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1984 Chicago Bears

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Record: 10-6-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 325 points (20.3/g), 16th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 248 points (15.5/g), 3rd.
 Differential of 77 points (4.8/g), 9th.
 Expected W-L: 10.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +3 (0.2/g), 10th.

Simple Rating System: Total 4.7, Offense: -1.7, Defense: 6.4, SoS: -0.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike Ditka

 Offensive Coordinator: Ed Hughes
 Defensive Coordinator: Buddy Ryan

Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

Team Stats and Rankings

Tot Yds & TO 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 325 5437 1100 4.9 297 226 390 2463 14 15 5.8 115 674 2974 22 4.4 164 31 16 18
Team Defense 248 3863 885 4.4 216 198 435 2486 14 21 4.9 122 378 1377 10 3.6 72 34 13 22
Lg Rank Offense 16 7 18 27 26 24 4 13 1 1 1 4 6 14
Lg Rank Defense 3 1 1 2 2 1 10 3 1 1 2 5 16 17

Team Games & Schedule

Score Offense Defense
Week Day Date OT Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 2 boxscore W 1-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 34 14 20 327 144 183 2 11 254 165 89 8
2 Sun September 9 boxscore W 2-0 Denver Broncos 27 0 15 406 104 302 3 8 130 77 53 4
3 Sun September 16 boxscore W 3-0 @ Green Bay Packers 9 7 15 345 165 180 1 10 154 122 32 1
4 Sun September 23 boxscore L 3-1 @ Seattle Seahawks 9 38 20 301 165 136 6 12 203 110 93 1
5 Sun September 30 boxscore L 3-2 Dallas Cowboys 14 23 26 400 117 283 2 17 313 254 59
6 Sun October 7 boxscore W 4-2 New Orleans Saints 20 7 19 343 97 246 14 321 145 176 1
7 Sun October 14 boxscore L 4-3 @ St. Louis Cardinals 21 38 20 370 192 178 3 23 354 230 124 1
8 Sun October 21 boxscore W 5-3 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 44 9 23 427 258 169 17 292 247 45 2
9 Sun October 28 boxscore W 6-3 Minnesota Vikings 16 7 18 307 178 129 1 16 167 126 41 2
10 Sun November 4 boxscore W 7-3 Los Angeles Raiders 17 6 13 259 84 175 1 12 181 106 75 5
11 Sun November 11 boxscore L 7-4 @ Los Angeles Rams 13 29 15 321 227 94 1 17 370 175 195
12 Sun November 18 boxscore W 8-4 Detroit Lions 16 14 17 331 156 175 11 167 96 71 1
13 Sun November 25 boxscore W 9-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 34 3 20 399 170 229 9 161 71 90 2
14 Mon December 3 boxscore L 9-5 @ San Diego Chargers 7 20 18 307 143 164 3 9 313 236 77 2
15 Sun December 9 boxscore L 9-6 Green Bay Packers 14 20 25 301 73 228 5 17 287 177 110 2
16 Sun December 16 boxscore W 10-6 @ Detroit Lions 30 13 13 293 190 103 3 13 196 149 47 2
Playoffs
Division Sun December 30 boxscore W 11-6 @ Washington Redskins 23 19 13 310 196 114 1 22 336 243 93 1
ConfChamp Sun January 6 boxscore L 11-7 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 23 13 186 37 149 1 25 387 228 159 2

Passing

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate QBR Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk% 4QC GWD
9 Jim McMahon 25 QB 9 9 7-2-0 85 143 59.4 1146 8 5.6 2 1.4 61 8.0 8.5 13.5 127.3 97.8 10 48 7.18 7.63 6.5
12 Rusty Lisch 28 qb 7 1 0-1-0 43 85 50.6 413 0 0.0 6 7.1 23 4.9 1.7 9.6 59.0 35.1 13 91 3.29 0.53 13.3
4 Steve Fuller 27 qb 6 4 2-2-0 53 78 67.9 595 3 3.8 0 0.0 31 7.6 8.4 11.2 99.2 103.3 7 41 6.52 7.22 8.2 1 1
7 Bob Avellini 31 qb 4 1 0-1-0 30 53 56.6 288 0 0.0 3 5.7 50 5.4 2.9 9.6 72.0 48.3 5 43 4.22 1.90 8.6 1 1
11 Greg Landry 38 qb 1 1 1-0-0 11 20 55.0 199 1 5.0 3 15.0 55 10.0 4.2 18.1 199.0 66.5 0 0 9.95 4.20 0.0
34 Walter Payton*+ 30 RB 16 16 3 8 37.5 47 2 25.0 1 12.5 42 5.9 5.3 15.7 2.9 57.8 0 0 5.88 5.25 0.0
84 Brian Baschnagel 30 wr 16 1 1 2 50.0 7 0 0.0 0 0.0 7 3.5 3.5 7.0 0.4 58.3 0 0 3.50 3.50 0.0
26 Matt Suhey 26 FB 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 1 9 -4.50 -4.50 50.0
Team Total 26.4 16 10-6-0 226 390 57.9 2695 14 3.6 15 3.8 61 6.9 5.9 11.9 168.4 75.1 36 232 5.78 4.85 8.5 2 2
Opp Total 16 198 435 45.5 3069 14 3.2 21 4.8 7.1 5.53 15.5 191.8 60.0 72 583 4.9 3.6 14.2

Rushing & Receiving

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Rushing Receiving
No. 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
34 Walter Payton*+ 30 RB 16 16 381 1684 11 72 4.4 105.3 23.8 45 368 8.2 0 31 2.8 23.0 2052 11 5
26 Matt Suhey 26 FB 16 16 124 424 4 21 3.4 26.5 7.8 42 312 7.4 2 23 2.6 19.5 736 6 6
33 Calvin Thomas 24 16 0 40 186 1 37 4.7 11.6 2.5 9 39 4.3 0 9 0.6 2.4 225 1 1
9 Jim McMahon 25 QB 9 9 39 276 2 30 7.1 30.7 4.3 1 42 42.0 0 42 0.1 4.7 318 2 1
29 Dennis Gentry 25 16 0 21 79 1 28 3.8 4.9 1.3 4 29 7.3 0 13 0.3 1.8 108 1 0
12 Rusty Lisch 28 qb 7 1 18 121 0 31 6.7 17.3 2.6 121 0 5
4 Steve Fuller 27 qb 6 4 15 89 1 26 5.9 14.8 2.5 89 1 0
32 Anthony Hutchison 23 12 0 14 39 1 6 2.8 3.3 1.2 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.6 46 1 0
49 Donald Jordan 22 13 0 11 70 0 29 6.4 5.4 0.8 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.5 76 0 1
7 Bob Avellini 31 qb 4 1 3 -5 0 0 -1.7 -1.3 0.8 -5 0 2
85 Dennis McKinnon 23 WR 12 12 2 12 0 21 6.0 1.0 0.2 29 431 14.9 3 32 2.4 35.9 443 3 1
15 Dave Finzer 25 P 16 0 2 0 0 5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 0
11 Greg Landry 38 qb 1 1 2 1 1 1 0.5 1.0 2.0 1 1 0
87 Emery Moorehead 30 TE 16 9 1 -2 0 -2 -2.0 -0.1 0.1 29 497 17.1 1 50 1.8 31.1 495 1 0
84 Brian Baschnagel 30 wr 16 1 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 6 53 8.8 0 17 0.4 3.3 53 0 1
83 Willie Gault 24 WR 16 15 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 34 587 17.3 6 61 2.1 36.7 587 6 1
88 Pat Dunsmore 27 11 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 106 11.8 1 25 0.8 9.6 106 1 0
81 Jay Saldi 30 te 15 7 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 9 90 10.0 0 20 0.6 6.0 90 0 2
86 Brad Anderson 23 wr 13 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 3 77 25.7 1 49 0.2 5.9 77 1 0
89 Mitch Krenk 25 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 31 15.5 0 24 0.3 3.9 31 0 0
54 Brian Cabral 28 16 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 7 7.0 0 7 0.1 0.4 7 0 0
30 Jack Cameron 23 KR 16 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 13 13.0 0 13 0.1 0.8 13 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 674 2974 22 72 4.4 185.9 42.1 226 2695 11.9 14 61 14.1 168.4 5669 36 31
Opp Total 16 378 1377 10 3.6 86.1 23.6 198 2486 12.6 14 12.4 155.4 3863 24 33

Kick & Punt Returns

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Punt Returns Kick Returns
No. Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
24 Jeff Fisher 26 PR 16 0 57 492 0 28 8.6 492
30 Jack Cameron 23 KR 16 1 26 485 0 40 18.7 498
29 Dennis Gentry 25 16 0 11 209 0 33 19.0 317
22 Dave Duerson 24 16 0 1 4 0 4 4.0 4 95 0 26 23.8 99
49 Donald Jordan 22 13 0 5 62 0 22 12.4 138
85 Dennis McKinnon 23 WR 12 12 5 62 0 18 12.4 505
25 Todd Bell* 26 SS 16 16 2 33 0 17 16.5 33
83 Willie Gault 24 WR 16 15 1 12 0 12 12.0 599
Team Total 26.4 16 63 558 0 28 8.9 49 896 0 40 18.3 7123
Opp Total 16 41 0 68 1443 1 21.2

Kicking & Punting

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
No. 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
15 Dave Finzer 25 P 16 0 83 3328 87 2 40.1
16 Bob Thomas 32 K 16 0 3 3 7 6 6 5 9 6 3 2 28 22 78.6% 37 35 94.6%
Team Total 26.4 16 3 3 7 6 6 5 9 6 3 2 28 22 78.6% 37 35 94.6% 83 3328 87 2 40.1
Opp Total 16 22 16 72.7% 29 26 89.7% 100 4160 41.6

Defense & Fumbles

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
No. Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
95 Richard Dent* 24 RDE 16 10 17.5 4 0 1 0 0 39 0
76 Steve McMichael 27 LDT 16 16 10.0 42 0
23 Shaun Gayle 22 rcb 15 6 1 -1 0 -1 0 19 0
58 Wilber Marshall 22 lb 15 1 19 0
99 Dan Hampton*+ 27 RDT 15 15 11.5 0 0 3 0 0
25 Todd Bell* 26 SS 16 16 4.5 4 46 1 36 0 0 0 2 4 0
73 Mike Hartenstine 31 LDE 16 14 7.0 0 0 2 0 0
45 Gary Fencik 30 FS 16 16 1.0 5 102 0 61 0 0 1 1 0 0
26 Matt Suhey 26 FB 16 16 0 6 2 0 0
55 Otis Wilson 27 LLB 15 15 6.5
12 Rusty Lisch 28 qb 7 1 0 5 1 -6 0
34 Walter Payton*+ 30 RB 16 16 0 5 1 0 0
50 Mike Singletary*+ 26 MLB 16 16 3.5 1 4 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0
24 Jeff Fisher 26 PR 16 0 0 4 1 0 0
21 Leslie Frazier 25 RCB 11 11 5 89 0 33 0
22 Dave Duerson 24 16 0 3.0 1 9 0 9 0
49 Donald Jordan 22 13 0 0 1 3 0 0
84 Brian Baschnagel 30 wr 16 1 0 1 2 0 0
90 Al Harris 28 RLB 16 16 2.0 1 34 0 34 0
27 Mike Richardson 23 LCB 15 15 2 7 0 7 0 0 0 1 0 0
98 Tyrone Keys 25 rde 14 7 2.5
7 Bob Avellini 31 qb 4 1 0 2 0 0 0
74 Jimbo Covert 24 LT 16 16 0 0 2 0 0
81 Jay Saldi 30 te 15 7 0 2 0 0 0
33 Calvin Thomas 24 16 0 0 1 1 0 0
70 Henry Waechter 25 de 2 2 2.0
83 Willie Gault 24 WR 16 15 0 1 0 0 0
85 Dennis McKinnon 23 WR 12 12 0 1 0 0 0
9 Jim McMahon 25 QB 9 9 0 1 0 0 0
68 Jim Osborne 35 16 0 1.0
44 Terry Schmidt 32 16 0 1 0 0 0 0
Team Total 26.4 16 72.0 21 290 1 61 0 4 31 24 -2 0 119 0
Opp Total 16 36 33 20

Scoring Summary

ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),
No. Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD AllTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
16 Bob Thomas 32 K 16 0 35 22 101
34 Walter Payton*+ 30 RB 16 16 11 11 66
83 Willie Gault 24 WR 16 15 6 6 36
26 Matt Suhey 26 FB 16 16 4 2 6 36
85 Dennis McKinnon 23 WR 12 12 3 3 18
9 Jim McMahon 25 QB 9 9 2 2 12
86 Brad Anderson 23 wr 13 3 1 1 6
25 Todd Bell* 26 SS 16 16 1 1 6
88 Pat Dunsmore 27 11 0 1 1 6
4 Steve Fuller 27 qb 6 4 1 1 6
29 Dennis Gentry 25 16 0 1 1 6
32 Anthony Hutchison 23 12 0 1 1 6
11 Greg Landry 38 qb 1 1 1 1 6
87 Emery Moorehead 30 TE 16 9 1 1 6
33 Calvin Thomas 24 16 0 1 1 6
Team Total 26.4 16 22 14 1 37 35 22 323
Opp Total 16 10 14 1 26 16 248