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1961 Chicago Bears
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Record: 8-6-0, Finished 3rd in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 326 points (23.3/g), 5th of 14 in the NFL.
Allowed 302 points (21.6/g), 9th.
Differential of 24 points (1.7/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 8th.
Coached by George Halas (8-6-0)
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1961 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Drafted Players
Glossary · CSV · PRE · Draft Index · Full 1961 Draft Results| Passing | Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rnd | Pick | Tm | Pos | Yrs | From | To | AP1 | PB | St | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Att | Yds | TD | Rec | Yds | TD | College/Univ | |
| 1 | 5 | CHI | Mike Ditka HOF | TE | 12 | 1961 | 1972 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 158 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 427 | 5812 | 43 | Pittsburgh | |||||
| 2 | 20 | CHI | Bill Brown | RB | 14 | 1961 | 1974 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 194 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1649 | 5838 | 52 | 286 | 3183 | 23 | Illinois |
| 3 | 33 | CHI | Claude Gibson | DB | 5 | 1961 | 1965 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 70 | North Carolina State | |||||||||||
| 4 | 48 | CHI | Ernie Ladd | DT | 8 | 1961 | 1968 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 112 | Grambling State | |||||||||||
| 5 | 61 | CHI | Keith Lincoln | FB | 8 | 1961 | 1968 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 99 | 8 | 17 | 240 | 5 | 1 | 758 | 3383 | 19 | 165 | 2250 | 19 | Washington State |
| 6 | 76 | CHI | George Fleming | HB | 1 | 1961 | 1961 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 31 | 112 | 1 | 10 | 49 | 0 | Washington |
| 7 | 89 | CHI | Mike Pyle | C | 9 | 1961 | 1969 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 121 | Yale | |||||||||||
| 8 | 104 | CHI | Ed Ryan | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 9 | 117 | CHI | Bobby Bethune | DB | 1 | 1962 | 1962 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | Mississippi State | |||||||||||
| 10 | 132 | CHI | Jason Harness | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | Michigan State | |||||||||||||||
| 11 | 145 | CHI | Sam Fewell | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 12 | 160 | CHI | Howard Dyer | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | VMI | |||||||||||||||
| 13 | 173 | CHI | Bob McLeod | TE | 6 | 1961 | 1966 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 84 | 126 | 1926 | 19 | Abilene Christian | ||||||||
| 14 | 188 | CHI | Jim Tyrer | T | 14 | 1961 | 1974 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 194 | Ohio State | |||||||||||
| 15 | 201 | CHI | Chuck Linning | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Miami (FL) | |||||||||||||||
| 16 | 216 | CHI | Wayne Frazier | C | 4 | 1962 | 1967 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 48 | Auburn | |||||||||||
| 17 | 229 | CHI | Rossie Barfield | E | 0 | 0 | 0 | North Carolina Central | |||||||||||||||
| 18 | 244 | CHI | John Finn | T | 0 | 0 | 0 | Louisville | |||||||||||||||
| 19 | 257 | CHI | Ben Charles | QB | 0 | 0 | 0 | South Carolina | |||||||||||||||
| 20 | 272 | CHI | Gordon Mason | B | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tennessee Tech | |||||||||||||||