1996 Chicago Bears

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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 3rd in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 283 points (17.7/g), 26th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 305 points (19.1/g), 12th.
Differential of -22 points (-1.4/g), 19th.
Expected W-L: 7.3-8.7.

Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 14th.

Simple Rating System: Total -0.2, Offense: -1.4, Defense: 1.2, SoS: 1.1, versus averages of 0.0.

Coached by Dave Wannstedt

Offensive Coordinator: Ron Turner
Defensive Coordinator: Bob Slowik

Other Notable Asst.: Greg Schiano (Defensive Assistant)

Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)

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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	283	4905	1046	4.7	300	318	551	3185	19	18	5.5	176	472	1720	9	3.6	104	27	9	20
Team Defense	305	4884	981	5.0	295	314	524	3267	21	17	5.9	183	427	1617	13	3.8	87	28	11	25
Lg Rank Offense	26	21			15		10	19	17	15	21		11	16	19	18		10	4
Lg Rank Defense	12	12			13		12	14	13	16	17		9	11	18	16		18	20

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	Mon	September 2	boxscore	W		1-0		Dallas Cowboys	22	6	14	304	213	91	2	18	256	173	83	4
2	Sun	September 8	boxscore	L		1-1	@	Washington Redskins	3	10	19	304	156	148	2	13	249	168	81	1
3	Sun	September 15	boxscore	L		1-2		Minnesota Vikings	14	20	17	299	191	108	3	21	377	239	138	1
4	Sun	September 22	boxscore	L		1-3	@	Detroit Lions	16	35	19	318	248	70	2	19	394	309	85	1
5	Sun	September 29	boxscore	W		2-3		Oakland Raiders	19	17	15	296	188	108		17	283	166	117	4
6	Sun	October 6	boxscore	L		2-4		Green Bay Packers	6	37	15	243	190	53	3	21	343	243	100	1
7	Sun	October 13	boxscore	L		2-5	@	New Orleans Saints	24	27	18	327	222	105	1	23	423	218	205	4
8								Bye Week
9	Mon	October 28	boxscore	W		3-5	@	Minnesota Vikings	15	13	18	276	180	96	2	16	279	268	11	2
10	Sun	November 3	boxscore	W		4-5		Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13	10	18	269	84	185	1	14	245	178	67	2
11	Sun	November 10	boxscore	L		4-6	@	Denver Broncos	12	17	24	346	172	174	3	17	284	192	92
12	Sun	November 17	boxscore	L		4-7	@	Kansas City Chiefs	10	14	14	256	221	35	2	20	300	151	149	2
13	Sun	November 24	boxscore	W		5-7		Detroit Lions	31	14	22	358	219	139	2	27	322	208	114	3
14	Sun	December 1	boxscore	L		5-8	@	Green Bay Packers	17	28	21	292	204	88	1	20	342	216	126
15	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		6-8		St. Louis Rams	35	9	22	384	222	162	1	17	323	229	94	2
16	Sat	December 14	boxscore	W		7-8		San Diego Chargers	27	14	19	294	203	91		17	283	217	66	1
17	Sun	December 22	boxscore	L		7-9	@	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19	34	25	339	272	67	2	15	181	92	89

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
17	Dave Krieg	38	QB	13	12	6-6-0	226	377	59.9	2278	14	3.7	12	3.2	53	6.0	5.4	10.1	175.2	76.3	14	104	5.56	4.90	3.6	1	1
12	Erik Kramer	32	qb	4	4	1-3-0	73	150	48.7	781	3	2.0	6	4.0	58	5.2	3.8	10.7	195.3	54.3	7	53	4.64	3.30	4.5
9	Shane Matthews	26		2	0		13	17	76.5	158	1	5.9	0	0.0	26	9.3	10.5	12.2	79.0	124.1	1	3	8.61	9.72	5.6
18	Steve Stenstrom	25		1	0		3	4	75.0	37	0	0.0	0	0.0	28	9.3	9.3	12.3	37.0	103.1	1	5	6.40	6.40	20.0
16	Todd Sauerbrun	23	P	16	0		2	2	100.0	63	0	0.0	0	0.0	47	31.5	31.5	31.5	3.9	118.7	0	0	31.50	31.50	0.0
80	Curtis Conway	25	WR	16	16		1	1	100.0	33	1	100.0	0	0.0	33	33.0	53.0	33.0	2.1	158.3	0	0	33.00	53.00	0.0
	Team Total	26.2		16		7-9-0	318	551	57.7	3350	19	3.4	18	3.3	58	6.1	5.3	10.5	209.4	73.4	23	165	5.55	4.80	4.0	1	1
	Opp Total			16			314	524	59.9	3476	21	4.0	17	3.2		6.6	5.98	11.1	217.3	79.5	30	209	5.9	5.3	5.4

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
29	Raymont Harris	26	RB	12	10	194	748	4	23	3.9	62.3	16.2	32	296	9.3	1	47	2.7	24.7	1044	5	3
31	Rashaan Salaam	22	rb	12	6	143	496	3	32	3.5	41.3	11.9	7	44	6.3	1	11	0.6	3.7	540	4	3
22	Robert Green	26	rb	10	3	60	249	0	19	4.2	24.9	6.0	13	78	6.0	0	18	1.3	7.8	327	0	3
44	Michael Hicks	23		4	0	27	92	0	23	3.4	23.0	6.8	1	-1	-1.0	0	-5	0.3	-0.3	91	0	1
17	Dave Krieg	38	QB	13	12	16	12	1	2	0.8	0.9	1.2	1	5	5.0	0	5	0.1	0.4	17	1	6
30	Tony Carter	24	FB	16	11	11	43	0	23	3.9	2.7	0.7	41	233	5.7	0	29	2.6	14.6	276	0	1
80	Curtis Conway	25	WR	16	16	8	50	0	19	6.3	3.1	0.5	81	1049	13.0	7	58	5.1	65.6	1099	7	1
12	Erik Kramer	32	qb	4	4	8	4	0	3	0.5	1.0	2.0								4	0	1
83	Michael Timpson	29	WR	15	15	3	21	0	13	7.0	1.4	0.2	62	802	12.9	0	49	4.1	53.5	823	0	2
9	Shane Matthews	26		2	0	1	2	1	2	2.0	1.0	0.5								2	1	0
16	Todd Sauerbrun	23	P	16	0	1	3	0	3	3.0	0.2	0.1								3	0	0
81	Bobby Engram	23	PR	16	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	33	389	11.8	6	24	2.1	24.3	389	6	2
89	Ryan Wetnight	26	te	11	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	21	223	10.6	1	38	1.9	20.3	223	1	0
87	Bobby Neely	22	te	11	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	9	92	10.2	0	21	0.8	8.4	92	0	0
85	Keith Jennings	30	TE	6	5	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	6	56	9.3	0	20	1.0	9.3	56	0	0
84	Kerry Cash	27	te	3	2	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	42	10.5	0	14	1.3	14.0	42	0	0
88	Jack Jackson	24	KR	12	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	4	39	9.8	0	14	0.3	3.3	39	0	2
38	Mike Dulaney	26		16	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	1	1	0.1	0.1	1	1	0
99	Jim Flanigan	25	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	1	1	0.1	0.1	1	1	0
76	Marcus Spears	25		9	0	0	0	0	0		0.0	0.0	1	1	1.0	1	1	0.1	0.1	1	1	0
	Team Total	26.2		16		472	1720	9	32	3.6	107.5	29.5	318	3350	10.5	19	58	19.9	209.4	5070	28	25
	Opp Total			16		427	1617	13		3.8	101.1	26.7	314	3267	10.4	21		19.6	204.2	4884	34	29

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
81	Bobby Engram	23	PR	16	2	31	282	0	34	9.1	25	580	0	45	23.2	1251
88	Jack Jackson	24	KR	12	0						27	619	0	60	22.9	658
38	Mike Dulaney	26		16	0						4	63	0	20	15.8	64
	Team Total	26.2		16		31	282	0	34	9.1	56	1337	0	75	23.9	6689
	Opp Total			16		42		2			52	1115	1		21.4

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
16	Todd Sauerbrun	23	P	16	0																	78	3491	72	0	44.8
1	Jeff Jaeger	32	K	13	0			4	4	4	3	15	12			23	19	82.6%	23	23	100.0%
8	Carlos Huerta	27	k	3	0					5	3	2	1			7	4	57.1%	3	3	100.0%
	Team Total	26.2		16				4	4	9	6	17	13			30	23	76.7%	26	26	100.0%	78	3491	72	0	44.8
	Opp Total			16												23	16	69.6%	36	35	97.2%	76	3048			40.1

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
23	Marty Carter	27	SS	16	16		3	34	0	29	0	1	0	0	0	0	88	13
27	Walt Harris	22	RCB	15	13		2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	8	0	84	14
59	Joe Cain	31	LLB	16	15	1.0						1	0	0	0	0	58	16
21	Donnell Woolford	30	LCB	15	15		6	37	1	28	0						57	7
52	Bryan Cox	28	MLB	9	9	3.0						1	0	3	0	1	45	14
92	Barry Minter	26	mlb	16	7	1.5	1	5	0	5	0						35	21
20	Mark A. Carrier	28	FS	13	13		2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	39	12
55	Vinson Smith	31	RLB	15	12	1.0						0	0	2	34	0	40	9
90	Alonzo Spellman	25	RDE	16	15	8.0						2	0	0	0	0	38	8
99	Jim Flanigan	25	LDT	14	14	5.0											36	5
96	Albert Fontenot	26	LDE	16	15	4.5						1	0	0	0	0	30	6
24	Kevin Miniefield	26	db	13	3	1.5						1	0	0	0	0	31	2
98	Carl Simpson	26	RDT	16	16	1.5						1	0	2	2	0	24	12
35	James Burton	25	db	16	3		1	11	0	11	0						27	1
26	John Mangum	29	db	16	2	1.0											16	1
36	Anthony Marshall	26	db	13	3		2	20	0	20	0						10	6
94	John Thierry	25	de	16	2	2.0											10	3
93	Paul Grasmanis	22	dt	14	3												8	3
57	Sean Harris	24		15	0												6	1
17	Dave Krieg	38	QB	13	12							0	6	3	-9	0
22	Robert Green	26	rb	10	3							0	3	3	0	0
73	Marcus Keyes	23		2	0												3	0
46	Marlon Forbes	25		15	0							0	0	1	0	0	2	0
53	Michael Lowery	22		16	0							0	0	1	0	1	2	0
31	Rashaan Salaam	22	rb	12	6							0	3	1	0	0
29	Raymont Harris	26	RB	12	10							0	3	0	0	0
83	Michael Timpson	29	WR	15	15							0	2	1	0	0
30	Tony Carter	24	FB	16	11							0	1	1	0	0
81	Bobby Engram	23	PR	16	2							0	2	0	0	0
88	Jack Jackson	24	KR	12	0							0	2	0	0	0
12	Erik Kramer	32	qb	4	4							0	1	1	-1	0
71	James O. Williams	28	RT	16	16							0	0	2	0	0
63	Todd Burger	26	RG	11	8							0	0	1	0	0
80	Curtis Conway	25	WR	16	16							0	1	0	0	0
44	Michael Hicks	23		4	0							0	1	0	0	0
75	Todd Perry	26	LG	16	16							0	0	1	0	0
68	Carl Reeves	25		5	0							1	0	0	0	0	0	1
	Team Total	26.2		16		30.0	17	107	1	29	0	12	25	26	34	2	689	155
	Opp Total			16		23							29	18

Scoring Summary

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

No.		Age	Pos	G	GS	RshTD	RecTD	PR TD	KR TD	FblTD	IntTD	AllTD	XPM	FGM	Pts
1	Jeff Jaeger	32	K	13	0								23	19	80
80	Curtis Conway	25	WR	16	16		7					7			42
81	Bobby Engram	23	PR	16	2		6					6			36
29	Raymont Harris	26	RB	12	10	4	1					5			30
31	Rashaan Salaam	22	rb	12	6	3	1					4			24
8	Carlos Huerta	27	k	3	0								3	4	15
52	Bryan Cox	28	MLB	9	9					1		1			6
38	Mike Dulaney	26		16	0		1					1			6
99	Jim Flanigan	25	LDT	14	14		1					1			6
17	Dave Krieg	38	QB	13	12	1						1			6
53	Michael Lowery	22		16	0					1		1			6
9	Shane Matthews	26		2	0	1						1			6
76	Marcus Spears	25		9	0		1					1			6
89	Ryan Wetnight	26	te	11	5		1					1			6
21	Donnell Woolford	30	LCB	15	15						1	1			6
	Team Total	26.2		16		9	19			2	1	31	26	23	281
	Opp Total			16		13	21	2	1				35	16	305

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