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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)
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1974 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 | Gary Huff | 23 | 1 | 11 | 142 for 283, 1,663 yards, 6 td, 17 int, & 23 rushes for 37 yards and 2 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| RB | Ken Grandberry | 22 | Rook | 0 | 144 rushes for 475 yards, 2 td, & 30 catches for 212 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 8th / 190th pick / 1974 |
| FB | Perry Williams | 28 | 5 | 0 | 74 rushes for 218 yards, 1 td, & 25 catches for 167 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 90th pick / 1969 |
| WR | Bo Rather | 24 | 1 | 0 | 29 catches for 400 yards, 3 td, & 2 rushes for 10 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 104th pick / 1973 |
| WR | Charlie Wade | 24 | Rook | 0 | 39 catches for 683 yards, 1 td, & 1 rush for -15 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 17th / 442nd pick / 1973 |
| TE | Fred Pagac | 22 | Rook | 0 | 6 catches for 79 yards, 0 td, & 1 rush for -1 yards and 0 td | |
| LT | Lionel Antoine | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1972 |
| LG | Ernie Janet | 25 | 2 | 0 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1971 |
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| C | Rich Coady | 30 | 4 | 0 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| RG | Bob Newton | 25 | 3 | 14 | 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| RT | Bob Asher | 26 | 4 | 0 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 27th pick / 1970 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Dave Gallagher | 22 | Rook | 11 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 20th pick / 1974 |
| LDT | Jim Osborne | 25 | 2 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 182nd pick / 1972 |
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| RDT | Wally Chambers | 23 | 1 | 14 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| RDE | Gary Hrivnak | 23 | 1 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1973 |
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| RDE | Mel Tom | 33 | 7 | 0 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| LLB | Doug Buffone | 30 | 8 | 0 | 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Don Rives | 23 | 1 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 370th pick / 1973 |
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| MLB | Waymond Bryant | 22 | Rook | 0 | 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1974 |
| RLB | Jimmy Gunn | 26 | 4 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
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| LCB | Allan Ellis | 23 | 1 | 14 | 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 5th / 107th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Joe Taylor | 35 | 7 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| SS | Craig Clemons | 25 | 2 | 0 | 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| FS | Garry Lyle | 29 | 6 | 0 | 3 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Mirro Roder | 30 | 1 | 0 | 9 of 13 field goals & 17 of 17 extra points | |
| P | Bob Parsons | 24 | 2 | 0 | 90 punts for a 37.9 average, 1 blocked | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Ike Hill | 27 | 4 | 0 | 33 punt returns for a 5.5 average and 0 td | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| KR | Cliff Taylor | 22 | Rook | 0 | 27 kick returns for a 21.0 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1974 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Lionel Antoine | 24 | T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Southern Illinois | 8/31/1950 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Asher | 26 | T-G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 6/13/1948 | 4 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 27th pick / 1970 |
| Joe Barnes | 23 | QB | 3 | 0 | 205 | 5-11 | Texas Tech | 12/8/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 13th / 316th pick / 1974 |
| Waymond Bryant | 22 | LB | 13 | 0 | 236 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 7/28/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Buffone | 30 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| Wally Chambers | 23 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Eastern Kentucky | 5/15/1951 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| Craig Clemons | 25 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa | 6/1/1949 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| Rich Coady | 30 | C-TE | 11 | 0 | 245 | 6-3 | Memphis | 12/17/1944 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 11th / 289th pick / 1968 |
| Bobby Douglass | 27 | QB | 7 | 3 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| Allan Ellis | 23 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | UCLA | 8/19/1951 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 107th pick / 1973 |
| George Farmer | 26 | WR | 9 | 0 | 214 | 6-4 | UCLA | 4/19/1948 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| Tom Forrest | 22 | G | 8 | 0 | 255 | 6-2 | Cincinnati | 4/11/1952 | Rook | San Diego Chargers / 8th / 185th pick / 1974 |
| Dave Gagnon | 23 | RB | 13 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Ferris State | 1/17/1951 | Rook | |
| Dave Gallagher | 22 | DE-DT | 14 | 11 | 256 | 6-4 | Michigan | 1/2/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 20th pick / 1974 |
| Carl Garrett | 27 | RB | 7 | 0 | 210 | 5-11 | New Mexico Highlands | 8/31/1947 | 5 | Boston Patriots / 3rd / 58th pick / 1969 |
| Ken Grandberry | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 6-0 | Washington State | 1/25/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 8th / 190th pick / 1974 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 26 | LB | 14 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC | 11/27/1948 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
| Richard Harris | 26 | DE-DT | 14 | 3 | 260 | 6-5 | Grambling State | 1/21/1948 | 3 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Harrison | 26 | RB | 9 | 0 | 235 | 6-4 | Missouri | 9/10/1948 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 28th pick / 1971 |
| Clint Haslerig | 22 | WR-HB | 3 | 0 | 189 | 6-0 | Michigan | 4/9/1952 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 83rd pick / 1974 |
| Ike Hill | 27 | WB-DB | 13 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | Catawba | 4/15/1947 | 4 | Oakland Raiders / 9th / 232nd pick / 1970 |
| Mike Hoban | 22 | G | 1 | 0 | 235 | 6-2 | Michigan | 1/19/1952 | Rook | |
| Norm Hodgins | 22 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 6-1 | LSU | 3/1/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 11th / 264th pick / 1974 |
| Gary Hrivnak | 23 | DE | 14 | 7 | 252 | 6-5 | Purdue | 3/3/1951 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1973 |
| Gary Huff | 23 | QB | 13 | 11 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida State | 4/27/1951 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| Don Hultz | 34 | DE-DT | 8 | 0 | 241 | 6-3 | Southern Miss | 12/16/1940 | 11 | |
| Randy B. Jackson | 30 | T | 11 | 0 | 250 | 6-5 | Florida | 3/6/1944 | 7 | Buffalo Bills / 3rd / 25th pick / 1966 |
| Ernie Janet | 25 | G | 14 | 0 | 250 | 6-4 | Washington | 7/22/1949 | 2 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 37th pick / 1971 |
| Jim Kelly | 23 | TE | 14 | 0 | 212 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 8/7/1951 | Rook | |
| Steve Kinney | 25 | T | 10 | 0 | 255 | 6-5 | Utah State | 6/27/1949 | 1 | |
| Bill Knox | 23 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Purdue | 6/19/1951 | Rook | |
| Gary Kosins | 25 | RB | 14 | 0 | 215 | 6-1 | Dayton | 1/21/1949 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 3rd / 77th pick / 1972 |
| Garry Lyle | 29 | DB-RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 6-2 | George Washington | 10/20/1945 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 63rd pick / 1967 |
| Randy Montgomery | 27 | DB | 14 | 0 | 182 | 5-11 | Weber State | 8/12/1947 | 3 | Denver Broncos / 7th / 167th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Newton | 25 | G-T | 14 | 14 | 257 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/16/1949 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| Jim Osborne | 25 | DT | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/7/1949 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 182nd pick / 1972 |
| Fred Pagac | 22 | TE | 14 | 0 | 222 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 4/26/1952 | Rook | |
| Bob Parsons | 24 | TE-P | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/29/1950 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| Bob Pifferini | 24 | LB | 12 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/27/1950 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 133rd pick / 1972 |
| Bo Rather | 24 | WR | 13 | 0 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/7/1950 | 1 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 104th pick / 1973 |
| Don Rives | 23 | LB | 14 | 7 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/30/1951 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 370th pick / 1973 |
| Mirro Roder | 30 | K | 14 | 0 | 218 | 6-1 | none | 1/22/1944 | 1 | |
| Hurles Scales | 24 | DB | 1 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Texas | 12/1/1950 | Rook | Cincinnati Bengals / 14th / 355th pick / 1973 |
| Cliff Taylor | 22 | RB | 14 | 0 | 198 | 5-11 | Memphis | 5/10/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1974 |
| Joe Taylor | 35 | DB | 14 | 0 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina A&T | 8/27/1939 | 7 | New York Giants / 15th / 209th pick / 1962 |
| Mel Tom | 33 | DE | 14 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Hawaii,San Jose State | 8/4/1941 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| Pete Van Valkenberg | 24 | RB | 6 | 0 | 192 | 6-2 | BYU | 5/19/1950 | 1 | New Orleans Saints / 3rd / 66th pick / 1973 |
| Charlie Wade | 24 | WR | 14 | 0 | 164 | 5-10 | Tennessee State | 2/23/1950 | Rook | Miami Dolphins / 17th / 442nd pick / 1973 |
| Wayne Wheeler | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 185 | 6-2 | Alabama | 3/28/1950 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1974 |
| Perry Williams | 28 | RB | 14 | 0 | 219 | 6-2 | Purdue | 12/11/1946 | 5 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 90th pick / 1969 |
| Team Total | 25.3 | 14 | 219.9 | 6-2.0 | 2.3 |