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Record: 7-6-1, Finished 2nd in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 239 points (17.1/g), 13th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 218 points (15.6/g), 4th.
Differential of 21 points (1.5/g), 6th.
Expected W-L: 7.8-6.2.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +12 (0.9/g), 3rd.
Simple Rating System: Total 3.0, Offense: -3.6, Defense: 6.6, SoS: 1.5, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
George Halas
Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)
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| Tot Yds & TO | Passing | Rushing | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pts | Yds | Ply | Y/P | 1stD | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | 1stD | Att | Yds | TD | 1stD | TO | FL | 1stPy | |||
| Team Offense | 239 | 3293 | 784 | 4.2 | 175 | 131 | 268 | 1441 | 9 | 18 | 4.9 | 62 | 489 | 1852 | 12 | 3.8 | 98 | 32 | 14 | 15 |
| Team Defense | 218 | 3406 | 833 | 4.1 | 215 | 164 | 384 | 1875 | 14 | 28 | 4.5 | 98 | 419 | 1531 | 11 | 3.7 | 91 | 44 | 16 | 26 |
| Lg Rank Offense | 13 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 13 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 8 | ||||||
| Lg Rank Defense | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| Score | Offense | Defense | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 17 | boxscore | L | 0-1 | @ | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13 | 41 | 6 | 95 | 79 | 16 | 6 | 23 | 393 | 198 | 195 | 2 | |
| 2 | Sun | September 24 | boxscore | L | 0-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 13 | 6 | 159 | 19 | 140 | 1 | 24 | 365 | 132 | 233 | 8 | |
| 3 | Sun | October 1 | boxscore | W | 1-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 17 | 7 | 17 | 221 | 27 | 194 | 12 | 200 | 137 | 63 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Sun | October 8 | boxscore | L | 1-3 | Baltimore Colts | 3 | 24 | 15 | 272 | 201 | 71 | 5 | 15 | 219 | 149 | 70 | 4 | ||
| 5 | Sun | October 15 | boxscore | W | 2-3 | Detroit Lions | 14 | 3 | 14 | 265 | 28 | 237 | 3 | 9 | 168 | 126 | 42 | 3 | ||
| 6 | Sun | October 22 | boxscore | L | 2-4 | @ | Cleveland Browns | 0 | 24 | 9 | 136 | 116 | 20 | 2 | 23 | 347 | 158 | 189 | 1 | |
| 7 | Sun | October 29 | boxscore | L | 2-5 | Los Angeles Rams | 17 | 28 | 11 | 180 | 88 | 92 | 4 | 20 | 309 | 144 | 165 | 3 | ||
| 8 | Sun | November 5 | boxscore | W | 3-5 | @ | Detroit Lions | 27 | 13 | 9 | 180 | 60 | 120 | 2 | 12 | 174 | 83 | 91 | 4 | |
| 9 | Sun | November 12 | boxscore | W | 4-5 | New York Giants | 34 | 7 | 16 | 264 | 117 | 147 | 1 | 14 | 161 | 78 | 83 | 4 | ||
| 10 | Sun | November 19 | boxscore | W | 5-5 | St. Louis Cardinals | 30 | 3 | 13 | 461 | 320 | 141 | 3 | 15 | 230 | 154 | 76 | 9 | ||
| 11 | Sun | November 26 | boxscore | L | 5-6 | Green Bay Packers | 13 | 17 | 14 | 249 | 56 | 193 | 3 | 15 | 245 | 174 | 71 | |||
| 12 | Sun | December 3 | boxscore | W | 6-6 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 28 | 14 | 15 | 220 | 107 | 113 | 2 | 9 | 226 | 155 | 71 | 2 | |
| 13 | Sun | December 10 | boxscore | T | 6-6-1 | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 10 | 16 | 298 | 108 | 190 | 11 | 212 | 107 | 105 | 1 | |||
| 14 | Sun | December 17 | boxscore | W | 7-6-1 | @ | Atlanta Falcons | 23 | 14 | 14 | 293 | 115 | 178 | 13 | 157 | 80 | 77 | 1 | ||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | QBrec | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int | Lng | Sk | Yds | 4QC | GWD | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | Jack Concannon | 24 | QB | 13 | 12 | 7-4-1 | 92 | 186 | 49.5 | 1260 | 6 | 3.2 | 14 | 7.5 | 93 | 6.8 | 4.0 | 13.7 | 96.9 | 50.9 | ||||||||
| 12 | Larry Rakestraw | 25 | qb | 5 | 2 | 0-2-0 | 21 | 44 | 47.7 | 228 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 34 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 45.6 | 67.2 | ||||||||
| 10 | Rudy Bukich | 35 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 33 | 54.5 | 185 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 30 | 5.6 | 2.9 | 10.3 | 61.7 | 45.6 | ||||||||||
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 24 | HB/KR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 39.6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 7-6-1 | 131 | 268 | 48.9 | 1673 | 9 | 3.4 | 18 | 6.7 | 93 | 6.2 | 3.9 | 12.8 | 119.5 | 52.0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 164 | 384 | 42.7 | 2146 | 14 | 3.6 | 28 | 7.3 | 5.6 | 3.04 | 13.1 | 153.3 | 42.7 | 30 | 271 | 4.5 | 2.2 | 7.2 |
| Rushing | Receiving | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Att | Yds | TD | Lng | Rec | Yds | TD | Lng | YScm | RRTD | Fmb | |||||||
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 24 | HB/KR | 13 | 0 | 186 | 880 | 7 | 70 | 4.7 | 67.7 | 14.3 | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 1 | 32 | 1.2 | 9.7 | 1006 | 8 | 8 |
| 41 | Brian Piccolo | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 87 | 317 | 0 | 31 | 3.6 | 22.6 | 6.2 | 13 | 103 | 7.9 | 0 | 25 | 0.9 | 7.4 | 420 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Jack Concannon | 24 | QB | 13 | 12 | 67 | 279 | 3 | 31 | 4.2 | 21.5 | 5.2 | 279 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
| 29 | Ronnie Bull | 27 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 176 | 0 | 11 | 2.9 | 14.7 | 5.1 | 18 | 250 | 13.9 | 1 | 63 | 1.5 | 20.8 | 426 | 1 | 0 | |
| 32 | Ralph Kurek | 24 | 14 | 0 | 37 | 112 | 0 | 13 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 2.6 | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 0 | 8 | 0.4 | 2.1 | 142 | 0 | 2 | |
| 48 | Andy Livingston | 23 | 12 | 0 | 28 | 41 | 0 | 6 | 1.5 | 3.4 | 2.3 | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 0 | 38 | 0.4 | 5.2 | 103 | 0 | 3 | |
| 12 | Larry Rakestraw | 25 | qb | 5 | 2 | 11 | 42 | 2 | 20 | 3.8 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 42 | 2 | 2 | |||||||
| 80 | Jim Jones | 26 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 4.8 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 0 | 34 | 0.5 | 9.9 | 157 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | Rudy Bukich | 35 | 3 | 0 | 4 | -13 | 0 | 2 | -3.3 | -4.3 | 1.3 | -13 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||
| 45 | Dick Gordon | 23 | PR/SE | 14 | 0 | 3 | -7 | 0 | 9 | -2.3 | -0.5 | 0.2 | 31 | 534 | 17.2 | 5 | 93 | 2.2 | 38.1 | 527 | 5 | 2 |
| 47 | Johnny Morris | 32 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 20 | 231 | 11.6 | 1 | 31 | 1.4 | 16.5 | 237 | 1 | 0 |
| 84 | Austin Denney | 23 | TE | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 0 | 19 | 1.7 | 16.1 | 113 | 0 | 0 | |
| 43 | Bob D. Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 1 | 51 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 80 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 89 | Terry Stoepel | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 0 | 6 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 489 | 1852 | 12 | 70 | 3.8 | 132.3 | 34.9 | 131 | 1673 | 12.8 | 9 | 93 | 9.4 | 119.5 | 3525 | 21 | 25 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 419 | 1531 | 11 | 3.7 | 109.4 | 29.9 | 164 | 1875 | 11.4 | 14 | 11.7 | 133.9 | 3406 | 25 | 23 | ||||||
| Punt Returns | Kick Returns | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Ret | Yds | TD | Lng | Rt | Yds | TD | Lng | APYd | |||
| 45 | Dick Gordon | 23 | PR/SE | 14 | 0 | 12 | 82 | 0 | 43 | 6.8 | 16 | 397 | 0 | 32 | 24.8 | 1006 |
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 24 | HB/KR | 13 | 0 | 3 | 80 | 1 | 58 | 26.7 | 16 | 603 | 3 | 103 | 37.7 | 1689 |
| 23 | Al Dodd | 22 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 2.7 | 3 | 34 | 0 | 24 | 11.3 | 42 | |
| 32 | Ralph Kurek | 24 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 81 | 0 | 25 | 16.2 | 223 | ||||||
| 47 | Johnny Morris | 32 | FL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | 15 | 6.0 | 261 | |||||
| 22 | Charlie E. Brown | 25 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 0 | 17 | 17.0 | 34 | ||||||
| 65 | Randy B. Jackson | 23 | LT | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | |||||
| 60 | Doug Kriewald | 22 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 59 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 24 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | ||||||
| 89 | Terry Stoepel | 22 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 6 | ||||||
| 20 | Joe Taylor | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | ||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 22 | 194 | 1 | 58 | 8.8 | 47 | 1157 | 3 | 103 | 24.6 | 4876 | |||
| Opp Total | 14 | 41 | 0 | 52 | 1064 | 0 | 20.5 | |||||||||
| 0-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ | Tot | PAT | Punting | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | FGA | FGM | XPA | XPM | Pnt | Yds | Lng | Blck | ||||
| 88 | Bobby Joe Green | 31 | P | 14 | 0 | 79 | 3392 | 68 | 0 | 42.9 | ||||||||||||||||
| 83 | Mac Percival | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 50.0% | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | |||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 50.0% | 29 | 26 | 89.7% | 79 | 3392 | 68 | 0 | 42.9 | |||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 26 | 10 | 38.5% | 27 | 26 | 96.3% | 77 | 3180 | 41.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| Def Interceptions | Fumbles | Tackles | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Sk | Int | Yds | TD | Lng | PD | FF | Fmb | FR | Yds | TD | Tkl | Ast | Sfty | |
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 24 | HB/KR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 | Rosey Taylor | 30 | RS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 19 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 1 | ||||
| 17 | Richie Petitbon* | 29 | LS | 14 | 0 | 5 | 73 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 11 | Jack Concannon | 24 | QB | 13 | 12 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 73 | Frank Cornish | 23 | LDT | 14 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 26 | Bennie McRae | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 5 | 94 | 2 | 34 | 0 | |||||||||
| 55 | Doug Buffone | 23 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 3 | 39 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 51 | Dick Butkus* | 25 | MLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 46 | Curt Gentry | 26 | RCB | 14 | 0 | 4 | 25 | 0 | 17 | 0 | |||||||||
| 22 | Charlie E. Brown | 25 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 45 | Dick Gordon | 23 | PR/SE | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 32 | Ralph Kurek | 24 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 48 | Andy Livingston | 23 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 41 | Brian Piccolo | 24 | FB | 14 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 12 | Larry Rakestraw | 25 | qb | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 81 | Marty Amsler | 25 | RDE | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 10 | Rudy Bukich | 35 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 20 | Joe Taylor | 28 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| 29 | Ronnie Bull | 27 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 72 | Jim Cadile | 27 | RG | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 23 | Al Dodd | 22 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 86 | Loyd Phillips | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 28 | 334 | 2 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 27 | 41 | 2 | |||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 27 | 23 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | RshTD | RecTD | PR TD | KR TD | FblTD | IntTD | OthTD | AllTD | 2PM | XPM | FGM | Sfty | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 24 | HB/KR | 13 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 72 | |||||||
| 83 | Mac Percival | 27 | K | 14 | 0 | 26 | 13 | 65 | ||||||||||
| 45 | Dick Gordon | 23 | PR/SE | 14 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 11 | Jack Concannon | 24 | QB | 13 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 18 | ||||||||||
| 26 | Bennie McRae | 28 | LCB | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 12 | Larry Rakestraw | 25 | qb | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 55 | Doug Buffone | 23 | LLB | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 29 | Ronnie Bull | 27 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 43 | Bob D. Jones | 22 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | |||||||||||
| 47 | Johnny Morris | 32 | FL | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 24 | Rosey Taylor | 30 | RS | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||||
| Team Total | 25.8 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 29 | 26 | 13 | 239 | ||||||
| Opp Total | 14 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 10 | 218 |