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1970 Chicago Bears

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Record: 6-8-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 256 points (18.3/g), 16th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 261 points (18.6/g), 10th.
 Differential of -5 points (-0.4/g), 15th.
 Expected W-L: 6.8-7.2.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.3/g), 18th.

Coached by Jim Dooley (6-8-0)

1970 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sat September 19 box W 1-0 @ New York Giants 24 16 18 256 158 98 3 16 311 253 58 3
2 Sun September 27 box W 2-0 Philadelphia Eagles 20 16 12 181 144 37 1 19 323 232 91 1
3 Mon October 5 box L 2-1 @ Detroit Lions 14 28 8 177 139 38 3 22 350 210 140 1
4 Sun October 11 box L 2-2 Minnesota Vikings 0 24 9 137 75 62 6 17 342 200 142 3
5 Sun October 18 box L 2-3 San Diego Chargers 7 20 15 217 117 100 2 20 357 274 83
6 Sun October 25 box L 2-4 Detroit Lions 10 16 10 310 235 75 4 13 187 79 108 1
7 Sun November 1 box W 3-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 23 14 10 154 65 89 2 17 278 131 147 3
8 Sun November 8 box L 3-5 San Francisco 49ers 16 37 11 178 87 91 2 19 387 340 47 1
9 Sun November 15 box L 3-6 @ Green Bay Packers 19 20 12 282 172 110 18 319 196 123 1
10 Sun November 22 box W 4-6 Buffalo Bills 31 13 12 241 150 91 2 14 253 119 134 5
11 Sun November 29 box L 4-7 @ Baltimore Colts 20 21 14 235 132 103 18 308 258 50 5
12 Sat December 5 box L 4-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 16 9 129 88 41 3 16 281 79 202 1
13 Sun December 13 box W 5-8 Green Bay Packers 35 17 20 392 339 53 3 16 180 82 98 2
14 Sun December 20 box W 6-8 @ New Orleans Saints 24 3 19 376 272 104 4 9 191 143 48 4

Team Stats and Rankings

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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 256 3265 808 4.0 179 210 422 2173 21 22 4.8 104 353 1092 3 3.1 55 35 13 20
Team Defense 261 4067 895 4.5 385 233 394 2596 18 17 6.0 133 459 1471 11 3.2 234 31 14 18
Lg Rank Offense 16 25 26 3 15 6 15 22 25 25 26 26 15 7
Lg Rank Defense 10 18 22 20 23 16 19 18 16 8 14 3 17 17

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 Sk%
Jack Concannon 27 QB 14 13 194 385 50.4 2130 16 4.2 18 4.7 69 5.5 3.8 11.0 152.1 61.5 24 206 4.7 3.1 5.9
Bobby Douglass 23 3 1 12 30 40.0 218 4 13.3 3 10.0 53 7.3 4.1 18.2 72.7 65.7 7 46 4.6 2.1 18.9
Ronnie Bull 30 FB 12 0 2 4 50.0 46 1 25.0 1 25.0 34 11.5 2.8 23.0 3.8 91.7 0 0 11.5 2.8 0.0
Bobby Joe Green* 34 P 14 0 2 2 100.0 37 0 0.0 0 0.0 34 18.5 18.5 18.5 2.6 118.7 0 0 18.5 18.5 0.0
Kent Nix 26 1 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 2 -1.0 -1.0 50.0
Team Total 26.0 14 210 422 49.8 2431 21 5.0 22 5.2 69 5.8 3.9 11.6 173.6 62.4 33 258 4.8 3.1 7.3
Opp Total 14 233 394 59.1 2596 18 4.6 17 4.3 6.6 5.1 11.1 185.4 76.1 42 329 6.0 3.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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
Don Shy 25 8 0 79 227 1 45 2.9 28.4 9.9 10 149 14.9 0 64 1.3 18.6 376 1 3
Ronnie Bull 30 FB 12 0 68 214 0 28 3.1 17.8 5.7 13 60 4.6 0 17 1.1 5.0 274 0 1
Ross Montgomery 24 RB 14 0 62 229 0 38 3.7 16.4 4.4 14 75 5.4 0 17 1.0 5.4 304 0 0
Jack Concannon 27 QB 14 13 42 136 2 16 3.2 9.7 3.0 136 2 6
Mike Hull 25 13 0 32 99 0 13 3.1 7.6 2.5 13 44 3.4 0 17 1.0 3.4 143 0 1
Craig Baynham 26 5 0 26 68 0 9 2.6 13.6 5.2 12 43 3.6 0 13 2.4 8.6 111 0 0
Gale Sayers 27 2 0 23 52 0 15 2.3 26.0 11.5 1 -6 -6.0 0 -6 0.5 -3.0 46 0 1
Bobby Douglass 23 3 1 7 22 0 7 3.1 7.3 2.3 22 0 1
Ralph Kurek 27 11 0 6 24 0 11 4.0 2.2 0.5 3 11 3.7 0 5 0.3 1.0 35 0 0
Dick Gordon*+ 26 WR 14 0 4 17 0 7 4.3 1.2 0.3 71 1026 14.5 13 69 5.1 73.3 1043 13 2
Cecil Turner* 26 14 0 3 -3 0 1 -1.0 -0.2 0.2 2 53 26.5 0 34 0.1 3.8 50 0 1
Bobby Joe Green* 34 P 14 0 1 7 0 7 7.0 0.5 0.1 7 0 0
George Farmer 22 WR 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 31 496 16.0 2 60 2.8 45.1 496 2 0
Bob Wallace 25 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 160 10.7 0 33 3.0 32.0 160 0 0
Jimmy Hester 26 5 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 54 7.7 0 16 1.4 10.8 54 0 1
Rich Coady 26 TE 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 44 7.3 1 14 0.4 3.1 44 1 0
Jim Seymour 24 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 145 24.2 4 53 0.9 20.7 145 4 0
Linzy Cole 22 7 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 47 15.7 0 34 0.4 6.7 47 0 1
Garry Lyle 25 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 5 5.0 0 5 0.1 0.4 5 0 1
Ray Ogden 28 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 1 6 0.1 0.7 6 1 0
Mac Percival 30 K 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 19 19.0 0 19 0.1 1.4 19 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 353 1092 3 45 3.1 78.0 25.2 210 2431 11.6 21 69 15.0 173.6 3523 24 29
Opp Total 14 459 1471 11 3.2 105.1 32.8 233 2596 11.1 18 16.6 185.4 4067 29 27

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ron Smith 27 RET 14 0 33 126 0 15 3.8 28 651 0 46 23.3 777
Cecil Turner* 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 23 752 4 96 32.7 802
Linzy Cole 22 7 0 14 83 0 15 5.9 130
Garry Lyle 25 14 0 9 37 0 13 4.1 42
Ross Montgomery 24 RB 14 0 4 69 0 21 17.3 373
Dick Butkus*+ 28 MLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 57 246 0 15 4.3 56 1472 4 96 26.3 5241
Opp Total 14 40 0 47 935 0 19.9

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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* 34 P 14 0 83 3395 56 0 40.9
Mac Percival 30 K 14 0 4 4 6 5 12 9 9 1 3 1 34 20 58.8% 28 28 100.0%
Garry Lyle 25 14 0 1 29 29 0 29.0
Team Total 26.0 14 4 4 6 5 12 9 9 1 3 1 34 20 58.8% 28 28 100.0% 84 3424 56 0 40.8
Opp Total 14 29 16 55.2% 31 27 87.1% 87 3271 37.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Craig Baynham 26 5 0 0 1 0 0
Ross Brupbacher 22 14 0 2 17 0 10
Doug Buffone 26 LLB 14 0 4 33 0 16
Ronnie Bull 30 FB 12 0 1 0 0 0
Dick Butkus*+ 28 MLB 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Jim Cadile 30 RG 12 0 0 1 0 0
Lee Roy Caffey 29 RLB 14 0 0 2 0 0
Phil Clark 25 SS 13 0 1 32 0 32 0 1 12 0
Linzy Cole 22 7 0 1 0 0 0
Jack Concannon 27 QB 14 13 6 6 0 0
Dick Daniels 26 FS 13 0 2 29 0 16
Butch Davis 22 10 0 1 0 0 0
Bobby Douglass 23 3 1 1 0 0 0
Dick Gordon*+ 26 WR 14 0 2 0 0 0
Harry Gunner 26 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Hester 26 5 0 1 0 0 0
Glen Holloway 22 LG 14 0 0 2 0 0
Willie Holman 25 LDE 14 0 0 1 0 0
Mike Hull 25 13 0 1 0 0 0
Bob Hyland 25 C 14 0 6 0 0 0
Randy B. Jackson 26 LT 10 0 0 1 0 0
Garry Lyle 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
Bennie McRae 31 LCB 13 0 1 0 0 0
Ross Montgomery 24 RB 14 0 0 1 1 0
Gale Sayers 27 2 0 1 0 0 0
George Seals 28 LDT 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 7 0
Don Shy 25 8 0 3 0 0 0
Ron Smith 27 RET 14 0 4 5 0 0
Joe Taylor 31 RCB 11 0 2 18 0 18 0 1 0 0
Cecil Turner* 26 14 0 1 3 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 17 129 0 32 29 29 20 0
Opp Total 14 33 27 13

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mac Percival 30 K 14 0 28 20 88
Dick Gordon*+ 26 WR 14 0 13 78
Jim Seymour 24 7 0 4 24
Cecil Turner* 26 14 0 4 24
Jack Concannon 27 QB 14 13 2 12
George Farmer 22 WR 11 0 2 12
Rich Coady 26 TE 14 0 1 6
Ray Ogden 28 9 0 1 6
Don Shy 25 8 0 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 3 21 4 28 20 256
Opp Total 14 11 18 27 16 261