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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)
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1971 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 | Bobby Douglass | 24 | 2 | 7 | 91 for 225, 1,164 yards, 5 td, 15 int, & 39 rushes for 284 yards and 3 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| RB | Don Shy | 26 | 4 | 0 | 116 rushes for 420 yards, 2 td, & 19 catches for 163 yards and 0 td | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1967 |
| FB | Jim Grabowski | 27 | 5 | 0 | 51 rushes for 149 yards, 0 td, & 17 catches for 100 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 |
| WR | George Farmer | 23 | 1 | 0 | 46 catches for 737 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 11 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Dick Gordon* | 27 | 6 | 0 | 43 catches for 610 yards, 5 td | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| TE | Bob Wallace | 26 | 3 | 0 | 27 catches for 400 yards, 2 td, & 1 rush for 0 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 46th pick / 1968 |
| LT | Randy B. Jackson | 27 | 4 | 0 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 |
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| LG | Glen Holloway | 23 | 1 | 0 | 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
| C | Rich Coady | 27 | 1 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| RG | Jim Cadile | 31 | 9 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 |
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| RT | Steve Wright | 29 | 7 | 0 | New York Jets / 8th / 59th pick / 1964 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Willie Holman | 26 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 181st pick / 1968 |
| LDT | George Seals | 29 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 |
| RDT | Bill Staley | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 28th pick / 1968 |
| RDE | Ed O'Bradovich | 31 | 9 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| LLB | Doug Buffone | 27 | 5 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Dick Butkus* | 29 | 6 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Ross Brupbacher | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 100th pick / 1970 |
| LCB | Charlie Ford | 23 | Rook | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 36th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Joe Taylor | 32 | 4 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| SS | Ron Smith | 28 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | |
| FS | Jerry Moore | 22 | Rook | 0 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 89th pick / 1971 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mac Percival | 31 | 4 | 0 | 15 of 33 field goals & 18 of 18 extra points | |
| P | Bobby Joe Green | 35 | 11 | 0 | 77 punts for a 40.2 average, 0 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| PR | Ron Smith | 28 | 6 | 0 | 26 punt returns for a 7.5 average and 0 td | |
| KR | Cecil Turner | 27 | 3 | 0 | 31 kick returns for a 20.6 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 127th pick / 1968 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Ross Brupbacher | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | Texas A&M | 4/7/1948 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 100th pick / 1970 |
| Doug Buffone | 27 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| Dick Butkus* | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/9/1942 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| Jim Cadile | 31 | G-T | 13 | 0 | 240 | 6-4 | San Jose State | 7/16/1940 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 49th pick / 1962 |
| Rich Coady | 27 | C-TE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Memphis | 12/17/1944 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| Jack Concannon | 28 | QB | 3 | 3 | 205 | 6-3 | Boston College | 2/25/1943 | 7 | Boston Patriots / 1st / 1st pick / 1964 |
| Jeff Curchin | 24 | T-G | 12 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | Florida State | 12/17/1947 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 139th pick / 1970 |
| Bobby Douglass | 24 | QB | 12 | 7 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| George Farmer | 23 | WR | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-4 | UCLA | 4/19/1948 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| Charlie Ford | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Houston | 12/10/1948 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 36th pick / 1971 |
| Dick Gordon* | 27 | WR-SE-FL | 13 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Michigan State | 1/1/1944 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 88th pick / 1965 |
| Jim Grabowski | 27 | RB | 12 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Illinois | 9/9/1944 | 5 | Miami Dolphins / 1st / 1st pick / 1966 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 35 | P | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/7/1936 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 23 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC | 11/27/1948 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Hale | 24 | DT-DE | 12 | 0 | 225 | 6-8 | Ottawa (KS) | 6/21/1947 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 300th pick / 1969 |
| Gene Hamlin | 25 | C | 7 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Western Michigan | 7/26/1946 | 1 | |
| Cliff Hardy | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 188 | 6-0 | Michigan State | 1/28/1947 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 11th / 270th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Harrison | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Missouri | 9/10/1948 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1971 |
| John Hoffman | 28 | DE | 1 | 0 | 260 | 6-7 | Hawaii,USC | 8/2/1943 | 2 | |
| Glen Holloway | 23 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | North Texas | 9/16/1948 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
| Willie Holman | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 2/27/1945 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 181st pick / 1968 |
| Randy B. Jackson | 27 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Florida | 3/6/1944 | 4 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 |
| Bob Jeter | 34 | DB-WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/9/1937 | 8 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1960 |
| Garry Lyle | 26 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | George Washington | 10/20/1945 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| Tony McGee | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 4 | 250 | 6-4 | Bishop,Wyoming | 1/18/1949 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1971 |
| Jerry Moore | 22 | DB | 11 | 0 | 208 | 6-3 | Arkansas | 3/16/1949 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 89th pick / 1971 |
| Joe Moore | 22 | RB | 9 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Missouri | 6/29/1949 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Newton | 22 | G-T | 12 | 0 | 257 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/16/1949 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| Kent Nix | 27 | QB | 8 | 4 | 195 | 6-2 | TCU | 3/12/1944 | 4 | |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 31 | DE | 14 | 0 | 255 | 6-3 | Illinois | 5/21/1940 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 91st pick / 1962 |
| Ray Ogden | 29 | TE | 6 | 0 | 225 | 6-5 | Alabama | 9/2/1942 | 6 | St. Louis Cardinals / 3rd / 40th pick / 1965 |
| Mac Percival | 31 | K | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1940 | 4 | |
| Cyril Pinder | 25 | RB | 12 | 0 | 210 | 6-2 | Illinois | 11/13/1946 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 2nd / 39th pick / 1968 |
| Larry Rowden | 22 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-2 | Houston | 3/17/1949 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 10th / 245th pick / 1971 |
| Gale Sayers | 28 | RB | 2 | 0 | 198 | 6-0 | Kansas | 5/30/1943 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1965 |
| George Seals | 29 | G-DT-T | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-3 | Missouri | 10/2/1942 | 7 | New York Giants / 4th / 52nd pick / 1964 |
| Jim Seymour | 25 | WR | 10 | 0 | 210 | 6-4 | Notre Dame | 11/24/1946 | 1 | Los Angeles Rams / 1st / 10th pick / 1969 |
| Don Shy | 26 | RB | 11 | 0 | 210 | 6-1 | San Diego State | 11/15/1945 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 2nd / 35th pick / 1967 |
| Ron Smith | 28 | DB-WR | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Wisconsin | 5/3/1943 | 6 | |
| Bill Staley | 25 | DT | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | Utah State | 9/9/1946 | 3 | Cincinnati Bengals / 2nd / 28th pick / 1968 |
| Joe Taylor | 32 | DB | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 8/27/1939 | 4 | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| Earl Thomas | 23 | WR-TE | 11 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/4/1948 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| Bill Tucker | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Tennessee State | 9/14/1943 | 4 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 65th pick / 1967 |
| Cecil Turner | 27 | FL-WR | 14 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 4/2/1944 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 127th pick / 1968 |
| Bob Wallace | 26 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 211 | 6-3 | Texas-El Paso | 10/7/1945 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 46th pick / 1968 |
| Steve Wright | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-6 | Alabama | 7/17/1942 | 7 | New York Jets / 8th / 59th pick / 1964 |
| Team Total | 26.3 | 14 | 222.1 | 6-2.8 | 3.3 |