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1972 Chicago Bears

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Record: 4-9-1, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 225 points (16.1/g), 21st of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 275 points (19.6/g), 15th.
 Differential of -50 points (-3.6/g), 19th.
 Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 12th.

Simple Rating System: Total -1.3, Offense: -2.8, Defense: 1.5, SoS: 2.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Abe Gibron

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 225 3468 773 4.5 190 78 205 1108 9 13 4.7 54 536 2360 15 4.4 124 35 22 12
Team Defense 275 3923 841 4.7 224 180 342 2172 16 21 6.0 108 476 1751 11 3.7 96 35 14 20
Lg Rank Offense 21 23 24 26 26 25 6 23 3 4 14 6 18 25
Lg Rank Defense 15 13 10 12 14 14 10 17 15 8 7 3 10 14

Team Games & Schedule

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 Atlanta Falcons 21 37 15 283 69 214 3 16 319 146 173 2
2 Sun September 24 boxscore T 0-1-1 Los Angeles Rams 13 13 11 170 26 144 4 8 171 65 106 3
3 Sun October 1 boxscore L 0-2-1 Detroit Lions 24 38 21 327 74 253 3 21 312 115 197
4 Sun October 8 boxscore L 0-3-1 @ Green Bay Packers 17 20 13 258 119 139 1 17 341 240 101 2
5 Sun October 15 boxscore W 1-3-1 @ Cleveland Browns 17 0 13 310 54 256 1 9 163 126 37 1
6 Mon October 23 boxscore W 2-3-1 Minnesota Vikings 13 10 17 241 46 195 4 12 282 231 51 4
7 Sun October 29 boxscore W 3-3-1 @ St. Louis Cardinals 27 10 15 329 180 149 2 17 269 119 150 4
8 Sun November 5 boxscore L 3-4-1 @ Detroit Lions 0 14 9 146 24 122 1 21 326 135 191 4
9 Sun November 12 boxscore L 3-5-1 Green Bay Packers 17 23 19 296 117 179 3 8 163 40 123 2
10 Sun November 19 boxscore L 3-6-1 San Francisco 49ers 21 34 15 356 223 133 3 20 376 266 110
11 Sun November 26 boxscore L 3-7-1 Cincinnati Bengals 3 13 9 216 106 110 2 13 271 113 158 2
12 Sun December 3 boxscore L 3-8-1 @ Minnesota Vikings 10 23 5 91 1 90 3 19 341 261 80 3
13 Sun December 10 boxscore W 4-8-1 @ Philadelphia Eagles 21 12 13 250 36 214 4 18 230 147 83 4
14 Sun December 17 boxscore L 4-9-1 @ Oakland Raiders 21 28 15 195 33 162 1 25 359 168 191 4

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
10 Bobby Douglass 25 QB 14 14 4-9-1 75 198 37.9 1246 9 4.5 12 6.1 85 6.3 4.5 16.6 89.0 49.8 32 175 4.66 3.09 13.9 1 1
7 John Huarte 28 2 0 2 5 40.0 14 0 0.0 0 0.0 8 2.8 2.8 7.0 7.0 47.9 0 0 2.80 2.80 0.0
88 Bobby Joe Green 36 P 14 0 1 2 50.0 23 0 0.0 1 50.0 23 11.5 -11.0 23.0 1.6 52.1 0 0 11.50 -11.00 0.0
Team Total 26.1 14 4-9-1 78 205 38.0 1283 9 4.4 13 6.3 85 6.3 4.3 16.4 91.6 48.1 32 175 4.68 2.97 13.5 1 1
Opp Total 14 180 342 52.6 2345 16 4.7 21 6.1 6.9 5.03 13.0 167.5 64.5 23 173 6.0 4.2 6.3

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
35 Jim Harrison 24 FB 14 0 167 622 2 19 3.7 44.4 11.9 8 30 3.8 1 20 0.6 2.1 652 3 7
10 Bobby Douglass 25 QB 14 14 141 968 8 57 6.9 69.1 10.1 968 8 9
24 Don Shy 27 13 0 91 342 1 22 3.8 26.3 7.0 10 109 10.9 0 28 0.8 8.4 451 1 5
22 Cyril Pinder 26 RB 13 0 87 300 3 19 3.4 23.1 6.7 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 1.0 313 3 4
36 Roger Lawson 23 12 0 33 106 1 14 3.2 8.8 2.8 8 120 15.0 0 40 0.7 10.0 226 1 2
82 Earl Thomas 24 TE 14 0 5 13 0 8 2.6 0.9 0.4 20 365 18.3 3 44 1.4 26.1 378 3 1
21 Cecil Turner 28 14 0 3 0 0 11 0.0 0.0 0.2 3 71 23.7 0 36 0.2 5.1 71 0 2
33 Gary Kosins 23 14 0 3 5 0 3 1.7 0.4 0.2 2 15 7.5 1 8 0.1 1.1 20 1 1
43 George Farmer 24 WR 14 0 2 -13 0 -2 -6.5 -0.9 0.1 14 380 27.1 2 85 1.0 27.1 367 2 0
84 Jim Seymour 26 WR 14 0 1 -9 0 -9 -9.0 -0.6 0.1 10 165 16.5 1 35 0.7 11.8 156 1 0
86 Bob Parsons 22 13 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 1 6 6.0 1 6 0.1 0.5 6 1 1
51 Dick Butkus*+ 30 MLB 14 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 2.0 0.1 28 0 0
7 John Huarte 28 2 0 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -1.0 0.5 -2 0 1
89 Bob Wallace 27 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 9 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 536 2360 15 57 4.4 168.6 38.3 78 1283 16.4 9 85 5.6 91.6 3643 24 40
Opp Total 14 476 1751 11 3.7 125.1 34.0 180 2172 12.1 16 12.9 155.1 3923 27 37

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
48 Ron Smith* 29 KR/PR/SS 14 0 26 163 0 29 6.3 30 924 1 94 30.8 1087
21 Cecil Turner 28 14 0 16 409 0 57 25.6 480
25 Craig Clemons 23 14 0 2 15 0 10 7.5 2 53 0 27 26.5 68
51 Dick Butkus*+ 30 MLB 14 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 43
61 Glen Holloway 24 LG 14 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 28
64 Larry Horton 23 10 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 3
22 Cyril Pinder 26 RB 13 0 1 14 0 14 14.0 327
Team Total 26.1 14 28 178 0 29 6.4 52 1528 2 94 29.4 5349
Opp Total 14 24 0 42 1025 0 24.4

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
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 FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
88 Bobby Joe Green 36 P 14 0 67 2758 58 0 41.2
83 Mac Percival 32 K 14 0 6 6 4 3 4 2 9 1 1 24 12 50.0% 26 26 100.0%
51 Dick Butkus*+ 30 MLB 14 0 1 1 100.0%
Team Total 26.1 14 6 6 4 3 4 2 9 1 1 24 12 50.0% 27 27 100.0% 67 2758 58 0 41.2
Opp Total 14 27 19 70.4% 31 30 96.8% 62 2666 43.0

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
10 Bobby Douglass 25 QB 14 14 0 9 5 0 0
35 Jim Harrison 24 FB 14 0 0 7 2 0 0
32 Charlie Ford 24 LCB 14 0 7 104 0 43 0 0 0 1 0 0
51 Dick Butkus*+ 30 MLB 14 0 2 19 0 14 0 0 0 4 11 0
22 Cyril Pinder 26 RB 13 0 0 4 1 0 0
24 Don Shy 27 13 0 0 5 0 0 0
52 Rich Coady 28 C 14 0 0 2 2 -21 0
48 Ron Smith* 29 KR/PR/SS 14 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 0 0
20 Joe Taylor 33 RCB 14 0 4 0 0 0 0
88 Bobby Joe Green 36 P 14 0 0 1 2 -13 0
18 Jerry Moore 23 FS 13 0 1 5 0 5 0 0 0 2 1 0
31 Ross Brupbacher 24 RLB 14 0 1 11 0 11 0 0 0 1 0 0
7 John Huarte 28 2 0 0 1 1 0 0
29 Bob Jeter 35 10 0 2 0 0 0 0
33 Gary Kosins 23 14 0 0 1 1 0 0
36 Roger Lawson 23 12 0 0 2 0 0 0
44 Garry Lyle 27 3 0 2 52 0 35 0
68 Jim Osborne 23 LDT 14 13 0 0 2 0 0
21 Cecil Turner 28 14 0 0 2 0 0 0
55 Doug Buffone 28 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0
25 Craig Clemons 23 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
61 Glen Holloway 24 LG 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
65 Randy B. Jackson 28 LT 14 0 0 0 1 5 0
67 Bill Line 24 RDT 13 0 0 0 1 0 0
86 Bob Parsons 22 13 0 0 1 0 -9 0
58 Bob Pifferini 22 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
70 Andy Rice 32 14 0 0 0 1 0 0
53 Larry Rowden 23 2 0 0 0 1 0 0
82 Earl Thomas 24 TE 14 0 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 26.1 14 21 193 0 43 0 0 40 30 -26 0
Opp Total 14 32 37 23 1

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
83 Mac Percival 32 K 14 0 26 12 62
10 Bobby Douglass 25 QB 14 14 8 8 48
82 Earl Thomas 24 TE 14 0 3 1 4 24
35 Jim Harrison 24 FB 14 0 2 1 3 18
22 Cyril Pinder 26 RB 13 0 3 3 18
43 George Farmer 24 WR 14 0 2 2 12
31 Ross Brupbacher 24 RLB 14 0 1 1 6
33 Gary Kosins 23 14 0 1 1 6
36 Roger Lawson 23 12 0 1 1 6
86 Bob Parsons 22 13 0 1 1 6
84 Jim Seymour 26 WR 14 0 1 1 6
24 Don Shy 27 13 0 1 1 6
48 Ron Smith* 29 KR/PR/SS 14 0 1 1 6
51 Dick Butkus*+ 30 MLB 14 0 1 1
Team Total 26.1 14 15 9 2 1 27 27 12 225
Opp Total 14 11 16 30 19 1 275