1989 Chicago Bears

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Record: 6-10-0, Finished 4th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 358 points (22.4/g), 10th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 377 points (23.6/g), 20th.
Differential of -19 points (-1.2/g), 16th.
Expected W-L: 7.5-8.5.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -4 (-0.2/g), 19th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.0, Offense: 1.8, Defense: -1.8, SoS: 1.2, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Mike Ditka

Defensive Coordinator: Vince Tobin

Other Notable Asst.: Dave McGinnis (Linebackers)

Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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Team Stats and Rankings

			Tot Yds & TO						Passing							Rushing
	Pts	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stPy	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD
Team Offense	358	5375	1028	5.2	42	17	19	302	267	484	3088	21	25	6.0	147	516	2287	22	4.4	136
Team Defense	377	5729	1039	5.5	38	12	23	332	307	554	3832	21	26	6.5	191	446	1897	21	4.3	118
Lg Rank Offense	10	10			25	19		15		19	19	12	23	14		7	2	2	4
Lg Rank Defense	20	25			8	21		25		23	24	14	4	20		10	15	27	23

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 10	boxscore	W		1-0		Cincinnati Bengals	17	14	19	365	153	212	3	23	330	151	179
2	Sun	September 17	boxscore	W		2-0		Minnesota Vikings	38	7	20	306	142	164	1	18	320	253	67	4
3	Sun	September 24	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Detroit Lions	47	27	23	542	323	219		20	305	107	198	5
4	Mon	October 2	boxscore	W		4-0		Philadelphia Eagles	27	13	22	374	261	113	3	23	435	368	67	6
5	Sun	October 8	boxscore	L		4-1	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	35	42	22	350	214	136	3	27	415	268	147	2
6	Sun	October 15	boxscore	L		4-2		Houston Oilers	28	33	22	332	239	93	6	20	457	317	140	2
7	Mon	October 23	boxscore	L		4-3	@	Cleveland Browns	7	27	16	301	152	149	1	17	326	273	53
8	Sun	October 29	boxscore	W		5-3		Los Angeles Rams	20	10	19	318	170	148		17	252	168	84	3
9	Sun	November 5	boxscore	L		5-4	@	Green Bay Packers	13	14	19	321	188	133		19	339	270	69	2
10	Sun	November 12	boxscore	W		6-4	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	20	0	20	337	134	203	4	10	216	162	54	6
11	Sun	November 19	boxscore	L		6-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	31	32	14	377	266	111	4	21	390	263	127
12	Sun	November 26	boxscore	L		6-6	@	Washington Redskins	14	38	13	191	132	59	3	35	492	390	102	2
13	Sun	December 3	boxscore	L		6-7	@	Minnesota Vikings	16	27	18	315	178	137	2	24	387	251	136	2
14	Sun	December 10	boxscore	L		6-8		Detroit Lions	17	27	21	302	172	130	2	17	295	168	127	2
15	Sun	December 17	boxscore	L		6-9		Green Bay Packers	28	40	19	355	197	158	5	24	456	239	217	1
16	Sun	December 24	boxscore	L		6-10	@	San Francisco 49ers	0	26	15	289	167	122	5	17	314	184	130	1

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	Sk	Yds	NY/A	ANY/A	Sk%	4QC	GWD
18	Mike Tomczak	27	QB	16	11	5-6-0	156	306	51.0	2058	16	5.2	16	5.2	79	6.7	5.4	13.2	128.6	68.2	10	68	6.30	5.03	3.2	1	1
4	Jim Harbaugh	26	qb	12	5	1-4-0	111	178	62.4	1204	5	2.8	9	5.1	49	6.8	5.1	10.8	100.3	70.5	18	106	5.60	4.05	9.2
	Team Total	26.0		16		6-10-0	267	484	55.2	3262	21	4.3	25	5.2	79	6.7	5.3	12.2	203.9	69.1	28	174	6.03	4.65	5.5	1	1
	Opp Total			16			307	554	55.4	4079	21	3.8	26	4.7		7.4	6.01	13.3	254.9	72.0	39	247	6.5	5.2	6.6

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
35	Neal Anderson*	25	RB	16	16	274	1275	11	73	4.7	79.7	17.1	50	434	8.7	4	49	3.1	27.1	1709	15	5
25	Brad Muster	24	FB	16	16	82	327	5	20	4.0	20.4	5.1	32	259	8.1	3	25	2.0	16.2	586	8	2
4	Jim Harbaugh	26	qb	12	5	45	276	3	26	6.1	23.0	3.8								276	3	2
20	Thomas Sanders	27		16	0	41	127	0	19	3.1	7.9	2.6	3	28	9.3	1	16	0.2	1.8	155	1	2
18	Mike Tomczak	27	QB	16	11	24	71	1	18	3.0	4.4	1.5								71	1	2
26	Matt Suhey	31		16	0	20	51	1	8	2.6	3.2	1.3	9	73	8.1	1	22	0.6	4.6	124	2	1
29	Dennis Gentry	30	KR/wr	16	6	17	106	0	29	6.2	6.6	1.1	39	463	11.9	1	79	2.4	28.9	569	1	1
31	Mark Green	22	PR	10	0	5	46	1	37	9.2	4.6	0.5	5	48	9.6	0	21	0.5	4.8	94	1	0
85	Dennis McKinnon	28	WR	16	10	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.3	0.2	28	418	14.9	3	41	1.8	26.1	423	3	3
27	Brian Taylor	22		5	0	2	7	0	7	3.5	1.4	0.4								7	0	0
84	Ron Morris	25	WR	16	9	1	-14	0	-14	-14.0	-0.9	0.1	30	486	16.2	1	58	1.9	30.4	472	1	1
80	James Thornton	24	TE	16	16	1	4	0	4	4.0	0.3	0.1	24	392	16.3	3	36	1.5	24.5	396	3	2
8	Maury Buford	29	P	16	0	1	6	0	6	6.0	0.4	0.1								6	0	0
82	Wendell Davis	23	wr	14	7	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	26	397	15.3	3	52	1.9	28.4	397	3	0
86	Cap Boso	26		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	17	182	10.7	1	43	1.1	11.4	182	1	0
88	Glen Kozlowski	27		15	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	3	74	24.7	0	55	0.2	4.9	74	0	1
87	Tom Waddle	22		3	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	8	8.0	0	8	0.3	2.7	8	0	0
	Team Total	26.0		16		516	2287	22	73	4.4	142.9	32.3	267	3262	12.2	21	79	16.7	203.9	5549	43	23
	Opp Total			16		446	1897	21		4.3	118.6	27.9	307	3832	12.5	21		19.2	239.5	5729	42	24

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
29	Dennis Gentry	30	KR/wr	16	6						28	667	0	63	23.8	1236
31	Mark Green	22	PR	10	0	16	141	0	24	8.8	11	239	0	37	21.7	474
20	Thomas Sanders	27		16	0						23	491	1	96	21.3	646
85	Dennis McKinnon	28	WR	16	10	10	67	0	17	6.7						490
26	Matt Suhey	31		16	0						6	93	0	21	15.5	217
88	Glen Kozlowski	27		15	0	4	-2	0	4	-0.5	1	12	0	12	12.0	84
52	Mickey Pruitt	24	lb	14	1						2	17	0	11	8.5	17
94	Dick Chapura	25	dt	16	3						1	8	0	8	8.0	8
49	David Tate	25	db	14	4						1	12	0	12	12.0	12
87	Tom Waddle	22		3	0	1	2	0	2	2.0						10
21	Donnell Woolford	23	LCB	11	11	1	12	0	12	12.0						12
	Team Total	26.0		16		32	220	0	24	6.9	73	1539	1	96	21.1	7308
	Opp Total			16		30		0			68	1375	0		20.2

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
8	Maury Buford	29	P	16	0																	72	2844	60	0	39.5
6	Kevin Butler	27	K	16	0			6	6	7	6	5	3	1		19	15	78.9%	45	43	95.6%
	Team Total	26.0		16				6	6	7	6	5	3	1		19	15	78.9%	45	43	95.6%	72	2844	60	0	39.5
	Opp Total			16												36	26	72.2%	43	41	95.3%	67	2653			39.6

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
76	Steve McMichael	32	LDT	16	16	7.5						1	0	1	0	0	108	0
23	Shaun Gayle	27	FS	14	14		3	39	0	20	0	1	0	2	11	0	108	0
93	Trace Armstrong	24	LDE	15	14	5.0						1	0	1	0	0	80	0
95	Richard Dent	29	RDE	15	15	9.0	1	30	0	30	0	2	0	2	0	0	70	0
72	William Perry	27	RDT	13	9	4.0						0	0	2	5	0	61	0
49	David Tate	25	db	14	4		1	0	0	0	0						60	0
21	Donnell Woolford	23	LCB	11	11		3	0	0	0	0						56	0
43	Lorenzo Lynch	26	db	16	2		3	55	0	41	0						38	0
53	Dante Jones	24	lb	10	1												28	0
37	Maurice Douglass	25	db	10	1		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	23	0
55	John Roper	24	RLB	16	10	4.5	2	46	0	43	0	0	1	0	0	0
35	Neal Anderson*	25	RB	16	16							0	5	0	0	0
59	Ron Rivera	27	LLB	16	14	2.0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0
85	Dennis McKinnon	28	WR	16	10							0	3	1	0	0
32	Lemuel Stinson	23	db	12	4		4	59	1	29	0
94	Dick Chapura	25	dt	16	3	3.0
24	Vestee Jackson	26	RCB	16	15		2	16	0	16	0	0	0	1	0	0
99	Dan Hampton	32	de	4	4	2.0
4	Jim Harbaugh	26	qb	12	5							0	2	0	0	0
51	Jim Morrissey	27	lb	6	4		2	0	0	0	0
25	Brad Muster	24	FB	16	16							0	2	0	0	0
20	Thomas Sanders	27		16	0							0	2	0	0	0
80	James Thornton	24	TE	16	16							0	2	0	0	0
18	Mike Tomczak	27	QB	16	11							0	2	0	0	0
62	Mark Bortz	28	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
74	Jimbo Covert	29	LT	15	15							0	0	1	0	0
22	Dave Duerson	29	SS	12	12		1	2	0	2	0
67	Jerry Fontenot	23		16	0							0	0	1	0	0
29	Dennis Gentry	30	KR/wr	16	6							0	1	0	0	0
88	Glen Kozlowski	27		15	0							0	1	0	0	0
84	Ron Morris	25	WR	16	9							0	1	0	0	0
36	Markus Paul	23	db	16	2		1	20	0	20	0
50	Mike Singletary*+	31	MLB	16	16	1.0
30	George Streeter	22		4	0							0	0	1	0	0
26	Matt Suhey	31		16	0							0	1	0	0	0
78	Keith Van Horne	32	RT	15	15							0	0	1	0	0
65	Tony C. Woods	23	dt	15	2	1.0
	Team Total	26.0		16		39.0	26	268	1	43	0	5	23	17	16	0	632	0
	Opp Total			16		28							24	12

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	KR TD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
35	Neal Anderson*	25	RB	16	16	11	4			15			90
6	Kevin Butler	27	K	16	0						43	15	88
25	Brad Muster	24	FB	16	16	5	3			8			48
82	Wendell Davis	23	wr	14	7		3			3			18
4	Jim Harbaugh	26	qb	12	5	3				3			18
85	Dennis McKinnon	28	WR	16	10		3			3			18
80	James Thornton	24	TE	16	16		3			3			18
20	Thomas Sanders	27		16	0		1	1		2			12
26	Matt Suhey	31		16	0	1	1			2			12
86	Cap Boso	26		16	0		1			1			6
29	Dennis Gentry	30	KR/wr	16	6		1			1			6
31	Mark Green	22	PR	10	0	1				1			6
84	Ron Morris	25	WR	16	9		1			1			6
32	Lemuel Stinson	23	db	12	4				1	1			6
18	Mike Tomczak	27	QB	16	11	1				1			6
	Team Total	26.0		16		22	21	1	1	45	43	15	358
	Opp Total			16		21	21				41	26	377

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