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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
Starters
Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE · Hide Non-primary Starters| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Rudy Bukich | 34 | 13 | 14 | 147 for 309, 1,858 yards, 10 td, 21 int, & 18 rushes for 14 yards and 2 td | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 24th pick / 1953 |
| HB | Gale Sayers*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 229 rushes for 1,231 yards, 8 td, & 34 catches for 447 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Ronnie Bull | 26 | 4 | 0 | 100 rushes for 318 yards, 0 td, & 20 catches for 174 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| FB | Ralph Kurek | 23 | 1 | 0 | 52 rushes for 179 yards, 1 td, & 10 catches for 178 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 20th / 269th pick / 1965 |
| FL | Dick Gordon | 22 | 1 | 0 | 15 catches for 210 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 2 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| SE | Jim Jones | 25 | 1 | 0 | 28 catches for 504 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for -7 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 84th pick / 1964 |
| TE | Mike Ditka | 27 | 5 | 14 | 32 catches for 378 yards, 2 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1961 |
| LT | Herman Lee | 35 | 9 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 23rd / 270th pick / 1954 |
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| LG | Mike Rabold | 29 | 7 | 0 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1959 |
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| C | Mike Pyle | 27 | 5 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 89th pick / 1961 |
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| RG | Jim Cadile | 26 | 4 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Bob Wetoska | 29 | 6 | 14 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 49th pick / 1959 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Ed O'Bradovich | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| LDT | John Johnson | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 80th pick / 1963 |
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| LDT | Bob Kilcullen | 30 | 9 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 96th pick / 1957 |
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| RDT | Dick Evey | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1964 |
| RDE | Doug Atkins | 36 | 13 | 0 | 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
| LLB | Joe Fortunato | 36 | 11 | 0 | 1 interception, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 80th pick / 1952 |
| MLB | Dick Butkus* | 24 | 1 | 0 | 1 interception, 4 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Jim Purnell | 25 | 2 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | |
| LCB | Bennie McRae | 27 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1962 |
| RCB | Dave Whitsell | 30 | 8 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Detroit Lions / 24th / 289th pick / 1958 |
| LS | Richie Petitbon* | 28 | 7 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1959 |
| RS | Rosey Taylor | 29 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Roger LeClerc | 30 | 6 | 0 | 18 of 30 field goals & 24 of 25 extra points | Chicago Bears / 15th / 177th pick / 1959 |
| P | Bobby Joe Green | 30 | 6 | 0 | 80 punts for a 42.0 average, 0 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| PR | Jon Arnett | 31 | 9 | 0 | 15 punt returns for a 3.9 average and 0 td | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| KR | Gale Sayers*+ | 23 | 1 | 0 | 23 kick returns for a 31.2 average and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Duane Allen | 29 | TE | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-4 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 10/21/1937 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 33rd / 258th pick / 1962 |
| Jon Arnett | 31 | HB-E | 14 | 0 | 197 | 5-11 | USC | 4/20/1935 | 9 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 2nd pick / 1957 |
| Doug Atkins | 36 | DE | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-8 | Tennessee | 5/8/1930 | 13 | Cleveland Browns / 1st / 11th pick / 1953 |
| Charlie Bivins | 28 | HB-TE | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-1 | Morris Brown | 10/16/1938 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 79th pick / 1960 |
| Charlie E. Brown | 24 | DB-HB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Syracuse | 9/13/1942 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1966 |
| Doug Buffone | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| Rudy Bukich | 34 | QB | 14 | 14 | 195 | 6-1 | Iowa,USC | 3/15/1932 | 13 | Los Angeles Rams / 2nd / 24th pick / 1953 |
| Ronnie Bull | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Baylor | 2/2/1940 | 4 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 |
| Dick Butkus* | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/9/1942 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| Jim Cadile | 26 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 7/16/1940 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 |
| Frank Cornish | 22 | DT | 14 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Grambling State | 6/20/1944 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 11th / 144th pick / 1965 |
| Mike Ditka | 27 | TE | 14 | 14 | 228 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 10/18/1939 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1961 |
| Dick Evey | 25 | DT-DE-G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 2/12/1941 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1964 |
| Joe Fortunato | 36 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Mississippi State,VMI | 3/28/1930 | 11 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 80th pick / 1952 |
| Curt Gentry | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Md-Eastern Shore | 8/8/1941 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 17th / 257th pick / 1966 |
| Dick Gordon | 22 | WR-SE-FL | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 1/1/1944 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 30 | P | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/7/1936 | 6 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| John Johnson | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Indiana | 7/5/1941 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 80th pick / 1963 |
| Jim Jones | 25 | SE-FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-3 | Wisconsin | 3/3/1941 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 84th pick / 1964 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 30 | DT-DE-T | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Texas Tech | 5/13/1936 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 8th / 96th pick / 1957 |
| Ralph Kurek | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 2/23/1943 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 269th pick / 1965 |
| Roger LeClerc | 30 | LB-K-C | 14 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Trinity (CT) | 10/1/1936 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 177th pick / 1959 |
| Herman Lee | 35 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 244 | 6-4 | Florida A&M | 8/29/1931 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 23rd / 270th pick / 1954 |
| Joe Marconi | 32 | FB | 10 | 0 | 225 | 6-2 | West Virginia | 2/6/1934 | 10 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 6th pick / 1956 |
| Riley Mattson | 28 | T | 12 | 0 | 252 | 6-4 | Oregon | 12/18/1938 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 11th / 143rd pick / 1961 |
| Bennie McRae | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Michigan | 12/8/1939 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1962 |
| Johnny Morris | 31 | FL-HB | 2 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | California-Santa Barbara | 9/26/1935 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 137th pick / 1958 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 26 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Illinois | 5/21/1940 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| Richie Petitbon* | 28 | DB | 14 | 0 | 206 | 6-3 | Loyola (LA),Tulane | 4/18/1938 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1959 |
| Brian Piccolo | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 10/31/1943 | Rook | |
| Jim Purnell | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 229 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 12/12/1941 | 2 | |
| Mike Pyle | 27 | C | 13 | 13 | 250 | 6-3 | Yale | 7/18/1939 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 89th pick / 1961 |
| Mike Rabold | 29 | G | 14 | 0 | 239 | 6-2 | Indiana | 3/12/1937 | 7 | Detroit Lions / 2nd / 19th pick / 1959 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 24 | QB | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-2 | Georgia | 4/22/1942 | Rook | Oakland Raiders / 11th / 87th pick / 1964 |
| Mike Reilly | 24 | LB | 14 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Iowa | 3/27/1942 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 5th / 37th pick / 1964 |
| Gale Sayers*+ | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Kansas | 5/30/1943 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| Brian Schweda | 23 | DE | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Kansas | 4/30/1943 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 101st pick / 1965 |
| George Seals | 24 | G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Missouri | 10/2/1942 | 2 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 |
| Rosey Taylor | 29 | DB | 14 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Grambling State | 7/4/1937 | 5 | |
| Billy Wade | 36 | QB | 2 | 0 | 202 | 6-2 | Vanderbilt | 10/4/1930 | 12 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 1st pick / 1952 |
| Bob Wetoska | 29 | T-G-C | 14 | 14 | 240 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 8/22/1937 | 6 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 49th pick / 1959 |
| Dave Whitsell | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Indiana | 6/14/1936 | 8 | Detroit Lions / 24th / 289th pick / 1958 |
| Team Total | 27.5 | 14 | 221.6 | 6-2.1 | 4.7 |