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1969 Chicago Bears
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Record: 1-13-0, Finished 4th in NFL Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 210 points (15.0/g), 16th of 16 in the NFL.
Allowed 339 points (24.2/g), 12th.
Differential of -129 points (-9.2/g), 15th.
Expected W-L: 3.4-10.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -11 (-0.8/g), 14th.
Simple Rating System: Total -5.9, Offense: -3.2, Defense: -2.6, SoS: 3.4, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Jim Dooley (1-13-0)
Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Bobby Douglass | 22 | Rook | 7 | 68 for 148, 773 yards, 5 td, 8 int, & 51 rushes for 408 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| QB | Jack Concannon | 26 | 5 | 5 | 87 for 160, 783 yards, 4 td, 8 int, & 22 rushes for 62 yards and 1 td | Boston Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 |
| HB | Gale Sayers*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 236 rushes for 1,032 yards, 8 td, & 17 catches for 116 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| FB | Ronnie Bull | 29 | 7 | 0 | 44 rushes for 187 yards, 0 td, & 14 catches for 91 yards and 0 td | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
| WR | Dick Gordon | 25 | 4 | 0 | 36 catches for 414 yards, 4 td, & 2 rushes for 28 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| WR | Bob Wallace | 24 | 1 | 0 | 47 catches for 553 yards, 5 td, & 4 rushes for 16 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 46th pick / 1968 |
| TE | Austin Denney | 25 | 2 | 0 | 22 catches for 203 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 4 yards and 0 td | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 160th pick / 1966 |
| LT | Randy B. Jackson | 25 | 2 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 Chicago Bears / 4th / 51st pick / 1966 |
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| LG | George Seals | 27 | 5 | 0 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 64th pick / 1964 |
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| C | Mike Pyle | 30 | 8 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 89th pick / 1961 | |
| RG | Jim Cadile | 29 | 7 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 Oakland Raiders / 22nd / 169th pick / 1962 |
| RT | Rufus Mayes | 22 | Rook | 0 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 | |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dick Evey | 28 | 5 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1964 |
| LDT | Frank Cornish | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 144th pick / 1965 | |
| RDT | Willie Holman | 24 | 1 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 181st pick / 1968 | |
| RDE | Ed O'Bradovich | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| LLB | Doug Buffone | 25 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 72nd pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Dick Butkus*+ | 27 | 4 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 2nd / 9th pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Rudy Kuechenberg | 26 | 2 | 0 | ||
| LCB | Bennie McRae | 30 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 8th / 62nd pick / 1962 |
| RCB | Joe Taylor | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| LS | George Youngblood | 24 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 97th pick / 1966 |
| RS | Dick Daniels | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mac Percival | 29 | 2 | 0 | 8 of 21 field goals & 26 of 26 extra points | |
| P | Bobby Joe Green | 33 | 9 | 0 | 76 punts for a 39.0 average, 1 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| PR | Garry Lyle | 24 | 1 | 0 | 12 punt returns for a 6.5 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| KR | Gale Sayers*+ | 26 | 4 | 0 | 14 kick returns for a 24.2 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 81 | Marty Amsler | 27 | DE | 11 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Indiana,Evansville | 10/26/1942 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 18th / 243rd pick / 1965 |
| 55 | Doug Buffone | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 72nd pick / 1966 |
| 29 | Ronnie Bull | 29 | RB | 6 | 0 | 200 | 6-0 | Baylor | 2/2/1940 | 7 | Dallas Texans / 1st / 3rd pick / 1962 Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1962 |
| 51 | Dick Butkus*+ | 27 | LB | 13 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/9/1942 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 Denver Broncos / 2nd / 9th pick / 1965 |
| 72 | Jim Cadile | 29 | G-T | 14 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | San Jose St. | 7/16/1940 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 Oakland Raiders / 22nd / 169th pick / 1962 |
| 23 | Lee Calland | 28 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Louisville | 9/14/1941 | 6 | |
| 15 | Virgil Carter | 24 | QB | 3 | 2 | 192 | 6-1 | BYU | 11/9/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 142nd pick / 1967 |
| 34 | Tim Casey | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-1 | Oregon | 2/29/1944 | Rook | |
| 11 | Jack Concannon | 26 | QB | 14 | 5 | 205 | 6-3 | Boston Col. | 2/25/1943 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 16th pick / 1964 |
| 36 | Ron Copeland | 23 | WR | 6 | 0 | 196 | 6-5 | UCLA | 10/3/1946 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 169th pick / 1969 |
| 73 | Frank Cornish | 25 | DT | 14 | 0 | 282 | 6-4 | Grambling St. | 6/20/1944 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 144th pick / 1965 |
| 23 | Dick Daniels | 25 | DB | 8 | 0 | 180 | 5-9 | Pacific (OR) | 10/19/1944 | 3 | |
| 84 | Austin Denney | 25 | TE | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-2 | Tennessee | 1/2/1944 | 2 | Dallas Cowboys / 11th / 160th pick / 1966 |
| 14 | Bobby Douglass | 22 | QB | 11 | 7 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| 79 | Dick Evey | 28 | DT-DE-G | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-4 | Tennessee | 2/12/1941 | 5 | Buffalo Bills / 2nd / 12th pick / 1964 Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1964 |
| 58 | James Ferguson | 27 | C-LB | 4 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | USC | 10/15/1942 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 17th / 439th pick / 1968 |
| 45 | Dick Gordon | 25 | WR-SE-FL | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Michigan St. | 1/1/1944 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| 88 | Bobby Joe Green | 33 | P | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/7/1936 | 9 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| 75 | Dave Hale | 22 | DT-DE | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-8 | Ottawa (KS) | 6/21/1947 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 12th / 300th pick / 1969 |
| 49 | Major Hazelton | 25 | DB | 9 | 0 | 185 | 6-1 | Florida A&M | 9/9/1944 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 57th pick / 1968 |
| 85 | Willie Holman | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | South Carolina St. | 2/27/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 181st pick / 1968 |
| 33 | Mike Hull | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | USC | 1/2/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 16th pick / 1968 |
| 65 | Randy B. Jackson | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Florida | 3/6/1944 | 2 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 Chicago Bears / 4th / 51st pick / 1966 |
| 70 | Ken Kortas | 27 | DT | 3 | 0 | 280 | 6-4 | Louisville | 5/17/1942 | 5 | St. Louis Cardinals / 1st / 9th pick / 1964 Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 18th pick / 1964 |
| 59 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-0 | Indiana | 2/7/1943 | 2 | |
| 32 | Ralph Kurek | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Wisconsin | 2/23/1943 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 20th / 269th pick / 1965 |
| 44 | Garry Lyle | 24 | DB-RB | 13 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | George Washington | 10/20/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| 53 | Dave Martin | 23 | LB | 8 | 0 | 225 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 10/23/1946 | 1 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 157th pick / 1968 |
| 74 | Wayne Mass | 23 | T | 11 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | Clemson | 3/11/1946 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 99th pick / 1968 |
| 71 | Rufus Mayes | 22 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 260 | 6-5 | Ohio St. | 12/5/1947 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 1969 |
| 26 | Bennie McRae | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | Michigan | 12/8/1939 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 21st pick / 1962 Boston Patriots / 8th / 62nd pick / 1962 |
| 22 | Ross Montgomery | 23 | RB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-3 | TCU | 12/10/1946 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 66th pick / 1969 |
| 68 | Howard Mudd | 27 | G | 8 | 0 | 254 | 6-2 | Michigan St.,Hillsdale | 2/10/1942 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 113th pick / 1964 |
| 87 | Ed O'Bradovich | 29 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Illinois | 5/21/1940 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| 38 | Ray Ogden | 27 | TE | 11 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Alabama | 9/2/1942 | 4 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 40th pick / 1965 Houston Oilers / 8th / 58th pick / 1965 |
| 83 | Mac Percival | 29 | K | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1940 | 2 | |
| 86 | Loyd Phillips | 24 | DE | 12 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 5/2/1945 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 10th pick / 1967 |
| 41 | Brian Piccolo | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-0 | Wake Forest | 10/31/1943 | 3 | |
| 70 | Bob Pickens | 26 | T | 3 | 0 | 258 | 6-4 | Wisconsin,Nebraska | 2/2/1943 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 44th pick / 1966 |
| 57 | Dan Pride | 27 | LB | 3 | 0 | 225 | 6-3 | Tennessee St.,Jackson St. | 6/7/1942 | 1 | San Diego Chargers / 10th / 90th pick / 1966 |
| 50 | Mike Pyle | 30 | C | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Yale | 7/18/1939 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 89th pick / 1961 |
| 40 | Gale Sayers*+ | 26 | RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Kansas | 5/30/1943 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 5th pick / 1965 |
| 67 | George Seals | 27 | G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Missouri | 10/2/1942 | 5 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 San Diego Chargers / 8th / 64th pick / 1964 |
| 80 | Jerry Simmons | 27 | WR-SE | 8 | 0 | 190 | 6-0 | Bethune-Cookman | 11/14/1942 | 4 | |
| 20 | Joe Taylor | 30 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 8/27/1939 | 2 | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| 24 | Rosey Taylor | 32 | DB | 6 | 0 | 186 | 5-11 | Grambling St. | 7/4/1937 | 8 | |
| 21 | Cecil Turner | 25 | FL-WR | 9 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 4/2/1944 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 127th pick / 1968 |
| 82 | Emilio Vallez | 23 | TE | 3 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | New Mexico | 4/30/1946 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 316th pick / 1968 |
| 89 | Bob Wallace | 24 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 10/7/1945 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 46th pick / 1968 |
| 63 | Bob Wetoska | 32 | T-G-C | 6 | 0 | 240 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 8/22/1937 | 9 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 49th pick / 1959 |
| 37 | George Youngblood | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-3 | Los Angeles St. | 1/4/1945 | 3 | Los Angeles Rams / 7th / 97th pick / 1966 |
| Team Total | 26.1 | 14 | 221.8 | 6-2.3 | 3.1 |