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1974 Chicago Bears

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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 152 points (10.9/g), 25th of 26 in the NFL.
 Allowed 279 points (19.9/g), 17th.
 Differential of -127 points (-9.1/g), 24th.
 Expected W-L: 2.7-11.3.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -5 (-0.4/g), 19th.

Coached by Abe Gibron (4-10-0)

1974 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 15 box W 1-0 Detroit Lions 17 9 13 273 175 98 3 9 156 67 89 3
2 Sun September 22 box L 1-1 New York Jets 21 23 20 315 248 67 22 381 235 146 1
3 Sun September 29 box L 1-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 7 11 18 279 162 117 3 16 303 165 138 3
4 Sun October 6 box W 2-2 New Orleans Saints 24 10 18 248 117 131 2 14 168 98 70
5 Sun October 13 box L 2-3 @ Atlanta Falcons 10 13 13 212 124 88 3 15 214 93 121 5
6 Mon October 21 box W 3-3 Green Bay Packers 10 9 13 244 85 159 2 16 231 140 91 2
7 Sun October 27 box L 3-4 @ Buffalo Bills 6 16 17 258 159 99 1 16 226 100 126
8 Sun November 3 box L 3-5 Minnesota Vikings 0 17 10 158 100 58 3 17 269 79 190 2
9 Sun November 10 box L 3-6 @ Green Bay Packers 3 20 16 235 149 86 5 9 215 119 96 3
10 Sun November 17 box L 3-7 San Francisco 49ers 0 34 8 170 71 99 3 22 413 299 114 4
11 Sun November 24 box L 3-8 @ Detroit Lions 17 34 14 176 75 101 2 18 307 127 180 2
12 Sun December 1 box W 4-8 New York Giants 16 13 15 226 66 160 3 14 169 79 90 5
13 Sun December 8 box L 4-9 @ San Diego Chargers 21 28 18 280 136 144 3 16 255 149 106 1
14 Sun December 15 box L 4-10 @ Washington Redskins 0 42 10 126 53 73 4 27 511 329 182 1

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 152 3200 866 3.7 203 185 396 1720 8 22 4.0 96 434 1480 10 3.4 92 37 15 15
Team Defense 279 3818 873 4.4 358 174 329 2079 12 18 5.9 102 519 1739 17 3.4 231 32 14 25
Lg Rank Offense 25 25 24 5 24 24 17 25 22 22 21 21 18 19
Lg Rank Defense 17 9 12 5 11 6 14 22 22 9 18 2 15 10

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%
Gary Huff 23 QB 13 11 3-8-0 142 283 50.2 1663 6 2.1 17 6.0 73 5.9 3.4 11.7 127.9 50.4 24 260 4.6 2.3 7.8
Bobby Douglass 27 7 3 1-2-0 41 100 41.0 387 2 2.0 4 4.0 40 3.9 2.3 9.4 55.3 42.4 9 69 2.9 1.4 8.3
Joe Barnes 23 3 0 2 9 22.2 29 0 0.0 1 11.1 24 3.2 -1.8 14.5 9.7 0.9 3 30 -0.1 -3.8 25.0
Ike Hill 27 RET 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
Norm Hodgins 22 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
Bob Parsons 24 P 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
Bo Rather 24 WR 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
Team Total 25.3 14 4-10-0 185 396 46.7 2079 8 2.0 22 5.6 73 5.3 3.0 11.2 148.5 46.5 36 359 4.0 1.9 8.3
Opp Total 14 174 329 52.9 2079 12 3.6 18 5.5 6.3 4.2 11.9 148.5 61.8 25 171 5.9 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
Ken Grandberry 22 RB 14 0 144 475 2 31 3.3 33.9 10.3 30 212 7.1 0 40 2.1 15.1 687 2 8
Carl Garrett 27 7 0 96 346 1 19 3.6 49.4 13.7 16 132 8.3 1 20 2.3 18.9 478 2 2
Perry Williams 28 FB 14 0 74 218 1 12 2.9 15.6 5.3 25 167 6.7 0 13 1.8 11.9 385 1 2
Jim Harrison 26 9 0 36 94 1 16 2.6 10.4 4.0 5 38 7.6 0 14 0.6 4.2 132 1 0
Bobby Douglass 27 7 3 36 229 1 17 6.4 32.7 5.1 229 1 0
Gary Huff 23 QB 13 11 23 37 2 11 1.6 2.8 1.8 37 2 14
Cliff Taylor 22 RET 14 0 9 18 1 9 2.0 1.3 0.6 3 23 7.7 0 8 0.2 1.6 41 1 1
Gary Kosins 25 14 0 8 30 1 12 3.8 2.1 0.6 1 3 3.0 0 3 0.1 0.2 33 1 1
Bo Rather 24 WR 13 0 2 10 0 14 5.0 0.8 0.2 29 400 13.8 3 59 2.2 30.8 410 3 0
Charlie Wade 24 WR 14 0 1 -15 0 -15 -15.0 -1.1 0.1 39 683 17.5 1 73 2.8 48.8 668 1 1
Fred Pagac 22 TE 14 0 1 -1 0 -1 -1.0 -0.1 0.1 6 79 13.2 0 24 0.4 5.6 78 0 0
Dave Gagnon 23 13 0 1 15 0 15 15.0 1.2 0.1 4 20 5.0 0 16 0.3 1.5 35 0 0
Joe Barnes 23 3 0 1 19 0 19 19.0 6.3 0.3 19 0 0
Norm Hodgins 22 14 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 0 3
Don Rives 23 MLB 14 7 1 2 0 2 2.0 0.1 0.1 2 0 0
Jim Kelly 23 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 8 100 12.5 0 24 0.6 7.1 100 0 0
Ike Hill 27 RET 13 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 7 109 15.6 1 28 0.5 8.4 109 1 1
George Farmer 26 9 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 45 9.0 0 17 0.6 5.0 45 0 0
Wayne Wheeler 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 59 11.8 1 19 0.4 4.9 59 1 0
Bob Parsons 24 P 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 9 4.5 1 5 0.1 0.6 9 1 0
Team Total 25.3 14 434 1480 10 31 3.4 105.7 31.0 185 2079 11.2 8 73 13.2 148.5 3559 18 35
Opp Total 14 519 1739 17 3.4 124.2 37.1 174 2079 11.9 12 12.4 148.5 3818 29 28

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 27 RET 13 0 33 183 0 15 5.5 292
Cliff Taylor 22 RET 14 0 27 567 0 38 21.0 608
Ken Grandberry 22 RB 14 0 22 568 0 69 25.8 1255
Bill Knox 23 14 0 5 35 0 12 7.0 35
Pete Van Valkenberg 24 6 0 4 22 0 14 5.5 1 20 0 20 20.0 42
Fred Pagac 22 TE 14 0 3 53 0 21 17.7 131
Dave Gagnon 23 13 0 2 32 0 16 16.0 67
Norm Hodgins 22 14 0 2 8 0 8 4.0 11
Dave Gallagher 22 LDE 14 11 1 16 0 16 16.0 16
Steve Kinney 25 10 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0
Team Total 25.3 14 44 248 0 15 5.6 57 1256 0 69 22.0 5063
Opp Total 14 58 1 35 700 0 20.0

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
Bob Parsons 24 P 14 0 90 3408 59 1 37.9
Mirro Roder 30 K 14 0 5 4 5 3 3 2 13 9 69.2% 17 17 100.0%
Joe Barnes 23 3 0 1 27 27 0 27.0
Team Total 25.3 14 5 4 5 3 3 2 13 9 69.2% 17 17 100.0% 91 3435 59 1 37.7
Opp Total 14 23 16 69.6% 33 29 87.9% 77 2964 38.5

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
Lionel Antoine 24 LT 14 0 0 1 0 0
Waymond Bryant 22 mlb 13 0 2 11 0 11 0 2 0 0
Doug Buffone 30 LLB 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0
Wally Chambers 23 RDT 14 14 0 1 0 0
Craig Clemons 25 SS 14 0 4 84 0 38 0 1 0 0
Rich Coady 30 C 11 0 1 1 -29 0
Allan Ellis 23 LCB 14 14 3 32 0 19
Dave Gagnon 23 13 0 0 1 3 0
Dave Gallagher 22 LDE 14 11 0 1 8 0
Carl Garrett 27 7 0 2 0 0 0
Ken Grandberry 22 RB 14 0 8 0 0 0
Ike Hill 27 RET 13 0 1 0 0 0
Norm Hodgins 22 14 0 3 3 -5 0
Gary Huff 23 QB 13 11 14 7 -22 0
Bill Knox 23 14 0 2 26 0 21 0 1 0 0
Gary Kosins 25 14 0 1 0 0 0
Garry Lyle 29 FS 14 0 3 57 0 36 0 1 0 0
Randy Montgomery 27 14 0 2 56 0 33 0 1 0 0
Bob Newton 25 RG 14 14 0 2 0 0
Bob Parsons 24 P 14 0 0 1 0 0
Bob Pifferini 24 12 0 0 1 0 0
Cliff Taylor 22 RET 14 0 1 0 0 0
Joe Taylor 35 RCB 14 0 1 27 0 27 0 1 0 0
Mel Tom 33 rde 14 0 0 1 1 0
Pete Van Valkenberg 24 6 0 1 0 0 0
Charlie Wade 24 WR 14 0 1 1 0 0
Perry Williams 28 FB 14 0 2 0 0 0
Team Total 25.3 14 18 293 0 38 35 30 -44 0
Opp Total 14 36 28 14 2

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 30 K 14 0 17 9 44
Bo Rather 24 WR 13 0 3 18
Carl Garrett 27 7 0 1 1 12
Ken Grandberry 22 RB 14 0 2 12
Gary Huff 23 QB 13 11 2 12
Bobby Douglass 27 7 3 1 6
Jim Harrison 26 9 0 1 6
Ike Hill 27 RET 13 0 1 6
Gary Kosins 25 14 0 1 6
Bob Parsons 24 P 14 0 1 6
Cliff Taylor 22 RET 14 0 1 6
Charlie Wade 24 WR 14 0 1 6
Wayne Wheeler 24 12 0 1 6
Perry Williams 28 FB 14 0 1 6
Team Total 25.3 14 10 8 17 9 152
Opp Total 14 17 12 1 29 16 2 279