1986 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 14-2-0, 1st in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Mike Ditka (14-2-0)

Points For: 352 (22.0/g) 13th of 28

Points Against: 187 (11.7/g) 1st of 28

Expected W-L: 13.1-2.9

SRS: 7.60 (2nd of 28), SOS: -2.71

Playoffs:
Lost Divisional Round 13-27 vs. Washington Redskins

Offensive Coordinator: Ed Hughes

Defensive Coordinator: Vince Tobin

Other Notable Asst.: Jim Dooley (Offensive Consultant), Greg Landry (QB/WR/TE), John Levra (Defensive Line), Dave McGinnis (Linebackers) and Dick Stanfel (Offensive Line)

Stadium: Soldier Field

Secretary of the Board of Directors: Virginia Halas McCaskey

General Manager: Jerry Vainisi

Offensive Scheme: Smashmouth

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Preseason Odds: Super Bowl +300

Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	352	5459	1045	5.2	47	22	305	208	415	2759	12	25	6.3	118	606	2700	21	4.5	166	98	765	21
Opp. Stats	187	4130	1002	4.1	47	16	241	243	513	2667	12	31	4.6	151	427	1463	4	3.4	67	111	866	23
Lg Rank Offense	13	7			26	26	12		27	20	28	22	9		1	1	3	3
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			3	14	1		15	2	1	2	1		3	2	1	2

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense					Expected Points
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	Offense	Defense	Sp. Tms
1	Sun	September 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-0		Cleveland Browns	41	31	26	367	174	193	1	21	349	280	69	1	11.53	0.96	3.35
2	Sun	September 14	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	2-0		Philadelphia Eagles	13	10	21	344	100	244	4	17	247	146	101	6	-3.29	18.00	-10.38
3	Mon	September 22	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Green Bay Packers	25	12	18	296	183	113	2	16	278	231	47	1	-5.66	13.29	4.29
4	Sun	September 28	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-0	@	Cincinnati Bengals	44	7	23	476	254	222	2	16	338	278	60	5	13.41	27.79	-2.20
5	Sun	October 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		5-0		Minnesota Vikings	23	0	18	370	199	171	3	11	159	114	45	3	-1.58	26.91	-4.42
6	Sun	October 12	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		6-0	@	Houston Oilers	20	7	23	360	203	157	2	19	283	155	128	1	4.58	0.20	3.33
7	Sun	October 19	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		6-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	7	23	10	190	137	53	2	19	376	219	157	1	-10.27	-11.74	4.42
8	Sun	October 26	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		7-1		Detroit Lions	13	7	19	252	128	124	3	11	214	138	76	3	-10.12	17.46	-2.40
9	Mon	November 3	9:00PM ET	boxscore	L		7-2		Los Angeles Rams	17	20	14	269	123	146	3	14	278	137	141	3	-13.48	10.61	-0.67
10	Sun	November 9	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		8-2	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	23	3	20	434	258	176	1	14	272	188	84	2	9.35	13.13	-6.52
11	Sun	November 16	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		9-2	@	Atlanta Falcons	13	10	15	368	203	165	3	11	159	41	118	3	-8.21	21.89	-9.40
12	Sun	November 23	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		10-2		Green Bay Packers	12	10	15	300	102	198	5	11	195	106	89	3	-24.50	25.12	1.71
13	Sun	November 30	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W	OT	11-2		Pittsburgh Steelers	13	10	25	406	235	171	3	18	291	159	132	3	-3.96	11.48	-5.20
14	Sun	December 7	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		12-2		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	48	14	23	432	187	245	3	13	271	221	50	5	19.35	11.55	4.94
15	Mon	December 15	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		13-2	@	Detroit Lions	16	13	18	273	112	161	4	14	160	104	56	2	-21.07	18.05	4.36
16	Sun	December 21	4:00PM ET	boxscore	W		14-2	@	Dallas Cowboys	24	10	17	322	161	161	6	16	260	150	110	5	-15.18	29.17	-0.99
		Playoffs
Division	Sat	January 3	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		14-3		Washington Redskins	13	27	14	220	127	93	4	19	302	168	134	1	-19.18	1.87	0.76

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Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Mike Tomczak	24	QB	13	7	7-0-0	74	151	49.0	1105	2	1.3	10	6.6	45	36.8	85	7.3	4.6	14.9	85.0	50.2	4	30	2.58	6.94	4.3	2	3
2	Jim McMahon	27	QB	6	6	6-0-0	77	150	51.3	995	5	3.3	8	5.3	40	41.7	58	6.6	4.9	12.9	165.8	61.4	6	40	3.85	6.12	4.5	0	0
3	Steve Fuller	29	QB	16	2	0-2-0	34	64	53.1	451	2	3.1	4	6.3	19	38.9	50	7.0	4.9	13.3	28.2	60.1	8	53	11.11	5.53	3.6	1	1
4	Doug Flutie	24	QB	4	1	1-0-0	23	46	50.0	361	3	6.5	2	4.3	14	36.5	58	7.8	7.2	15.7	90.3	80.1	6	30	11.54	6.37	5.8	1	1
5	Walter Payton	33	RB	16	16		0	4	0.0	0	0	0.0	1	25.0	0			0.0	-11.3		0.0	0.0	0	0	0.00	0.00	-11.3	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-6
	Team Totals			16	16	14-2-0	208	415	50.1	2759	12	2.9	25	6.0	118	38.5	85	7.0	4.9	14.0	172.4	57.6	24	153	5.47	6.28	4.27	4	5

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Doug Flutie	24	QB	1	1	0-1-0	11	31	35.5	134	1	3.2	2	6.5	5	25.0	50	4.3	2.1	12.2	134.0	33.5	1	7	3.13	3.97	1.8	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	0-1-0	11	31	35.5	127	1	3.2	2	6.5	5	25.0	50	4.3	2.1	12.2	127.0	33.5	1	7	3.13	3.97	1.78	0	0

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						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Walter Payton	33	RB	16	16	321	1333	8	77	52.0	41	4.2	83.3	20.1	53	37	382	10.3	3	13	45.3	57	2.3	23.9	69.8	7.2	358	4.8	1715	11	6	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-6
2	Willie Gault	26	WR	16	16	8	79	0	5	75.0	33	9.9	4.9	0.5	96	42	818	19.5	5	32	42.7	53	2.6	51.1	43.8	8.5	50	17.9	897	5	1
3	Matt Suhey	28	FB	16	14	84	270	2	23	53.6	17	3.2	16.9	5.3	35	24	235	9.8	0	8	54.3	58	1.5	14.7	68.6	6.7	108	4.7	505	2	1
4	Keith Ortego	23	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	58	23	430	18.7	2	14	34.5	58	1.4	26.9	39.7	7.4	23	18.7	430	2	1
5	Emery Moorehead	32	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	43	26	390	15.0	1	15	53.5	85	1.6	24.4	60.5	9.1	26	15.0	390	1	1
6	Dennis Gentry	27	WR	15	2	11	103	1	6	63.6	29	9.4	6.9	0.7	47	19	238	12.5	0	14	34.0	41	1.3	15.9	40.4	5.1	30	11.4	341	1	0
7	Thomas Sanders	24	RB	16	1	27	224	5	8	55.6	75	8.3	14.0	1.7	5	2	18	9.0	0	1	20.0	18	0.1	1.1	40.0	3.6	29	8.3	242	5	2
8	Calvin Thomas	26	RB	16	0	56	224	0	18	62.5	23	4.0	14.0	3.5	12	4	18	4.5	0	1	8.3	18	0.3	1.1	33.3	1.5	60	4.0	242	0	3
9	Tim Wrightman	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	33	22	241	11.0	0	14	48.5	29	1.4	15.1	66.7	7.3	22	11.0	241	0	1
10	Neal Anderson	22	RB	14	1	35	146	0	8	48.6	23	4.2	10.4	2.5	5	4	80	20.0	1	2	60.0	58	0.3	5.7	80.0	16.0	39	5.8	226	1	1
11	Jim McMahon	27	QB	6	6	22	152	1	8	54.5	23	6.9	25.3	3.7	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			22	6.9	152	1	1
12	Mike Tomczak	24	QB	13	7	23	117	3	9	52.2	16	5.1	9.0	1.8	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	23	5.1	117	3	2
13	Lew Barnes	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	12	4	54	13.5	0	4	33.3	14	0.3	3.4	33.3	4.5	4	13.5	54	0	5
14	Doug Flutie	24	QB	4	1	9	36	1	4	44.4	19	4.0	9.0	2.3	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			9	4.0	36	1	3
15	Steve Fuller	29	QB	16	2	8	30	0	0	12.5	10	3.8	1.9	0.5	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			8	3.8	30	0	2
16	Mark Bortz	25	LG	15	15	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	1	8	8.0	0	0	0.0	8	0.1	0.5	100.0	8.0	1	8.0	8	0	0
17	Ken Margerum	28	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
18	Clay Pickering	25	WR	4	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
19	William Perry	24	RDT	16	16	1	-1	0	0	0.0	-1	-1.0	-0.1	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-1.0	-1	0	1
20	Maury Buford	26	P	16	0	1	-13	0	0	0.0	-13	-13.0	-0.8	0.1	0	0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			1	-13.0	-13	0	1
	Team Totals			16	16	606	2700	21	166	53.0	75	4.5	168.8	37.9	404	208	2912	14.0	12	118	41.6	85	13.0	182.0	51.5	7.2	814	6.9	5612	33	32

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing									Receiving												Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Tgt	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	1D	Succ%	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Ctch%	Y/Tgt	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Willie Gault	26	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	11	5	82	16.4	1	3	36.4	50	5.0	82.0	45.5	7.5	5	16.4	82	1	0
2	Keith Ortego	23	WR	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	5	2	36	18.0	0	1	40.0	27	2.0	36.0	40.0	7.2	2	18.0	36	0	0
3	Walter Payton	33	RB	1	1	14	38	0	2	42.9	9	2.7	38.0	14.0	1	1	-2	-2.0	0	0	0.0	-2	1.0	-2.0	100.0	-2.0	15	2.4	36	0	1
4	Calvin Thomas	26	RB	1	0	3	18	0	2	66.7	13	6.0	18.0	3.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			3	6.0	18	0	0
5	Matt Suhey	28	FB	1	1	4	14	0	1	50.0	5	3.5	14.0	4.0	1	1	2	2.0	0	0	0.0	2	1.0	2.0	100.0	2.0	5	3.2	16	0	0
6	Tim Wrightman	26	TE	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	4	2	16	8.0	0	1	50.0	9	2.0	16.0	50.0	4.0	2	8.0	16	0	0
7	Doug Flutie	24	QB	1	1	2	12	0	2	100.0	11	6.0	12.0	2.0		0	0		0	0			0.0	0.0			2	6.0	12	0	1
8	Neal Anderson	22	RB	1	0	1	11	0	1	100.0	11	11.0	11.0	1.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1	11.0	11	0	0
9	Lew Barnes	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	3	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	1
10	Dennis Gentry	27	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	1	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
11	Emery Moorehead	32	TE	1	1	0	0	0	0				0.0	0.0	2	0	0		0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0		0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	24	93	0	8	54.2	13	3.9	93.0	24.0	30	11	134	12.2	1	5	26.7	50	11.0	134.0	36.7	4.5	35	6.5	227	1	3

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles						Tackles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Solo	Ast	Sfty	Awards
1	Jimbo Covert	26	LT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
2	Dave Duerson	26	SS	16	16	6	139	0	38	1	0	2	6	0	7.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
3	Gary Fencik	32	FS	16	16	3	37	0	24	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
4	Willie Gault	26	WR	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
5	Dan Hampton	29	LDE	16	16	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	10.0	0	0	0	1	AP-2
6	Jay Hilgenberg	27	C	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-28	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2
7	Steve McMichael	29	LDT	16	16	1	5	0	5	1	0	2	0	0	8.0	87	87	0	1	PB,AP-2
8	Emery Moorehead	32	TE	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
9	Walter Payton	33	RB	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-2,AP MVP-6
10	William Perry	24	RDT	16	16	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5.0	84	84	0	0
11	Mike Richardson	25	LCB	16	16	7	69	0	32	0	3	0	-5	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
12	Keith Van Horne	29	RT	16	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
13	Wilber Marshall	24	RLB	16	15	5	68	1	58	4	0	3	12	1	5.5	105	105	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP DPoY-3
14	Richard Dent	26	RDE	15	14	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	11.5	75	75	0	0
15	Mike Singletary	28	MLB	14	14	1	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	PB,AP-1
16	Matt Suhey	28	FB	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
17	Otis Wilson	29	LLB	15	14	2	31	0	21	1	0	3	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0
18	Keith Ortego	23	WR	16	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
19	Vestee Jackson	23	RCB	16	8	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	-7	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
20	Reggie Phillips	26	RCB	16	8	1	6	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
21	Mike Tomczak	24	QB	13	7	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
22	Jim McMahon	27	QB	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
23	Al Harris	30	DE	16	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0
24	Steve Fuller	29	QB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	-3	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
25	Mike Hartenstine	33	DE	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
26	Ron Rivera	24	LB	16	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0
27	Neal Anderson	22	RB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
28	Doug Flutie	24	QB	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	-4	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
29	Thomas Sanders	24	RB	16	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
30	Lew Barnes	24	WR	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
31	Todd Bell	28	DB	15	0	1	-1	0	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
32	Maury Buford	26	P	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
33	Maurice Douglass	22	DB	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	4	4	0	0
34	Shaun Gayle	24	DB	16	0	1	13	0	13	1	0	1	0	0	0.0	14	14	0	0
35	Dan Rains	30	LB	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
36	Calvin Thomas	26	RB	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
37	Tim Wrightman	26	TE	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0
	Team Totals			16	16	31	370	1	58	20	36	28	-29	1	62.0	369	369	0	2

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	FF	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Richard Dent	26	RDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
2	Doug Flutie	24	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Dan Hampton	29	LDE	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0	0
4	Vestee Jackson	23	RCB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
5	Walter Payton	33	RB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Mike Richardson	25	LCB	1	1	1	43	0	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Lew Barnes	24	WR	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1	43	0	43	0	1	3	1	0	0	2.0	0	0

1986 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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