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1998 Chicago Bears
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Record: 4-12-0, Finished 5th in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 276 points (17.2/g), 25th of 30 in the NFL.
Allowed 368 points (23.0/g), 23rd.
Differential of -92 points (-5.8/g), 24th.
Expected W-L: 5.4-10.6.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -6 (-0.4/g), 22nd.
Simple Rating System: Total -3.7, Offense: -3.4, Defense: -0.3, SoS: 2.0, versus averages of 0.0.
Coached by
Dave Wannstedt (4-12-0)
Defensive Coordinator: Bob Slowik
Other Notable Asst.: Eric Studesville (Offensive Quality Control)
Training Camp: UW Platteville (Platteville, Wisconsin)
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Starters
ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+),Hide Non-primary Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive Starters | ||||||
| QB | Erik Kramer | 34 | 11 | 8 | 151 for 250, 1,823 yards, 9 td, 7 int, & 13 rushes for 17 yards and 1 td | |
| QB | Steve Stenstrom | 27 | 2 | 7 | 112 for 196, 1,252 yards, 4 td, 6 int, & 18 rushes for 79 yards and 2 td | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 134th pick / 1995 |
| RB | Edgar Bennett | 29 | 6 | 13 | 173 rushes for 611 yards, 2 td, & 28 catches for 209 yards and 0 td | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1992 |
| FB | Ty Hallock | 27 | 5 | 12 | 13 rushes for 41 yards, 1 td, & 25 catches for 166 yards and 0 td | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Curtis Conway | 27 | 5 | 15 | 54 catches for 733 yards, 3 td, & 5 rushes for 48 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1993 |
| WR | Bobby Engram | 25 | 2 | 16 | 64 catches for 987 yards, 5 td, & 1 rush for 3 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1996 |
| TE | Alonzo Mayes | 23 | Rook | 16 | 21 catches for 217 yards, 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 94th pick / 1998 |
| LT | Andy Heck | 31 | 9 | 14 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 15th pick / 1989 | |
| LG | Todd Perry | 28 | 5 | 16 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 97th pick / 1993 | |
| C | Casey Wiegmann | 25 | 1 | 15 | 1 fumble recovered | |
| RG | Chris Villarrial | 25 | 2 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 5th / 152nd pick / 1996 |
| RT | James O. Williams | 30 | 7 | 16 | ||
| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | John Thierry | 27 | 4 | 9 | 3.5 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1994 |
| LDE | Bryan Robinson | 24 | 1 | 5 | 0.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | |
| LDT | Jim Flanigan | 27 | 4 | 16 | 8.5 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 74th pick / 1994 |
| RDT | Mike Wells | 27 | 4 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 125th pick / 1994 |
| RDE | Shawn Lee | 32 | 10 | 14 | 2.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| LLB | Ricardo McDonald | 29 | 6 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 88th pick / 1992 |
| MLB | Barry Minter | 28 | 5 | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 1 fumble recovered | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 168th pick / 1993 |
| RLB | Sean Harris | 26 | 3 | 14 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1995 |
| LCB | Terry Cousin | 23 | 1 | 12 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | |
| RCB | Walt Harris | 24 | 2 | 14 | 0.0 sacks, 4 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 13th pick / 1996 |
| SS | Marty Carter | 29 | 7 | 16 | 0.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 207th pick / 1991 |
| FS | Tony Parrish | 23 | Rook | 16 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 35th pick / 1998 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Jeff Jaeger | 34 | 11 | 0 | 21 of 26 field goals & 27 of 28 extra points | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1987 |
| P | Mike Horan | 39 | 14 | 0 | 64 punts for a 41.3 average, 0 blocked | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 235th pick / 1982 |
| PR | Glyn Milburn | 27 | 5 | 0 | 25 punt returns for a 11.6 average and 1 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1993 |
| KR | Glyn Milburn | 27 | 5 | 0 | 62 kick returns for a 25.0 average and 2 td | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1993 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | James Allen | 23 | RB | 6 | 2 | 212 | 5-10 | Oklahoma | 3/28/1975 | Rook | |
| 84 | John Allred | 24 | TE | 4 | 0 | 249 | 6-4 | USC | 9/9/1974 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 38th pick / 1997 |
| 36 | Raymond Austin | 24 | DB | 12 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Tennessee | 12/21/1974 | 1 | New York Jets / 5th / 145th pick / 1997 |
| 30 | Ricky Bell | 24 | DB | 14 | 0 | 194 | 5-10 | North Carolina St. | 10/2/1974 | 2 | |
| 32 | Edgar Bennett | 29 | RB | 16 | 13 | 217 | 6-0 | Florida St. | 2/15/1969 | 6 | Green Bay Packers / 4th / 103rd pick / 1992 |
| 82 | Fabien Bownes | 26 | WR | 16 | 0 | 185 | 5-11 | West. Illinois | 2/29/1972 | 3 | |
| 23 | Marty Carter | 29 | DB | 16 | 16 | 209 | 6-1 | Middle Tenn. St. | 12/17/1969 | 7 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 8th / 207th pick / 1991 |
| 25 | Tom Carter | 26 | DB | 4 | 4 | 185 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 9/5/1972 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 1st / 17th pick / 1993 |
| 38 | Robert Chancey | 26 | RB | 16 | 1 | 250 | 6-0 | none | 9/7/1972 | 1 | |
| 52 | Andre Collins | 30 | LB | 16 | 3 | 237 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 5/4/1968 | 8 | Washington Redskins / 2nd / 46th pick / 1990 |
| 80 | Curtis Conway | 27 | WR | 15 | 15 | 196 | 6-1 | USC | 1/13/1971 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 7th pick / 1993 |
| 21 | Terry Cousin | 23 | DB | 16 | 12 | 181 | 5-9 | South Carolina | 4/11/1975 | 1 | |
| 96 | Chris Draft | 22 | LB | 1 | 0 | 232 | 5-11 | Stanford | 2/26/1976 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 157th pick / 1998 |
| 81 | Bobby Engram | 25 | WR | 16 | 16 | 188 | 5-10 | Penn St. | 1/7/1973 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 52nd pick / 1996 |
| 39 | Curtis Enis | 22 | RB | 9 | 1 | 242 | 6-0 | Penn St. | 6/15/1976 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 5th pick / 1998 |
| 99 | Jim Flanigan | 27 | DT | 16 | 16 | 290 | 6-2 | Notre Dame | 8/27/1971 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 74th pick / 1994 |
| 46 | Marlon Forbes | 27 | DB | 16 | 2 | 215 | 6-1 | Penn St. | 12/25/1971 | 2 | |
| 93 | Paul Grasmanis | 24 | DT | 15 | 0 | 298 | 6-3 | Notre Dame | 8/2/1974 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 116th pick / 1996 |
| 53 | Lemanski Hall | 28 | LB | 15 | 0 | 231 | 6-0 | Alabama | 11/24/1970 | 3 | Houston Oilers / 7th / 220th pick / 1994 |
| 49 | Ty Hallock | 27 | RB-TE-LB | 16 | 12 | 252 | 6-2 | Michigan St. | 4/30/1971 | 5 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 174th pick / 1993 |
| 55 | Sean Harris | 26 | LB | 16 | 14 | 250 | 6-3 | Arizona | 2/25/1972 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 83rd pick / 1995 |
| 27 | Walt Harris | 24 | DB | 14 | 14 | 192 | 5-11 | Mississippi St. | 8/10/1974 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 13th pick / 1996 |
| 64 | Andy Heck | 31 | T-G | 14 | 14 | 298 | 6-6 | Notre Dame | 1/1/1967 | 9 | Seattle Seahawks / 1st / 15th pick / 1989 |
| 74 | Jimmy Herndon | 25 | T | 9 | 2 | 318 | 6-8 | Houston | 8/30/1973 | 1 | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 146th pick / 1996 |
| 47 | Randy Hilliard | 31 | DB | 9 | 2 | 165 | 5-11 | NW State (LA) | 2/6/1967 | 8 | Cleveland Browns / 6th / 157th pick / 1990 |
| 2 | Mike Horan | 39 | P | 13 | 0 | 192 | 5-11 | Long Beach St. | 2/1/1959 | 14 | Atlanta Falcons / 9th / 235th pick / 1982 |
| 67 | Greg Huntington | 28 | C-G | 2 | 0 | 297 | 6-3 | Penn St. | 9/22/1970 | 5 | Washington Redskins / 5th / 128th pick / 1993 |
| 1 | Jeff Jaeger | 34 | K | 16 | 0 | 190 | 5-11 | Washington | 11/26/1964 | 11 | Cleveland Browns / 3rd / 82nd pick / 1987 |
| 12 | Erik Kramer | 34 | QB | 8 | 8 | 200 | 6-1 | North Carolina St. | 11/6/1964 | 11 | |
| 57 | Olin Kreutz | 21 | C | 9 | 1 | 292 | 6-2 | Washington | 6/9/1977 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1998 |
| 76 | Shawn Lee | 32 | DT-NT-DE | 15 | 14 | 300 | 6-2 | North Alabama | 10/24/1966 | 10 | Tampa Bay Buccaneers / 6th / 163rd pick / 1988 |
| 26 | John Mangum | 31 | DB | 3 | 0 | 187 | 5-10 | Alabama | 3/16/1967 | 8 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 144th pick / 1990 |
| 65 | Patrick Mannelly | 23 | T | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Duke | 4/18/1975 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 189th pick / 1998 |
| 85 | Alonzo Mayes | 23 | TE | 16 | 16 | 259 | 6-4 | Oklahoma St. | 6/4/1975 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 94th pick / 1998 |
| 54 | Ricardo McDonald | 29 | LB | 15 | 14 | 248 | 6-2 | Pittsburgh | 11/8/1969 | 6 | Cincinnati Bengals / 4th / 88th pick / 1992 |
| 24 | Glyn Milburn | 27 | RB-WR | 16 | 0 | 177 | 5-8 | Oklahoma,Stanford | 2/19/1971 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1993 |
| 92 | Barry Minter | 28 | LB | 16 | 16 | 242 | 6-2 | Tulsa | 1/28/1970 | 5 | Dallas Cowboys / 6th / 168th pick / 1993 |
| 4 | Moses Moreno | 23 | QB | 2 | 1 | 205 | 6-1 | Colorado St. | 9/5/1975 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 7th / 232nd pick / 1998 |
| 33 | Bam Morris | 26 | RB | 2 | 0 | 244 | 6-0 | Texas Tech | 1/13/1972 | 4 | Pittsburgh Steelers / 3rd / 91st pick / 1994 |
| 37 | Tony Parrish | 23 | DB | 16 | 16 | 210 | 6-0 | Washington | 11/23/1975 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 35th pick / 1998 |
| 86 | Chris Penn | 27 | WR | 14 | 1 | 198 | 6-0 | Tulsa | 4/20/1971 | 4 | Kansas City Chiefs / 3rd / 96th pick / 1994 |
| 75 | Todd Perry | 28 | G | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-5 | Kentucky | 11/28/1970 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 97th pick / 1993 |
| 68 | Carl Reeves | 27 | DE | 11 | 0 | 270 | 6-4 | North Carolina St. | 12/17/1971 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 198th pick / 1995 |
| 98 | Bryan Robinson | 24 | DT-DE | 11 | 5 | 305 | 6-4 | Fresno St. | 6/22/1974 | 1 | |
| 88 | Marcus Robinson | 23 | WR | 3 | 0 | 215 | 6-3 | South Carolina | 2/27/1975 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 108th pick / 1997 |
| 16 | Todd Sauerbrun | 25 | P | 3 | 0 | 211 | 5-10 | West Virginia | 1/4/1973 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 56th pick / 1995 |
| 59 | Jim Schwantz | 28 | LB | 16 | 0 | 240 | 6-2 | Purdue | 1/23/1970 | 6 | |
| 29 | Frankie Smith | 30 | DB | 15 | 0 | 186 | 5-9 | Baylor | 10/8/1968 | 5 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 104th pick / 1992 |
| 18 | Steve Stenstrom | 27 | QB | 7 | 7 | 206 | 6-2 | Stanford | 12/23/1971 | 2 | Kansas City Chiefs / 4th / 134th pick / 1995 |
| 91 | John Thierry | 27 | DE | 16 | 9 | 265 | 6-4 | Alcorn St. | 9/4/1971 | 4 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 11th pick / 1994 |
| 95 | Mark Thomas | 29 | DE | 10 | 4 | 272 | 6-5 | North Carolina St. | 5/6/1969 | 5 | San Francisco 49ers / 4th / 89th pick / 1992 |
| 58 | Chris Villarrial | 25 | G-C | 16 | 16 | 318 | 6-3 | Indiana (PA) | 6/9/1973 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 152nd pick / 1996 |
| 97 | Mike Wells | 27 | DT | 16 | 16 | 310 | 6-3 | Iowa | 1/16/1971 | 4 | Minnesota Vikings / 4th / 125th pick / 1994 |
| 89 | Ryan Wetnight | 28 | TE | 15 | 3 | 235 | 6-2 | Stanford | 11/5/1970 | 5 | |
| 60 | Casey Wiegmann | 25 | C | 16 | 15 | 285 | 6-2 | Iowa | 7/20/1973 | 1 | |
| 71 | James O. Williams | 30 | T-DE-DT | 16 | 16 | 329 | 6-7 | Cheyney | 3/29/1968 | 7 | |
| Team Total | 26.8 | 16 | 238.2 | 6-1.3 | 3.9 |