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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)
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1973 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 | 26 | 4 | 12 | 81 for 174, 1,057 yards, 5 td, 7 int, & 94 rushes for 525 yards and 5 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| RB | Carl Garrett | 26 | 4 | 0 | 175 rushes for 655 yards, 5 td, & 23 catches for 292 yards and 0 td | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| FB | Jim Harrison | 25 | 2 | 0 | 100 rushes for 370 yards, 1 td, & 21 catches for 200 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1971 |
| WR | George Farmer | 25 | 3 | 0 | 15 catches for 219 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for 8 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| WR | Earl Thomas | 25 | 2 | 0 | 24 catches for 343 yards, 4 td, & 1 rush for 5 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| TE | Craig Cotton | 26 | 4 | 0 | 13 catches for 186 yards, 0 td | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 200th pick / 1969 |
| LT | Randy B. Jackson | 29 | 6 | 0 | 2 fumbles recovered | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 |
| LG | Glen Holloway | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
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| C | Rich Coady | 29 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| RG | Bob Newton | 24 | 2 | 12 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
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| RT | Bob Asher | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 27th pick / 1970 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Tony McGee | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 4 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1971 |
| LDT | Jim Osborne | 24 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 7th / 182nd pick / 1972 |
| RDT | Wally Chambers* | 22 | Rook | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| RDE | Mel Tom | 32 | 6 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Doug Buffone | 29 | 7 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Dick Butkus | 31 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| RLB | Bob Pifferini | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 6th / 133rd pick / 1972 |
| LCB | Charlie Ford | 25 | 2 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 36th pick / 1971 |
| RCB | Joe Taylor | 34 | 6 | 0 | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
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| SS | Craig Clemons | 24 | 1 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| FS | Garry Lyle | 28 | 5 | 0 | 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mirro Roder | 29 | Rook | 0 | 8 of 16 field goals & 11 of 12 extra points | |
| P | Bobby Joe Green | 37 | 13 | 0 | 82 punts for a 40.5 average, 0 blocked | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| PR | Ike Hill | 26 | 3 | 0 | 36 punt returns for a 5.7 average and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| KR | Ike Hill | 26 | 3 | 0 | 27 kick returns for a 23.6 average and 1 td | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lionel Antoine | 23 | T | 13 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Southern Illinois | 8/31/1950 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Asher | 25 | T-G | 13 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 6/13/1948 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 27th pick / 1970 |
| Doug Buffone | 29 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| Dick Butkus | 31 | LB | 9 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Illinois | 12/9/1942 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1965 |
| Wally Chambers* | 22 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Eastern Kentucky | 5/15/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| Gail Clark | 22 | LB | 11 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 4/14/1951 | Rook | Pittsburgh Steelers / 4th / 102nd pick / 1973 |
| Craig Clemons | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa | 6/1/1949 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| Rich Coady | 29 | C-TE | 14 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Memphis | 12/17/1944 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| Craig Cotton | 26 | TE | 13 | 0 | 216 | 6-5 | Youngstown State | 7/7/1947 | 4 | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 200th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Douglass | 26 | QB | 13 | 12 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| Allan Ellis | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | UCLA | 8/19/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 107th pick / 1973 |
| George Farmer | 25 | WR | 14 | 0 | 214 | 6-4 | UCLA | 4/19/1948 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| Charlie Ford | 25 | DB | 13 | 0 | 185 | 6-3 | Houston | 12/10/1948 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 36th pick / 1971 |
| Carl Garrett | 26 | RB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | New Mexico Highlands | 8/31/1947 | 4 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 37 | P | 14 | 0 | 175 | 5-11 | Florida | 5/7/1936 | 13 | San Francisco 49ers / 9th / 102nd pick / 1959 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC | 11/27/1948 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
| Dave Hale | 26 | DT-DE | 1 | 0 | 225 | 6-8 | Ottawa (KS) | 6/21/1947 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 12th / 300th pick / 1969 |
| Jim Harrison | 25 | RB | 13 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Missouri | 9/10/1948 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1971 |
| Ike Hill | 26 | WB-DB | 14 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Catawba | 4/15/1947 | 3 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| Glen Holloway | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-3 | North Texas | 9/16/1948 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 10th / 235th pick / 1970 |
| Willie Holman | 28 | DE-DT | 6 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | South Carolina State | 2/27/1945 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 181st pick / 1968 |
| Gary Hrivnak | 22 | DE | 13 | 0 | 252 | 6-5 | Purdue | 3/3/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1973 |
| Gary Huff | 22 | QB | 8 | 2 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida State | 4/27/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| Randy B. Jackson | 29 | T | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Florida | 3/6/1944 | 6 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 |
| Ernie Janet | 24 | G | 12 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/22/1949 | 1 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Jeter | 36 | DB-WR | 13 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | Iowa | 5/9/1937 | 10 | Green Bay Packers / 2nd / 17th pick / 1960 |
| Dave Juenger | 22 | WR | 1 | 0 | 195 | 6-1 | Ohio | 2/4/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 14th / 345th pick / 1973 |
| Steve Kinney | 24 | T | 2 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Utah State | 6/27/1949 | Rook | |
| Gary Kosins | 24 | RB | 12 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Dayton | 1/21/1949 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 77th pick / 1972 |
| Roger Lawson | 24 | RB | 10 | 0 | 215 | 6-2 | Western Michigan | 9/28/1949 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 377th pick / 1972 |
| Garry Lyle | 28 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | George Washington | 10/20/1945 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| Tony McGee | 24 | DE-DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-4 | Bishop,Wyoming | 1/18/1949 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1971 |
| Joe Moore | 24 | RB | 14 | 0 | 205 | 6-1 | Missouri | 6/29/1949 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1971 |
| Bob Newton | 24 | G-T | 13 | 12 | 257 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/16/1949 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| Jim Osborne | 24 | DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/7/1949 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 182nd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Parsons | 23 | TE-P | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/29/1950 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| Mac Percival | 33 | K | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-4 | Texas Tech | 2/26/1940 | 6 | |
| Bob Pifferini | 23 | LB | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/27/1950 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 133rd pick / 1972 |
| Mike Reppond | 22 | WR | 2 | 0 | 179 | 5-11 | Arkansas | 11/24/1951 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 9th / 215th pick / 1973 |
| Tom Reynolds | 24 | WR | 9 | 0 | 200 | 6-3 | San Diego State | 4/11/1949 | 1 | New England Patriots / 2nd / 49th pick / 1972 |
| Andy Rice | 33 | DT | 14 | 0 | 268 | 6-2 | Texas Southern | 9/6/1940 | 7 | |
| Don Rives | 22 | LB | 14 | 4 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/30/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 15th / 370th pick / 1973 |
| Willie Roberts | 25 | DB | 4 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | Houston | 6/28/1948 | Rook | Houston Oilers / 13th / 318th pick / 1972 |
| Mirro Roder | 29 | K | 13 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | none | 1/22/1944 | Rook | |
| Reggie Sanderson | 23 | RB | 2 | 0 | 206 | 5-10 | Stanford | 11/4/1950 | Rook | |
| Joe Taylor | 34 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 8/27/1939 | 6 | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| Earl Thomas | 25 | WR-TE | 14 | 0 | 224 | 6-3 | Houston | 10/4/1948 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1971 |
| Mel Tom | 32 | DE | 9 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Hawaii,San Jose State | 8/4/1941 | 6 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| Cecil Turner | 29 | FL-WR | 11 | 0 | 176 | 5-10 | Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo | 4/2/1944 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 127th pick / 1968 |
| Adrian Young | 27 | LB | 2 | 0 | 232 | 6-1 | USC | 1/31/1946 | 5 | Philadelphia Eagles / 3rd / 68th pick / 1968 |
| Team Total | 26.0 | 14 | 222.1 | 6-2.4 | 2.9 |