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1971 Chicago Bears

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

Scored 185 points (13.2/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 276 points (19.7/g), 12th.
 Differential of -91 points (-6.5/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 3.9-10.1.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -1 (-0.1/g), 16th.

Coached by Jim Dooley (6-8-0)

1971 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 Sun September 19 box W 1-0 Pittsburgh Steelers 17 15 8 141 96 45 4 15 352 129 223 7
2 Sun September 26 box W 2-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 20 17 19 315 239 76 3 11 230 146 84 1
3 Sun October 3 box L 2-1 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 17 10 113 45 68 4 21 422 159 263 4
4 Sun October 10 box W 3-1 New Orleans Saints 35 14 26 427 225 202 3 18 263 188 75 4
5 Sun October 17 box L 3-2 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 13 13 220 158 62 6 20 354 193 161 5
6 Sun October 24 box W 4-2 @ Detroit Lions 28 23 17 323 150 173 17 261 145 116 2
7 Sun October 31 box W 5-2 Dallas Cowboys 23 19 7 194 112 82 2 26 481 342 139 7
8 Sun November 7 box L 5-3 Green Bay Packers 14 17 16 280 205 75 4 13 304 133 171 2
9 Sun November 14 box W 6-3 Washington Redskins 16 15 20 385 180 205 1 15 283 195 88
10 Sun November 21 box L 6-4 Detroit Lions 3 28 8 118 6 112 4 14 256 70 186 3
11 Mon November 29 box L 6-5 @ Miami Dolphins 3 34 9 197 101 96 4 23 446 238 208 1
12 Sun December 5 box L 6-6 @ Denver Broncos 3 6 9 66 -7 73 4 10 224 54 170 4
13 Sun December 12 box L 6-7 @ Green Bay Packers 10 31 13 247 186 61 3 15 295 180 115 2
14 Sun December 19 box L 6-8 Minnesota Vikings 10 27 14 310 206 104 4 16 349 232 117 3

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 185 3336 857 3.9 189 186 443 1902 12 28 3.9 99 365 1434 6 3.9 75 46 18 15
Team Defense 276 4520 899 5.0 369 192 362 2404 12 22 6.2 117 509 2116 14 4.2 234 45 23 18
Lg Rank Offense 25 24 25 3 22 19 23 26 24 23 24 15 23 17
Lg Rank Defense 12 23 18 17 23 8 11 21 25 20 15 16 3 4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec 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%
Bobby Douglass 24 QB 12 7 3-4-0 91 225 40.4 1164 5 2.2 15 6.7 64 5.2 2.4 12.8 97.0 37.0 30 235 3.6 1.2 11.8
Kent Nix 27 8 4 1-3-0 51 137 37.2 760 6 4.4 10 7.3 45 5.5 2.7 14.9 95.0 40.4 10 91 4.6 1.9 6.8
Jack Concannon 28 3 3 2-1-0 42 77 54.5 334 0 0.0 3 3.9 28 4.3 2.6 8.0 111.3 49.4 8 61 3.2 1.6 9.4
Bobby Joe Green 35 P 14 0 1 2 50.0 13 0 0.0 0 0.0 13 6.5 6.5 13.0 0.9 70.8 0 0 6.5 6.5 0.0
Don Shy 26 RB 11 0 1 1 100.0 23 1 100.0 0 0.0 23 23.0 33.0 23.0 2.1 158.3 1 5 9.0 14.0 50.0
Bob Wallace 26 TE 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Team Total 26.3 14 6-8-0 186 443 42.0 2294 12 2.7 28 6.3 64 5.2 2.6 12.3 163.9 41.3 49 392 3.9 1.5 10.0
Opp Total 14 192 362 53.0 2404 12 3.3 22 6.1 6.6 4.2 12.5 171.7 59.7 28 203 6.2 3.4

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 26 RB 11 0 116 420 2 21 3.6 38.2 10.5 19 163 8.6 0 25 1.7 14.8 583 2 3
Cyril Pinder 25 12 0 63 311 1 40 4.9 25.9 5.3 10 51 5.1 0 14 0.8 4.3 362 1 0
Jim Grabowski 27 FB 12 0 51 149 0 16 2.9 12.4 4.3 17 100 5.9 0 25 1.4 8.3 249 0 3
Bobby Douglass 24 QB 12 7 39 284 3 30 7.3 23.7 3.3 284 3 4
Bill Tucker 28 14 0 32 82 0 11 2.6 5.9 2.3 11 65 5.9 0 21 0.8 4.6 147 0 1
Joe Moore 22 9 0 29 90 0 12 3.1 10.0 3.2 2 22 11.0 0 18 0.2 2.4 112 0 2
Gale Sayers 28 2 0 13 38 0 9 2.9 19.0 6.5 38 0 0
Kent Nix 27 8 4 9 12 0 14 1.3 1.5 1.1 12 0 3
Jim Harrison 23 2 0 5 13 0 12 2.6 6.5 2.5 2 18 9.0 0 12 1.0 9.0 31 0 0
Jack Concannon 28 3 3 5 5 0 2 1.0 1.7 1.7 5 0 1
George Farmer 23 WR 14 0 1 11 0 11 11.0 0.8 0.1 46 737 16.0 5 64 3.3 52.6 748 5 1
Bob Wallace 26 TE 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 27 400 14.8 2 58 1.9 28.6 400 2 0
Doug Buffone 27 LLB 14 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 1.4 0.1 19 0 0
Dick Gordon* 27 WR 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 43 610 14.2 5 45 3.3 46.9 610 5 0
Jim Seymour 25 10 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 75 15.0 0 21 0.5 7.5 75 0 0
Earl Thomas 23 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 40 13.3 0 28 0.3 3.6 40 0 0
Cecil Turner 27 RET 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.9 13 0 1
Team Total 26.3 14 365 1434 6 40 3.9 102.4 26.1 186 2294 12.3 12 64 13.3 163.9 3728 18 28
Opp Total 14 509 2116 14 4.2 151.1 36.4 192 2404 12.5 12 13.7 171.7 4520 26 36

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 28 SS 14 0 26 194 0 43 7.5 26 671 0 41 25.8 865
Cecil Turner 27 RET 14 0 9 63 0 21 7.0 31 639 0 40 20.6 715
Dick Butkus* 29 MLB 14 0 2 15 0 12 7.5 15
Garry Lyle 26 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Team Total 26.3 14 36 262 0 43 7.3 59 1325 0 41 22.5 5315
Opp Total 14 31 0 32 817 1 25.5

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 35 P 14 0 77 3095 60 0 40.2
Mac Percival 31 K 14 0 6 4 3 1 11 5 11 5 2 33 15 45.5% 18 18 100.0%
Dick Butkus* 29 MLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Bobby Douglass 24 QB 12 7 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.3 14 6 4 3 1 11 5 11 5 2 33 15 45.5% 20 20 100.0% 77 3095 60 0 40.2
Opp Total 14 41 24 58.5% 29 28 96.6% 67 2693 40.2

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
Ross Brupbacher 23 RLB 14 0 2 34 0 34 1 3 49 1
Doug Buffone 27 LLB 14 0 2 27 0 18 0 1 0 0
Dick Butkus* 29 MLB 14 0 4 9 0 9 0 3 0 0
Rich Coady 27 C 14 0 1 1 -17 0
Jack Concannon 28 3 3 1 0 0 0
Bobby Douglass 24 QB 12 7 4 0 0 0
George Farmer 23 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Ford 23 LCB 14 0 5 46 0 24 1 1 0 0
Jim Grabowski 27 FB 12 0 3 0 0 0
Bobby Joe Green 35 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jimmy Gunn 23 14 0 1 5 0 5 0 1 0 0
Glen Holloway 23 LG 14 0 0 3 1 0
Willie Holman 26 LDE 14 0 0 2 0 0
Bob Jeter 34 9 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Lyle 26 14 0 1 29 0 29 0 1 0 0
Tony McGee 22 14 4 0 3 0 0
Jerry Moore 22 FS 11 0 0 2 11 0
Joe Moore 22 9 0 2 0 0 0
Kent Nix 27 8 4 3 1 -6 0
Ed O'Bradovich 31 RDE 14 0 0 1 1 0
George Seals 29 LDT 14 0 0 1 0 1
Don Shy 26 RB 11 0 3 0 0 0
Ron Smith 28 SS 14 0 3 48 0 27 6 4 0 0
Bill Staley 25 RDT 11 0 0 1 0 0
Joe Taylor 32 RCB 13 0 3 69 0 39 0 1 0 0
Earl Thomas 23 11 0 0 1 0 0
Bill Tucker 28 14 0 1 0 0 0
Cecil Turner 27 RET 14 0 1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.3 14 22 267 0 39 28 33 39 2
Opp Total 14 49 36 13 1

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 31 K 14 0 18 15 63
George Farmer 23 WR 14 0 5 30
Dick Gordon* 27 WR 13 0 5 30
Bobby Douglass 24 QB 12 7 3 1 19
Don Shy 26 RB 11 0 2 12
Bob Wallace 26 TE 14 0 2 12
Ross Brupbacher 23 RLB 14 0 1 6
Cyril Pinder 25 12 0 1 6
George Seals 29 LDT 14 0 1 6
Dick Butkus* 29 MLB 14 0 1 1
Team Total 26.3 14 6 12 2 20 15 185
Opp Total 14 14 12 1 28 24 1 276