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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 2nd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 299 points (18.7/g), 14th of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 269 points (16.8/g), 9th.
Differential of 30 points (1.9/g), 11th.
Expected W-L: 9.0-7.0.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -3 (-0.2/g), 19th.
Simple Rating System: Total 0.8, Offense: -1.2, Defense: 2.0, SoS: -1.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Mike Ditka
Defensive Coordinator: Vince Tobin
Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)
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| Week | Day | Date | OT | Rec | Opp | Tm | Opp | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | 1stD | TotYd | PassY | RushY | TO | |||
| 1 | Sun | September 1 | boxscore | W | 1-0 | Minnesota Vikings | 10 | 6 | 17 | 276 | 186 | 90 | 14 | 331 | 245 | 86 | 3 | |||
| 2 | Sun | September 8 | boxscore | W | 2-0 | @ | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 21 | 20 | 20 | 247 | 147 | 100 | 4 | 16 | 257 | 125 | 132 | 1 | |
| 3 | Sun | September 15 | boxscore | W | 3-0 | New York Giants | 20 | 17 | 10 | 307 | 206 | 101 | 3 | 21 | 337 | 205 | 132 | 2 | ||
| 4 | Mon | September 23 | boxscore | W | OT | 4-0 | New York Jets | 19 | 13 | 26 | 393 | 289 | 104 | 1 | 24 | 346 | 177 | 169 | 1 | |
| 5 | Sun | September 29 | boxscore | L | 4-1 | @ | Buffalo Bills | 20 | 35 | 20 | 353 | 269 | 84 | 1 | 22 | 422 | 280 | 142 | 1 | |
| 6 | Sun | October 6 | boxscore | L | 4-2 | Washington Redskins | 7 | 20 | 19 | 319 | 199 | 120 | 3 | 12 | 243 | 168 | 75 | 1 | ||
| 7 | Bye Week | |||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Thu | October 17 | boxscore | W | 5-2 | @ | Green Bay Packers | 10 | 0 | 18 | 298 | 137 | 161 | 2 | 5 | 141 | 50 | 91 | 2 | |
| 9 | Sun | October 27 | boxscore | W | 6-2 | @ | New Orleans Saints | 20 | 17 | 11 | 178 | 36 | 142 | 2 | 13 | 313 | 262 | 51 | 3 | |
| 10 | Sun | November 3 | boxscore | W | 7-2 | Detroit Lions | 20 | 10 | 16 | 291 | 187 | 104 | 1 | 16 | 275 | 203 | 72 | 3 | ||
| 11 | Mon | November 11 | boxscore | W | 8-2 | @ | Minnesota Vikings | 34 | 17 | 28 | 358 | 180 | 178 | 2 | 15 | 255 | 168 | 87 | 1 | |
| 12 | Sun | November 17 | boxscore | W | 9-2 | @ | Indianapolis Colts | 31 | 17 | 25 | 448 | 273 | 175 | 2 | 14 | 251 | 140 | 111 | ||
| 13 | Sun | November 24 | boxscore | L | OT | 9-3 | Miami Dolphins | 13 | 16 | 23 | 328 | 204 | 124 | 1 | 17 | 275 | 172 | 103 | 3 | |
| 14 | Thu | November 28 | boxscore | L | 9-4 | @ | Detroit Lions | 6 | 16 | 18 | 319 | 231 | 88 | 6 | 11 | 208 | 108 | 100 | 2 | |
| 15 | Sun | December 8 | boxscore | W | 10-4 | Green Bay Packers | 27 | 13 | 22 | 296 | 195 | 101 | 2 | 17 | 261 | 199 | 62 | 2 | ||
| 16 | Sat | December 14 | boxscore | W | 11-4 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers | 27 | 0 | 23 | 254 | 72 | 182 | 7 | 106 | 54 | 52 | 4 | |||
| 17 | Mon | December 23 | boxscore | L | 11-5 | @ | San Francisco 49ers | 14 | 52 | 21 | 404 | 309 | 95 | 3 | 30 | 486 | 371 | 115 | 1 | |
| Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||||
| WildCard | Sun | December 29 | boxscore | L | 11-6 | Dallas Cowboys | 13 | 17 | 26 | 372 | 222 | 150 | 3 | 15 | 288 | 180 | 108 | |||