 44 79 Halas 6 1 2 1 1 3 1 18 6.6
1921 APFA Chicago Staleys 9 1 1 128 53 75 Halas 7 1 4 1 1 4 1 21 6.8
1920 APFA Decatur Staleys 10 1 2 164 21 143 Halas 7 1 2 1 1 5 1 14 11.0