1981 Chicago Bears

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 253 points (15.8/g), 27th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 324 points (20.2/g), 14th.
Differential of -71 points (-4.4/g), 23rd.
Expected W-L: 5.7-10.3.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential 0 (0.0/g), 15th.

Coached by Neill Armstrong (6-10-0)

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1981 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

Glossary · ·

								Score		Offense					Defense
Week		Date			Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 6	box	L	0-1		Green Bay Packers	9	16	20	306	161	145	4	20	346	153	193	3
2	Sun	September 13	box	L	0-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	17	28	18	339	216	123	3	20	412	287	125	2
3	Sun	September 20	box	W	1-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	28	17	15	247	126	121	1	22	450	309	141	3
4	Mon	September 28	box	L	1-3		Los Angeles Rams	7	24	17	223	135	88	3	20	329	195	134	2
5	Sun	October 4	box	L	1-4	@	Minnesota Vikings	21	24	24	396	307	89	2	22	345	211	134	1
6	Sun	October 11	box	L	1-5		Washington Redskins	7	24	13	204	153	51	4	16	301	74	227	1
7	Mon	October 19	box	L	1-6	@	Detroit Lions	17	48	24	449	316	133	4	23	485	326	159	1
8	Sun	October 25	box	W	2-6		San Diego Chargers	20	17	28	414	219	195	1	15	356	295	61	2
9	Sun	November 1	box	L	2-7	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	10	20	18	325	233	92	3	15	392	183	209	1
10	Sun	November 8	box	W	3-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	16	13	15	278	77	201		18	249	84	165	6
11	Sun	November 15	box	L	3-8	@	Green Bay Packers	17	21	20	253	88	165	3	18	247	133	114	2
12	Sun	November 22	box	L	3-9		Detroit Lions	7	23	4	24	-20	44	3	20	356	127	229	3
13	Thu	November 26	box	L	3-10	@	Dallas Cowboys	9	10	15	272	43	229	3	11	273	178	95	3
14	Sun	December 6	box	W	4-10		Minnesota Vikings	10	9	13	244	69	175	2	16	292	254	38	5
15	Sun	December 13	box	W	5-10	@	Oakland Raiders	23	6	19	378	228	150	2	15	263	217	46	2
16	Sun	December 20	box	W	6-10		Denver Broncos	35	24	15	281	111	170	2	19	298	222	76	3

Team Stats and Rankings

Glossary · ·

						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	253	4633	1132	4.1	278	222	489	2462	14	23	4.7	126	608	2171	13	3.6	126	40	17	26
Team Defense	324	5394	1077	5.0	460	233	525	3248	23	18	5.8	144	521	2146	13	4.1	290	40	22	26
Lg Rank Offense	27	26			24		15	27	26	16	25		3	11	17	25		13	9
Lg Rank Defense	14	19			5		20	14	18	18	11		17	20	9	19		12	4

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	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%
Vince Evans	26	QB	16	16	195	436	44.7	2354	11	2.5	20	4.6	85	5.4	3.6	12.1	147.1	51.1	23	173	4.8	3.0	5.0
Bob Avellini	28		9	0	15	32	46.9	185	1	3.1	3	9.4	72	5.8	1.9	12.3	20.6	36.6	7	52	3.4	0.2	17.9
Mike Phipps	34		3	0	11	17	64.7	171	2	11.8	0	0.0	43	10.1	11.2	15.5	57.0	137.1	5	41	5.9	6.8	22.7
Walter Payton	27	RB	16	16	0	2	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
Brian Baschnagel	27	WR/wr	16	15	1	1	100.0	18	0	0.0	0	0.0	18	18.0	18.0	18.0	1.1	118.7	0	0	18.0	18.0	0.0
Bob Parsons	31	P	16	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	26.4		16		222	489	45.4	2728	14	2.9	23	4.7	85	5.6	3.7	12.3	170.5	53.1	35	266	4.7	3.0	6.7
Opp Total			16		233	525	44.4	3248	23	4.4	18	3.4		6.2	5.1	13.9	203.0	65.2	31	279	5.8	4.3

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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
Walter Payton	27	RB	16	16	339	1222	6	39	3.6	76.4	21.2	41	379	9.2	2	30	2.6	23.7	1601	8	9
Matt Suhey	23	FB	15	14	150	521	3	26	3.5	34.7	10.0	33	168	5.1	0	15	2.2	11.2	689	3	3
Vince Evans	26	QB	16	16	43	218	3	25	5.1	13.6	2.7								218	3	13
Roland Harper	28		15	2	34	106	1	11	3.1	7.1	2.3	2	10	5.0	0	8	0.1	0.7	116	1	1
Willie McClendon	24		16	0	30	74	0	17	2.5	4.6	1.9	2	4	2.0	0	4	0.1	0.3	78	0	0
Bob Avellini	28		9	0	5	2	0	2	0.4	0.2	0.6								2	0	0
Dave Williams	27	RET	8	0	2	19	0	15	9.5	2.4	0.3	18	126	7.0	2	18	2.3	15.8	145	2	0
Ken Margerum	23	wr	16	6	1	11	0	11	11.0	0.7	0.1	39	584	15.0	1	41	2.4	36.5	595	1	0
Brian Baschnagel	27	WR/wr	16	15	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.6	0.1	34	554	16.3	3	72	2.1	34.6	564	3	2
Dan Neal	32	C	16	16	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1								-6	0	2
Bob Parsons	31	P	16	0	1	-6	0	-6	-6.0	-0.4	0.1								-6	0	0
Mike Phipps	34		3	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0.0	0.3								0	0	0
Rickey Watts	24	WR	12	9	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	27	465	17.2	3	42	2.3	38.8	465	3	3
Robin Earl	26	TE	16	15	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	10	118	11.8	1	24	0.6	7.4	118	1	0
Marcus Anderson	22		12	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	243	27.0	2	85	0.8	20.3	243	2	1
Brooks Williams	27		5	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	32	10.7	0	16	0.6	6.4	32	0	0
Mike Cobb	26		16	1	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	2	20	10.0	0	11	0.1	1.3	20	0	0
Al Harris	25	RDE	16	11	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	18	18.0	0	18	0.1	1.1	18	0	0
Emanuel Zanders	30	RG	12	12	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	7	7.0	0	7	0.1	0.6	7	0	0
Team Total	26.4		16		608	2171	13	39	3.6	135.7	38.0	222	2728	12.3	14	85	13.9	170.5	4899	27	37
Opp Total			16		521	2146	13		4.1	134.1	32.6	233	3248	13.9	23		14.6	203.0	5394	36	33

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					Punt Returns					Kick Returns
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Ret	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/R	Rt	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/Rt	APYd
Jeff Fisher	23	RET	16	0	43	509	1	88	11.8	7	102	0	23	14.6	611
Emery Moorehead	27		9	0						23	476	0	56	20.7	476
Dave Williams	27	RET	8	0						23	486	0	42	21.1	631
Leslie Frazier	22		13	0						6	77	0	15	12.8	77
Brian Baschnagel	27	WR/wr	16	15						2	34	0	23	17.0	598
Marcus Anderson	22		12	1						1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	238
Bob Fisher	23		6	1						1	9	0	9	9.0	9
Doug Plank	28	FS	16	12	1	3	0	3	3.0						3
Len Walterscheid	27		6	4	1	6	0	6	6.0						6
Brooks Williams	27		5	0						1	35	0	35	35.0	67
Team Total	26.4		16		45	518	1	88	11.5	64	1214	0	56	19.0	6631
Opp Total			16		66		1			44	937	0		21.3

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

					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	31	P	16	0																	114	4531	55	0	39.7
John Roveto	23	K	11	0	1		7	6	3	2	7	2			18	10	55.6%	20	19	95.0%
Hans Nielsen	29		3	0			1		1						2		0.0%	8	8	100.0%
Bob Thomas	29		2	0			2	1	1	1					3	2	66.7%	3	2	66.7%
Team Total	26.4		16		1		10	7	5	3	7	2			23	12	52.2%	31	29	93.5%	114	4531	55	0	39.7
Opp Total			16												29	17	58.6%	39	37	94.9%	98	3989			40.7

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

						Def Interceptions					Fumbles					Tackles
	Age	Pos	G	GS	Sk	Int	Yds	TD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	TD	Tkl	Ast	Sfty
Marcus Anderson	22		12	1								1	0	0	0
Brian Baschnagel	27	WR/wr	16	15								2	2	0	0
Todd Bell	23		16	0		1	92	1	92			0	1	0	0
Gary Campbell	29	RLB	16	16								0	1	0	0
Mike Cobb	26		16	1								0	1	0	0
Vince Evans	26	QB	16	16								13	2	-10	0
Gary Fencik*+	27	SS	16	16		6	121	1	69			0	1	0	0
Jeff Fisher	23	RET	16	0		2	3	0	3			3	1	0	0
Roland Harper	28		15	2								1	0	0	0
Al Harris	25	RDE	16	11		1	44	1	44			0	3	5	0
Mike Hartenstine	28	rde	16	5								0	1	4	0
Reuben Henderson	23	RCB	16	16		4	84	0	39			0	1	0	0
Bruce Herron	27		16	0								0	1	0	0
Ken Margerum	23	wr	16	6								0	1	0	0
Steve McMichael	24		10	0							0	0	1	0	0	1
Dan Neal	32	C	16	16								2	0	-4	0
Jim Osborne	32	LDT	16	16								0	2	7	0
Alan Page	36	RDT	16	16								0	1	0	0
Walter Payton	27	RB	16	16								9	3	0	0
Doug Plank	28	FS	16	12								0	4	6	0			1
Terry Schmidt	29	LCB	16	16		2	4	0	4			0	1	0	0
Mike Singletary	23	MLB	16	9		1	-3	0	-3
Revie Sorey	28		16	4								0	1	0	0
Matt Suhey	23	FB	15	14								3	3	0	0
Keith Van Horne	24	RT	14	12								0	1	0	0
Len Walterscheid	27		6	4		1	0	0	0			0	2	3	0
Rickey Watts	24	WR	12	9								3	2	0	0
Otis Wilson	24	LLB	15	12								0	3	31	0
Emanuel Zanders	30	RG	12	12								0	1	0	0
Team Total	26.4		16			18	345	3	92		0	37	41	42	0	1		1
Opp Total			16		35							33	11					1

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · ·

	Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	IntTD	XPM	FGM	Sfty	Pts
John Roveto	23	K	11	0					19	10		49
Walter Payton	27	RB	16	16	6	2						48
Brian Baschnagel	27	WR/wr	16	15		3						18
Vince Evans	26	QB	16	16	3							18
Matt Suhey	23	FB	15	14	3							18
Rickey Watts	24	WR	12	9		3						18
Marcus Anderson	22		12	1		2						12
Dave Williams	27	RET	8	0		2						12
Hans Nielsen	29		3	0					8			8
Bob Thomas	29		2	0					2	2		8
Todd Bell	23		16	0				1				6
Robin Earl	26	TE	16	15		1						6
Gary Fencik*+	27	SS	16	16				1				6
Jeff Fisher	23	RET	16	0			1					6
Roland Harper	28		15	2	1							6
Al Harris	25	RDE	16	11				1				6
Ken Margerum	23	wr	16	6		1						6
Doug Plank	28	FS	16	12							1	2
Team Total	26.4		16		13	14	1	3	29	12	1	253
Opp Total			16		13	23	1		37	17	1	324

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