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1973 Chicago Bears

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Record: 3-11-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 195 points (13.9/g), 24th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 334 points (23.9/g), 20th.
 Differential of -139 points (-9.9/g), 23rd.
 Expected W-L: 3.1-10.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -9 (-0.6/g), 22nd.

Coached by Abe Gibron (3-11-0)

1973 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · CSV · PRE
Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 16 box L 0-1 Dallas Cowboys 17 20 12 202 30 172 6 17 272 84 188 3
2 Sun September 23 box L 0-2 Minnesota Vikings 13 22 16 374 174 200 2 13 309 121 188 1
3 Sun September 30 box W 1-2 @ Denver Broncos 33 14 19 325 123 202 1 25 366 295 71 7
4 Sun October 7 box L 1-3 @ New Orleans Saints 16 21 13 253 179 74 2 19 282 119 163 1
5 Sun October 14 box L 1-4 @ Atlanta Falcons 6 46 13 158 21 137 4 21 422 247 175 1
6 Sun October 21 box L 1-5 New England Patriots 10 13 13 237 44 193 5 14 231 54 177 1
7 Sun October 28 box W 2-5 Houston Oilers 35 14 19 269 154 115 2 19 211 54 157 4
8 Sun November 4 box W 3-5 @ Green Bay Packers 31 17 21 337 107 230 3 8 98 -12 110 1
9 Mon November 12 box L 3-6 @ Kansas City Chiefs 7 19 9 146 66 80 3 19 327 130 197 4
10 Sun November 18 box L 3-7 Detroit Lions 7 30 15 258 119 139 5 10 228 66 162 2
11 Sun November 25 box L 3-8 @ Minnesota Vikings 13 31 16 198 57 141 2 20 375 172 203 3
12 Sun December 2 box L 3-9 Los Angeles Rams 0 26 6 100 47 53 2 24 386 90 296 2
13 Sun December 9 box L 3-10 @ Detroit Lions 7 40 9 79 33 46 2 22 306 182 124 1
14 Sun December 16 box L 3-11 Green Bay Packers 0 21 12 193 68 125 3 16 370 72 298 2

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 195 3129 848 3.7 193 136 303 1222 8 16 3.5 77 496 1907 11 3.8 97 42 26 19
Team Defense 334 4183 898 4.7 356 156 303 1674 17 14 5.0 90 563 2509 19 4.5 247 33 19 19
Lg Rank Offense 24 26 24 20 25 24 11 26 15 15 16 18 23 26
Lg Rank Defense 20 17 15 4 6 19 21 11 25 25 22 24 12 3

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 26 QB 13 12 3-9-0 81 174 46.6 1057 5 2.9 7 4.0 63 6.1 4.6 13.0 81.3 59.0 27 215 4.2 2.9 13.4
Gary Huff 22 8 2 0-2-0 54 126 42.9 525 3 2.4 8 6.3 29 4.2 1.5 9.7 65.6 36.6 22 180 2.3 0.1 14.9
Carl Garrett 26 RB 13 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
Ike Hill 26 RET 14 0 1 1 100.0 35 0 0.0 0 0.0 35 35.0 35.0 35.0 2.5 118.7 0 0 35.0 35.0 0.0
Earl Thomas 25 WR 14 0 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 26.0 14 3-11-0 136 303 44.9 1617 8 2.6 16 5.3 63 5.3 3.2 11.9 115.5 48.5 49 395 3.5 1.7 13.9
Opp Total 14 156 303 51.5 1674 17 5.6 14 4.6 5.5 4.0 10.7 119.6 67.5 32 304 5.0 2.7

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
Carl Garrett 26 RB 13 0 175 655 5 35 3.7 50.4 13.5 23 292 12.7 0 39 1.8 22.5 947 5 13
Jim Harrison 25 FB 13 0 100 370 1 17 3.7 28.5 7.7 21 200 9.5 2 44 1.6 15.4 570 3 2
Bobby Douglass 26 QB 13 12 94 525 5 42 5.6 40.4 7.2 525 5 7
Joe Moore 24 14 0 58 191 0 25 3.3 13.6 4.1 3 17 5.7 0 6 0.2 1.2 208 0 1
Roger Lawson 24 10 0 24 70 0 12 2.9 7.0 2.4 9 60 6.7 0 21 0.9 6.0 130 0 1
Gary Kosins 24 12 0 24 65 0 7 2.7 5.4 2.0 4 8 2.0 0 10 0.3 0.7 73 0 0
Gary Huff 22 8 2 11 22 0 8 2.0 2.8 1.4 22 0 1
Ike Hill 26 RET 14 0 3 -14 0 5 -4.7 -1.0 0.2 10 119 11.9 0 18 0.7 8.5 105 0 6
Reggie Sanderson 23 2 0 3 8 0 6 2.7 4.0 1.5 5 23 4.6 0 9 2.5 11.5 31 0 0
Bob Parsons 23 14 0 2 2 0 5 1.0 0.1 0.1 2 23 11.5 1 17 0.1 1.6 25 1 0
Earl Thomas 25 WR 14 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 0.4 0.1 24 343 14.3 4 38 1.7 24.5 348 4 1
George Farmer 25 WR 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 0.6 0.1 15 219 14.6 1 25 1.1 15.6 227 1 1
Craig Cotton 26 TE 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 13 186 14.3 0 63 1.0 14.3 186 0 0
Tom Reynolds 24 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 127 18.1 0 30 0.8 14.1 127 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 496 1907 11 42 3.8 136.2 35.4 136 1617 11.9 8 63 9.7 115.5 3524 19 40
Opp Total 14 563 2509 19 4.5 179.2 40.2 156 1674 10.7 17 11.1 119.6 4183 36 35

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
Ike Hill 26 RET 14 0 36 204 1 72 5.7 27 637 1 95 23.6 946
Carl Garrett 26 RB 13 0 16 486 0 67 30.4 1433
Cecil Turner 29 11 0 8 127 0 28 15.9 127
Craig Cotton 26 TE 13 0 2 15 0 13 7.5 201
Bob Parsons 23 14 0 2 15 0 15 7.5 40
Reggie Sanderson 23 2 0 2 44 0 25 22.0 75
Glen Holloway 25 LG 14 0 1 8 0 8 8.0 8
Joe Moore 24 14 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 208
Jim Osborne 24 LDT 14 14 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 37 204 1 72 5.5 59 1344 1 95 22.8 5072
Opp Total 14 40 0 33 813 0 24.6

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 37 P 14 0 82 3321 62 0 40.5
Mirro Roder 29 K 13 0 1 1 2 2 3 1 7 4 3 16 8 50.0% 12 11 91.7%
Mac Percival 33 4 0 4 4 3 2 1 8 6 75.0% 10 10 100.0%
Bob Parsons 23 14 0 4 106 33 0 26.5
Team Total 26.0 14 5 5 2 2 6 3 8 4 3 24 14 58.3% 22 21 95.5% 86 3427 62 0 39.8
Opp Total 14 38 25 65.8% 37 35 94.6% 66 2673 40.5

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
Bob Asher 25 RT 13 0 0 1 0 0
Doug Buffone 29 LLB 14 0 3 22 0 22 0 1 7 0
Dick Butkus 31 MLB 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Wally Chambers* 22 RDT 14 14 0 2 0 0
Gail Clark 22 11 0 0 1 0 0
Craig Clemons 24 SS 14 0 2 30 0 30 0 2 0 0
Rich Coady 29 C 14 0 4 1 -26 0
Craig Cotton 26 TE 13 0 0 1 0 0
Bobby Douglass 26 QB 13 12 7 1 0 0
Allan Ellis 22 14 0 1 12 0 12
George Farmer 25 WR 14 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Ford 25 LCB 13 0 2 50 0 41 1 1 0 0
Carl Garrett 26 RB 13 0 13 1 0 0
Bobby Joe Green 37 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Jim Harrison 25 FB 13 0 2 0 0 0
Ike Hill 26 RET 14 0 6 3 24 0
Willie Holman 28 6 0 0 1 0 0
Gary Huff 22 8 2 1 0 0 0
Randy B. Jackson 29 LT 14 0 0 2 0 0
Roger Lawson 24 10 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Lyle 28 FS 14 0 5 62 0 24 0 1 3 0
Tony McGee 24 LDE 14 14 0 4 0 0
Joe Moore 24 14 0 1 0 0 0
Jim Osborne 24 LDT 14 14 1 1 0 0
Bob Pifferini 23 RLB 12 0 0 1 0 0
Andy Rice 33 14 0 0 1 0 0
Don Rives 22 14 4 0 1 0 0
Earl Thomas 25 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Mel Tom 32 RDE 9 0 0 1 7 0
Cecil Turner 29 11 0 1 1 0 0
Team Total 26.0 14 14 176 0 41 40 32 15 1
Opp Total 14 49 35 16 1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Mirro Roder 29 K 13 0 11 8 35
Bobby Douglass 26 QB 13 12 5 30
Carl Garrett 26 RB 13 0 5 30
Mac Percival 33 4 0 10 6 28
Earl Thomas 25 WR 14 0 4 24
Jim Harrison 25 FB 13 0 1 2 18
Ike Hill 26 RET 14 0 1 1 12
Dick Butkus 31 MLB 9 0 1 6
George Farmer 25 WR 14 0 1 6
Bob Parsons 23 14 0 1 6
Team Total 26.0 14 11 8 1 1 1 21 14 195
Opp Total 14 19 17 35 25 1 334