1966 Chicago Bears

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Record: 5-7-2, Finished 5th in NFL West Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 234 points (16.7/g), 13th of 15 in the NFL.
Allowed 272 points (19.4/g), 7th.
Differential of -38 points (-2.7/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 6th.

Coached by George Halas (5-7-2)

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1966 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 11	box	L	0-1	@	Detroit Lions	3	14	17	256	109	147	3	14	208	85	123	3
2	Fri	September 16	box	L	0-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	31	12	239	118	121	3	17	294	195	99	4
3	Sun	October 2	box	W	1-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	10	11	283	179	104	2	16	284	169	115	3
4	Sun	October 9	box	W	2-2		Baltimore Colts	27	17	19	315	96	219	1	19	364	256	108	4
5	Sun	October 16	box	L	2-3		Green Bay Packers	0	17	6	94	52	42	4	12	180	59	121	2
6	Sun	October 23	box	W	3-3		Los Angeles Rams	17	10	15	287	135	152	2	14	203	95	108	2
7	Mon	October 31	box	L	3-4	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	24	16	282	173	109	4	11	166	47	119	3
8	Sun	November 6	box	T	3-4-1		Detroit Lions	10	10	15	282	106	176		17	255	167	88	1
9	Sun	November 13	box	T	3-4-2		San Francisco 49ers	30	30	12	220	120	100	1	28	423	311	112	3
10	Sun	November 20	box	L	3-5-2	@	Green Bay Packers	6	13	9	160	85	75	4	15	296	227	69	2
11	Sun	November 27	box	W	4-5-2		Atlanta Falcons	23	6	23	476	177	299	4	6	167	101	66	3
12	Sun	December 4	box	L	4-6-2	@	Baltimore Colts	16	21	18	296	245	51	3	16	260	148	112	2
13	Sun	December 11	box	L	4-7-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	41	9	129	64	65	4	25	411	262	149	2
14	Sun	December 18	box	W	5-7-2		Minnesota Vikings	41	28	14	380	113	267		29	460	245	215	4

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	TO	FL	1stPy
Team Offense	234	3699	830	4.5	196	159	338	1772	10	23	4.8	85	463	1927	12	4.2	96	35	12	15
Team Defense	272	3971	901	4.4	376	202	406	2367	13	15	5.4	116	466	1604	13	3.4	239	38	23	21
Lg Rank Offense	13	12			15		14	15	14	10	10		5	4	8	4		5	3
Lg Rank Defense	7	6			7		7	5	2	14	8		11	4	8	4		7	1

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A
Rudy Bukich	34	QB	14	14	147	309	47.6	1858	10	3.2	21	6.8	80	6.0	3.3	12.6	132.7	49.3
Billy Wade	36		2	0	9	21	42.9	79	0	0.0	1	4.8	14	3.8	1.6	8.8	39.5	33.6
Gale Sayers*+	23	HB	14	0	2	6	33.3	58	0	0.0	1	16.7	39	9.7	2.2	29.0	4.1	30.6
Jon Arnett	31	RET	14	0	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6
Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	0	1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.5	118.7
Team Total	27.5		14		159	338	47.0	2016	10	3.0	23	6.8	80	6.0	3.2	12.7	144.0	47.6
Opp Total			14		202	406	49.8	2367	13	3.2	15	3.7		5.8	4.5	11.7	169.1	63.1	29	233	5.4	3.7

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Rushing							Receiving
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	YScm	RRTD	Fmb
Gale Sayers*+	23	HB	14	0	229	1231	8	58	5.4	87.9	16.4	34	447	13.1	2	80	2.4	31.9	1678	10	2
Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	0	100	318	0	13	3.2	22.7	7.1	20	174	8.7	0	28	1.4	12.4	492	0	4
Jon Arnett	31	RET	14	0	55	178	1	21	3.2	12.7	3.9	10	42	4.2	0	11	0.7	3.0	220	1	3
Ralph Kurek	23	fb	14	0	52	179	1	12	3.4	12.8	3.7	10	178	17.8	0	49	0.7	12.7	357	1	1
Rudy Bukich	34	QB	14	14	18	14	2	12	0.8	1.0	1.3								14	2	8
Joe Marconi	32		10	0	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.5	0.3								5	0	0
Brian Piccolo	23		14	0	3	12	0	5	4.0	0.9	0.2								12	0	0
Jim Jones	25	SE	14	0	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	28	504	18.0	5	80	2.0	36.0	497	5	1
Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	0	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	15	210	14.0	1	40	1.1	15.0	212	1	4
Larry Rakestraw	24		1	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-5.0	1.0								-5	0	1
Mike Ditka	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	32	378	11.8	2	30	2.3	27.0	378	2	0
Johnny Morris	31		2	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	0	15	2.5	24.5	49	0	0
Duane Allen	29		11	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	14	0.3	2.5	28	0	0
Charlie Bivins	28		14	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	6	3.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	6	0	1
Team Total	27.5		14		463	1927	12	58	4.2	137.6	33.1	159	2016	12.7	10	80	11.4	144.0	3943	22	26
Opp Total			14		466	1604	13		3.4	114.6	33.3	202	2367	11.7	13		14.4	169.1	3971	26	35

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Gale Sayers*+	23	HB	14	0	6	44	0	27	7.3	23	718	2	93	31.2	2440
Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	0	4	-5	0	0	-1.3	19	521	0	94	27.4	728
Jon Arnett	31	RET	14	0	15	58	0	20	3.9	2	39	0	25	19.5	317
Dick Butkus*	24	MLB	14	0						3	32	0	18	10.7	32
Rosey Taylor	29	RS	14	0						1	3	0	3	3.0	3
Team Total	27.5		14		25	97	0	27	3.9	48	1341	2	94	27.9	5381
Opp Total			14		46		1			49	1055	0		21.5

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					0--19		20--29		30--39		40--49		50+		Tot			PAT			Punting
	Age	Pos	G	GS	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FGA	FGM	FG%	XPA	XPM	XP%	Pnt	Yds	Lng	Blck	Y/P
Bobby Joe Green	30	P	14	0																	80	3358	69	0	42.0
Roger LeClerc	30	K	14	0											30	18	60.0%	25	24	96.0%
Team Total	27.5		14												30	18	60.0%	25	24	96.0%	80	3358	69	0	42.0
Opp Total			14												29	12	41.4%	34	32	94.1%	71	3010			42.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Jon Arnett	31	RET	14	0								3	2	0	0
Doug Atkins	36	RDE	12	0		1	3	0	3
Charlie Bivins	28		14	0								1	2	-2	0
Doug Buffone	22		14	0								0	1	0	0
Rudy Bukich	34	QB	14	14								8	2	0	0
Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	0								4	1	0	0
Dick Butkus*	24	MLB	14	0		1	3	0	3			0	4	0	0
Dick Evey	25	RDT	14	0								0	1	0	0
Joe Fortunato	36	LLB	14	0		1	3	0	3			0	3	24	1
Curt Gentry	25		13	0		1	0	0	0			1	0	0	0
Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	0								4	1	0	0
Jim Jones	25	SE	14	0								1	0	0	0
Ralph Kurek	23	fb	14	0								1	1	0	0
Bennie McRae	27	LCB	14	0		3	53	0	53			0	1	0	0
Ed O'Bradovich	26	LDE	14	0								0	3	11	1
Richie Petitbon*	28	LS	14	0		4	34	0	20
Brian Piccolo	23		14	0								0	2	0	0
Jim Purnell	25	RLB	14	0								0	3	0	0
Larry Rakestraw	24		1	0								1	1	0	0
Mike Reilly	24		14	0								0	2	0	0
Gale Sayers*+	23	HB	14	0								2	3	0	0
Brian Schweda	23		14	0								0	1	0	0
George Seals	24		14	0								0	1	-3	0
Rosey Taylor	29	RS	14	0		1	15	0	15			0	2	6	0
Dave Whitsell	30	RCB	14	0		3	44	0	21
Team Total	27.5		14			15	155	0	53			26	37	36	2
Opp Total			14		29							35	12

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
Roger LeClerc	30	K	14	0						24	18	78
Gale Sayers*+	23	HB	14	0	8	2		2				72
Jim Jones	25	SE	14	0		5						30
Rudy Bukich	34	QB	14	14	2							12
Mike Ditka	27	TE	14	14		2						12
Jon Arnett	31	RET	14	0	1							6
Joe Fortunato	36	LLB	14	0					1			6
Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	0		1						6
Ralph Kurek	23	fb	14	0	1							6
Ed O'Bradovich	26	LDE	14	0					1			6
Team Total	27.5		14		12	10		2	2	24	18	234
Opp Total			14		13	13	1			32	12	272

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