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1975 Chicago Bears
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Record: 4-10-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 191 points (13.6/g), 24th of 26 in the NFL.
Allowed 379 points (27.1/g), 25th.
Differential of -188 points (-13.4/g), 25th.
Expected W-L: 2.3-11.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -13 (-0.9/g), 21st.
Coached by Jack Pardee (4-10-0)
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1975 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 | 24 | 2 | 9 | 114 for 205, 1,083 yards, 3 td, 9 int, & 5 rushes for 7 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| RB | Walter Payton | 21 | Rook | 7 | 196 rushes for 679 yards, 7 td, & 33 catches for 213 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1975 |
| RB | Mike Adamle | 26 | 4 | 7 | 94 rushes for 353 yards, 1 td, & 15 catches for 111 yards and 0 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 120th pick / 1971 |
| FB | Roland Harper | 22 | Rook | 10 | 100 rushes for 453 yards, 1 td, & 27 catches for 191 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 17th / 420th pick / 1975 |
| WR | Bob Grim | 30 | 8 | 12 | 28 catches for 374 yards, 2 td | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 28th pick / 1967 |
| WR | Bo Rather | 25 | 2 | 14 | 39 catches for 685 yards, 2 td, & 4 rushes for 24 yards and 0 td | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 104th pick / 1973 |
| TE | Bob Parsons | 25 | 3 | 0 | 13 catches for 184 yards, 1 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| LT | Lionel Antoine | 25 | 3 | 0 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1972 |
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| LG | Noah Jackson | 24 | Rook | 14 | 1 fumble recovered | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 161st pick / 1974 |
| C | Dan Peiffer | 24 | Rook | 11 | 1 fumble recovered | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 346th pick / 1973 |
| RG | Mark Nordquist | 30 | 7 | 13 | 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 124th pick / 1968 |
| RT | Jeff Sevy | 24 | Rook | 12 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 12th / 290th pick / 1974 |
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Mike Hartenstine | 22 | Rook | 14 | 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 31st pick / 1975 |
| LDT | Roger Stillwell | 24 | Rook | 11 | Chicago Bears / 9th / 212th pick / 1975 |
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| RDT | Wally Chambers* | 24 | 2 | 14 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
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| RDE | Richard Harris | 27 | 4 | 8 | 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1971 |
| LLB | Doug Buffone | 31 | 9 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| MLB | Larry Ely | 28 | 5 | 0 | 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 16th / 397th pick / 1970 |
| MLB | Waymond Bryant | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1974 |
| RLB | Waymond Bryant | 23 | 1 | 13 | 0 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1974 |
| LCB | Allan Ellis | 24 | 2 | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 5th / 107th pick / 1973 |
| RCB | Virgil Livers | 23 | Rook | 7 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 83rd pick / 1975 |
| RCB | Nemiah Wilson | 32 | 10 | 0 | ||
| SS | Doug Plank | 22 | Rook | 14 | 2 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 12th / 291st pick / 1975 |
| FS | Craig Clemons | 26 | 3 | 0 | 2 interceptions, 3 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Bob Thomas | 23 | Rook | 0 | 13 of 23 field goals & 18 of 22 extra points | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 388th pick / 1974 |
| P | Bob Parsons | 25 | 3 | 0 | 93 punts for a 39.0 average, 0 blocked | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| PR | Virgil Livers | 23 | Rook | 7 | 42 punt returns for a 10.9 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 83rd pick / 1975 |
| KR | Virgil Livers | 23 | Rook | 7 | 26 kick returns for a 20.3 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 83rd pick / 1975 |
| Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Mike Adamle | 26 | RB | 14 | 7 | 197 | 5-9 | Northwestern | 10/4/1949 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 5th / 120th pick / 1971 |
| Lionel Antoine | 25 | T | 14 | 0 | 262 | 6-6 | Southern Illinois | 8/31/1950 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 3rd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Asher | 27 | T-G | 11 | 2 | 250 | 6-5 | Vanderbilt | 6/13/1948 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 27th pick / 1970 |
| Bob Avellini | 22 | QB | 8 | 4 | 208 | 6-2 | Maryland | 8/28/1953 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 135th pick / 1975 |
| John Babinecz | 25 | LB | 14 | 1 | 222 | 6-1 | Villanova | 7/27/1950 | 3 | Dallas Cowboys / 2nd / 39th pick / 1972 |
| Waymond Bryant | 23 | LB | 13 | 13 | 236 | 6-4 | Tennessee State | 7/28/1952 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1974 |
| Doug Buffone | 31 | LB | 14 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Louisville | 6/27/1944 | 9 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 60th pick / 1966 |
| Gary Butler | 24 | TE | 8 | 0 | 235 | 6-3 | Rice | 1/11/1951 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 2nd / 27th pick / 1973 |
| Wally Chambers* | 24 | DT-DE | 14 | 14 | 250 | 6-6 | Eastern Kentucky | 5/15/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 8th pick / 1973 |
| Craig Clemons | 26 | DB | 14 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Iowa | 6/1/1949 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 12th pick / 1972 |
| Tom Donchez | 23 | RB | 14 | 0 | 216 | 6-2 | Penn State | 3/10/1952 | Rook | Buffalo Bills / 4th / 102nd pick / 1975 |
| Bobby Douglass | 28 | QB | 1 | 1 | 225 | 6-4 | Kansas | 6/22/1947 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 41st pick / 1969 |
| Earl Douthitt | 23 | DB | 9 | 0 | 188 | 6-2 | Iowa | 9/8/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 178th pick / 1975 |
| Cid Edwards | 32 | RB | 8 | 0 | 230 | 6-3 | Tennessee State | 10/10/1943 | 7 | |
| Allan Ellis | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 185 | 5-11 | UCLA | 8/19/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 107th pick / 1973 |
| Larry Ely | 28 | LB | 12 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Iowa | 12/19/1947 | 5 | Cincinnati Bengals / 16th / 397th pick / 1970 |
| George Farmer | 27 | WR | 2 | 0 | 214 | 6-4 | UCLA | 4/19/1948 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 54th pick / 1970 |
| Carl Gersbach | 28 | LB | 10 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | Duke,West Chester | 1/8/1947 | 5 | |
| Bob Grim | 30 | WR | 14 | 12 | 200 | 6-0 | Oregon State | 5/8/1945 | 8 | Minnesota Vikings / 2nd / 28th pick / 1967 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 27 | LB | 4 | 0 | 220 | 6-1 | USC | 11/27/1948 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 13th / 314th pick / 1970 |
| Roland Harper | 22 | RB | 13 | 10 | 208 | 5-11 | Louisiana Tech | 2/28/1953 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 17th / 420th pick / 1975 |
| Richard Harris | 27 | DE-DT | 12 | 8 | 260 | 6-5 | Grambling State | 1/21/1948 | 4 | Philadelphia Eagles / 1st / 5th pick / 1971 |
| Mike Hartenstine | 22 | DE | 14 | 14 | 251 | 6-3 | Penn State | 7/27/1953 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 31st pick / 1975 |
| Gary Hrivnak | 24 | DE | 14 | 4 | 252 | 6-5 | Purdue | 3/3/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 48th pick / 1973 |
| Gary Huff | 24 | QB | 14 | 9 | 195 | 6-1 | Florida State | 4/27/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 33rd pick / 1973 |
| Noah Jackson | 24 | G | 14 | 14 | 267 | 6-2 | Tampa | 4/14/1951 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 7th / 161st pick / 1974 |
| Bill Knox | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 190 | 5-9 | Purdue | 6/19/1951 | 1 | |
| Greg Latta | 23 | TE | 14 | 4 | 227 | 6-3 | Morgan State | 10/13/1952 | Rook | Baltimore Colts / 8th / 188th pick / 1974 |
| Virgil Livers | 23 | DB | 14 | 7 | 176 | 5-8 | Western Kentucky | 3/26/1952 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 83rd pick / 1975 |
| Johnny Musso | 25 | RB | 2 | 0 | 201 | 5-11 | Alabama | 3/6/1950 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 62nd pick / 1972 |
| Dan Neal | 26 | C-G | 6 | 3 | 250 | 6-4 | Kentucky | 8/30/1949 | 2 | Baltimore Colts / 11th / 270th pick / 1973 |
| Bob Newton | 26 | G-T | 6 | 1 | 257 | 6-4 | Nebraska | 8/16/1949 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 71st pick / 1971 |
| Mark Nordquist | 30 | G-C | 14 | 13 | 246 | 6-4 | Pacific | 11/3/1945 | 7 | Philadelphia Eagles / 5th / 124th pick / 1968 |
| Jim Osborne | 26 | DT | 12 | 3 | 250 | 6-3 | Southern | 9/7/1949 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 182nd pick / 1972 |
| Bob Parsons | 25 | TE-P | 14 | 0 | 234 | 6-4 | Penn State | 6/29/1950 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 117th pick / 1972 |
| Walter Payton | 21 | RB | 13 | 7 | 200 | 5-10 | Jackson State | 7/25/1954 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 1975 |
| Dan Peiffer | 24 | C | 11 | 11 | 252 | 6-3 | Southeast Missouri State | 3/29/1951 | Rook | St. Louis Cardinals / 14th / 346th pick / 1973 |
| Bob Pifferini | 25 | LB | 14 | 0 | 226 | 6-2 | UCLA | 6/27/1950 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 133rd pick / 1972 |
| Doug Plank | 22 | DB | 14 | 14 | 200 | 6-0 | Ohio State | 3/4/1953 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 12th / 291st pick / 1975 |
| Bo Rather | 25 | WR | 14 | 14 | 184 | 6-1 | Michigan | 10/7/1950 | 2 | Miami Dolphins / 4th / 104th pick / 1973 |
| Don Rives | 24 | LB | 2 | 1 | 225 | 6-2 | Texas Tech | 8/30/1951 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 15th / 370th pick / 1973 |
| Ron Rydalch | 23 | DT | 3 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Utah | 1/1/1952 | Rook | New York Jets / 8th / 197th pick / 1974 |
| Steve Schubert | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 185 | 5-10 | Massachusetts | 3/15/1951 | 1 | |
| Jeff Sevy | 24 | T-G-DT-DE | 14 | 12 | 260 | 6-5 | California | 10/24/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 12th / 290th pick / 1974 |
| Revie Sorey | 22 | G | 14 | 0 | 260 | 6-2 | Illinois | 9/10/1953 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 5th / 110th pick / 1975 |
| Roger Stillwell | 24 | DT-DE | 13 | 11 | 260 | 6-5 | Stanford | 11/17/1951 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 9th / 212th pick / 1975 |
| Bob Thomas | 23 | K | 14 | 0 | 178 | 5-10 | Notre Dame | 8/7/1952 | Rook | Los Angeles Rams / 15th / 388th pick / 1974 |
| Mel Tom | 34 | DE | 6 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | Hawaii,San Jose State | 8/4/1941 | 8 | Philadelphia Eagles / 6th / 89th pick / 1966 |
| Ted Vactor | 31 | DB | 4 | 0 | 185 | 6-0 | Nebraska | 5/27/1944 | 6 | |
| Nemiah Wilson | 32 | DB | 7 | 0 | 165 | 6-0 | Grambling State | 4/6/1943 | 10 | |
| Team Total | 25.4 | 14 | 223.5 | 6-1.9 | 2.7 |