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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.

Coached by Dave Wannstedt (7-9-0)

1996 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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

Team Stats and Rankings

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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

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
17 Dave Krieg 38 QB 13 12 6-6-0 226 377 59.9 2278 14 3.7 12 3.2 53 6.0 5.0 10.1 175.2 76.3 14 104 5.6 4.5 3.6
12 Erik Kramer 32 qb 4 4 1-3-0 73 150 48.7 781 3 2.0 6 4.0 58 5.2 3.6 10.7 195.3 54.3 7 53 4.6 3.1 4.5
9 Shane Matthews 26 2 0 13 17 76.5 158 1 5.9 0 0.0 26 9.3 9.9 12.2 79.0 124.1 1 3 8.6 9.2 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 6.4 6.4 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 31.5 31.5 0.0
80 Curtis Conway 25 WR 16 16 1 1 100.0 33 1 100.0 0 0.0 33 33.0 43.0 33.0 2.1 158.3 0 0 33.0 43.0 0.0
Team Total 26.2 16 7-9-0 318 551 57.7 3350 19 3.4 18 3.3 58 6.1 5.0 10.5 209.4 73.4 23 165 5.5 4.5 4.0
Opp Total 16 314 524 59.9 3476 21 4.0 17 3.2 6.6 5.6 11.1 217.3 79.5 30 209 5.9 4.9

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 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 RET 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 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 RET 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 RET 16 2 31 282 0 34 9.1 25 580 0 45 23.2 1251
88 Jack Jackson 24 RET 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 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

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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 1 0 0 0 0 88 13
27 Walt Harris 22 RCB 15 13 2 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 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 35 21
20 Mark A. Carrier 28 FS 13 13 2 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 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 16 3 1 11 0 11 27 1
26 John Mangum 29 16 2 1.0 16 1
36 Anthony Marshall 26 13 3 2 20 0 20 10 6
94 John Thierry 25 16 2 2.0 10 3
93 Paul Grasmanis 22 14 3 8 3
57 Sean Harris 24 15 0 6 1
17 Dave Krieg 38 QB 13 12 6 3 -9 0
22 Robert Green 26 10 3 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 3 1 0 0
29 Raymont Harris 26 RB 12 10 3 0 0 0
83 Michael Timpson 29 WR 15 15 2 1 0 0
30 Tony Carter 24 FB 16 11 1 1 0 0
81 Bobby Engram 23 RET 16 2 0 2 0 0 0
88 Jack Jackson 24 RET 12 0 2 0 0 0
12 Erik Kramer 32 qb 4 4 1 1 -1 0
71 James O. Williams 28 RT 16 16 0 2 0 0
63 Todd Burger 26 RG 11 8 0 1 0 0
80 Curtis Conway 25 WR 16 16 1 0 0 0
44 Michael Hicks 23 4 0 1 0 0 0
75 Todd Perry 26 LG 16 16 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 12 25 26 34 2 689 155
Opp Total 16 23 29 18

Scoring Summary

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