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2005 Chicago Bears
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Record: 11-5-0, Finished 1st in NFC North Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 260 points (16.2/g), 26th of 32 in the NFL.
Allowed 202 points (12.6/g), 1st.
Differential of 58 points (3.6/g), 12th.
Expected W-L: 10.3-5.7.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +6 (0.4/g), 11th.
Coached by Lovie Smith (11-5-0)
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2005 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees
Starters
| Pos | Age | Yrs | GS | Summary of Player Stats | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
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| Offensive Starters | Complete Team Stats | |||||
| QB | Kyle Orton | 23 | Rook | 15 | 190 for 368, 1,869 yards, 9 td, 13 int, & 24 rushes for 44 yards and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 4th / 106th pick / 2005 |
| RB | Thomas Jones | 27 | 5 | 15 | 314 rushes for 1,335 yards, 9 td, & 26 catches for 143 yards and 0 td | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 2000 |
| FB | Bryan Johnson | 27 | 5 | 6 | 1 rush for 5 yards, 0 td, & 5 catches for 15 yards and 0 td | |
| FB | Marc Edwards | 31 | 8 | 5 | 0 rushes for 0 yards, 0 td, & 10 catches for 66 yards and 2 td | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 55th pick / 1997 |
| WR | Justin Gage | 24 | 2 | 11 | 31 catches for 346 yards, 2 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 143rd pick / 2003 |
| WR | Muhsin Muhammad | 32 | 9 | 15 | 64 catches for 750 yards, 4 td | Carolina Panthers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1996 |
| TE | Desmond Clark | 28 | 6 | 16 | 24 catches for 229 yards, 2 td | Denver Broncos / 6th / 179th pick / 1999 |
| LT | John Tait | 30 | 6 | 15 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1999 |
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| LG | Ruben Brown | 33 | 10 | 12 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1995 |
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| LG | Roberto Garza | 26 | 4 | 7 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 99th pick / 2001 |
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| C | Olin Kreutz* | 28 | 7 | 16 | 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1998 |
| RG | Terrence Metcalf | 27 | 3 | 13 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 93rd pick / 2002 |
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| RT | Fred Miller | 32 | 9 | 15 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 141st pick / 1996 |
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| Defensive Starters | ||||||
| LDE | Adewale Ogunleye | 28 | 4 | 15 | 10.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | |
| LDT | Ian Scott | 24 | 2 | 13 | 0.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 116th pick / 2003 |
| RDT | Tommie Harris* | 22 | 1 | 16 | 3.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 2004 |
| RDE | Alex Brown | 26 | 3 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 104th pick / 2002 |
| LLB | Hunter Hillenmeyer | 25 | 2 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 1 interception, 0 fumbles recovered | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 166th pick / 2003 |
| MLB | Brian Urlacher*+ | 27 | 5 | 16 | 6.0 sacks, 0 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 1st / 9th pick / 2000 |
| RLB | Lance Briggs*+ | 25 | 2 | 16 | 2.0 sacks, 2 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 68th pick / 2003 |
| LCB | Charles Tillman | 24 | 2 | 15 | 1.0 sacks, 5 interceptions, 1 fumble recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 35th pick / 2003 |
| RCB | Nathan Vasher* | 24 | 1 | 15 | 0.0 sacks, 8 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 4th / 110th pick / 2004 |
| SS | Mike Brown* | 27 | 5 | 12 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 0 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 39th pick / 2000 |
| FS | Chris Harris | 23 | Rook | 13 | 1.0 sacks, 3 interceptions, 2 fumbles recovered | Chicago Bears / 6th / 181st pick / 2005 |
| Special Teams Starters | ||||||
| K | Robbie Gould | 23 | Rook | 0 | 21 of 27 field goals & 19 of 20 extra points | |
| P | Brad Maynard | 31 | 8 | 0 | 96 punts for a 41.0 average, 1 blocked | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| PR | Bobby Wade | 24 | 2 | 0 | 33 punt returns for a 9.6 average and 1 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 139th pick / 2003 |
| KR | Jerry Azumah | 28 | 6 | 1 | 32 kick returns for a 22.0 average and 0 td | Chicago Bears / 5th / 147th pick / 1999 |
| No. | Age | Pos | G | GS | Wt | Ht | College/Univ | BirthDate | Yrs | Drafted (tm/rnd/yr) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 94 | Brendon Ayanbadejo | 29 | LB | 16 | 0 | 230 | 6-1 | UCLA | 9/6/1976 | 2 | |
| 23 | Jerry Azumah | 28 | DB | 15 | 1 | 195 | 5-10 | New Hampshire | 9/1/1977 | 6 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 147th pick / 1999 |
| 32 | Cedric Benson | 23 | RB | 9 | 1 | 222 | 5-11 | Texas | 12/28/1982 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 1st / 4th pick / 2005 |
| 86 | Eddie Berlin | 27 | WR | 5 | 0 | 195 | 5-11 | Northern Iowa | 1/14/1978 | 4 | Tennessee Titans / 5th / 159th pick / 2001 |
| 80 | Bernard Berrian | 25 | WR | 11 | 2 | 190 | 6-1 | Fresno State | 12/27/1980 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 78th pick / 2004 |
| 11 | Jeff Blake | 35 | QB | 3 | 0 | 223 | 6-1 | East Carolina | 12/4/1970 | 13 | New York Jets / 6th / 166th pick / 1992 |
| 70 | Alfonso Boone | 29 | DT | 16 | 1 | 318 | 6-4 | Mount San Antonio Junior College | 1/11/1976 | 4 | Detroit Lions / 7th / 253rd pick / 2000 |
| 16 | Mark Bradley | 23 | WR | 7 | 4 | 201 | 6-1 | Oklahoma | 1/29/1982 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 39th pick / 2005 |
| 10 | Doug Brien | 35 | K | 3 | 0 | 180 | 6-0 | California | 11/24/1970 | 11 | San Francisco 49ers / 3rd / 85th pick / 1994 |
| 55 | Lance Briggs*+ | 25 | LB | 16 | 16 | 238 | 6-1 | Arizona | 11/12/1980 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 68th pick / 2003 |
| 96 | Alex Brown | 26 | DE | 16 | 16 | 262 | 6-3 | Florida | 6/4/1979 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 104th pick / 2002 |
| 30 | Mike Brown* | 27 | DB | 12 | 12 | 212 | 5-10 | Nebraska | 2/13/1978 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 39th pick / 2000 |
| 74 | Ruben Brown | 33 | G | 12 | 12 | 300 | 6-3 | Pittsburgh | 2/13/1972 | 10 | Buffalo Bills / 1st / 14th pick / 1995 |
| 58 | Jeremy Cain | 25 | LB | 3 | 0 | 231 | 6-1 | Massachusetts | 4/24/1980 | 1 | |
| 88 | Desmond Clark | 28 | TE | 16 | 16 | 255 | 6-3 | Wake Forest | 4/20/1977 | 6 | Denver Broncos / 6th / 179th pick / 1999 |
| 75 | Marc Colombo | 27 | T | 1 | 0 | 320 | 6-7 | Boston College | 10/8/1978 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 29th pick / 2002 |
| 21 | Rashied Davis | 26 | DB | 12 | 0 | 180 | 5-10 | San Jose State | 7/24/1979 | Rook | |
| 49 | Marc Edwards | 31 | FB | 8 | 5 | 249 | 6-0 | Notre Dame | 11/17/1974 | 8 | San Francisco 49ers / 2nd / 55th pick / 1997 |
| 79 | Steve Edwards | 26 | G-T | 7 | 0 | 330 | 6-5 | Central Florida,Tennessee State | 2/20/1979 | 3 | |
| 19 | Carl Ford | 25 | WR | 10 | 0 | 183 | 6-0 | Toledo | 10/8/1980 | Rook | Green Bay Packers / 7th / 256th pick / 2003 |
| 62 | Lennie Friedman | 29 | G | 1 | 0 | 283 | 6-3 | Duke | 10/13/1976 | 5 | Denver Broncos / 2nd / 61st pick / 1999 |
| 12 | Justin Gage | 24 | WR | 15 | 11 | 208 | 6-4 | Missouri | 1/25/1981 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 143rd pick / 2003 |
| 63 | Roberto Garza | 26 | G-C | 16 | 7 | 296 | 6-2 | Texas A&M-Kingsville | 3/26/1979 | 4 | Atlanta Falcons / 4th / 99th pick / 2001 |
| 85 | John Gilmore | 26 | TE | 16 | 0 | 260 | 6-4 | Penn State | 9/21/1979 | 3 | New Orleans Saints / 6th / 196th pick / 2002 |
| 9 | Robbie Gould | 23 | K | 13 | 0 | 181 | 6-1 | Penn State | 12/6/1982 | Rook | |
| 43 | Michael Green | 29 | DB | 16 | 3 | 195 | 6-0 | Northwest State (LA) | 12/6/1976 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 7th / 254th pick / 2000 |
| 8 | Rex Grossman | 25 | QB | 2 | 1 | 222 | 6-1 | Florida | 8/23/1980 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 22nd pick / 2003 |
| 46 | Chris Harris | 23 | DB | 14 | 13 | 206 | 6-1 | La-Monroe | 8/6/1982 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 6th / 181st pick / 2005 |
| 91 | Tommie Harris* | 22 | DT | 16 | 16 | 300 | 6-3 | Oklahoma | 4/29/1983 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 2004 |
| 97 | Michael Haynes | 25 | DE | 10 | 0 | 274 | 6-3 | Penn State | 9/13/1980 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 14th pick / 2003 |
| 92 | Hunter Hillenmeyer | 25 | LB | 13 | 12 | 238 | 6-4 | Vanderbilt | 10/28/1980 | 2 | Green Bay Packers / 5th / 166th pick / 2003 |
| 26 | Daven Holly | 23 | DB | 3 | 0 | 186 | 5-10 | Cincinnati | 8/8/1982 | Rook | San Francisco 49ers / 7th / 215th pick / 2005 |
| 71 | Israel Idonije | 25 | DT | 11 | 1 | 290 | 6-7 | Manitoba | 11/17/1980 | 1 | |
| 53 | Leon Joe | 24 | LB | 14 | 1 | 235 | 6-1 | Maryland | 10/26/1981 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 112th pick / 2004 |
| 47 | Bryan Johnson | 27 | FB | 7 | 6 | 245 | 6-1 | Boise State | 1/18/1978 | 5 | |
| 99 | Tank Johnson | 24 | DT | 16 | 4 | 300 | 6-3 | Washington | 12/7/1981 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 47th pick / 2004 |
| 35 | Todd Johnson | 26 | DB | 14 | 2 | 200 | 6-1 | Florida | 12/18/1979 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 100th pick / 2003 |
| 20 | Thomas Jones | 27 | RB | 15 | 15 | 220 | 5-10 | Virginia | 8/19/1978 | 5 | Arizona Cardinals / 1st / 7th pick / 2000 |
| 57 | Olin Kreutz* | 28 | C | 16 | 16 | 292 | 6-2 | Washington | 6/9/1977 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 64th pick / 1998 |
| 65 | Patrick Mannelly | 30 | T | 16 | 0 | 265 | 6-5 | Duke | 4/18/1975 | 7 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 189th pick / 1998 |
| 4 | Brad Maynard | 31 | P | 16 | 0 | 186 | 6-1 | Ball State | 2/9/1974 | 8 | New York Giants / 3rd / 95th pick / 1997 |
| 36 | Brandon McGowan | 22 | DB | 8 | 3 | 200 | 5-11 | Maine | 9/16/1983 | Rook | |
| 37 | Jason McKie | 25 | FB | 8 | 2 | 240 | 5-11 | Temple | 5/22/1980 | 3 | |
| 60 | Terrence Metcalf | 27 | G-T | 13 | 13 | 325 | 6-3 | Mississippi | 1/28/1978 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 3rd / 93rd pick / 2002 |
| 69 | Fred Miller | 32 | T-G | 15 | 15 | 320 | 6-7 | Baylor | 2/6/1973 | 9 | St. Louis Rams / 5th / 141st pick / 1996 |
| 72 | Qasim Mitchell | 26 | T-G | 3 | 0 | 355 | 6-6 | North Carolina A&T | 12/3/1979 | 2 | |
| 87 | Muhsin Muhammad | 32 | WR | 15 | 15 | 217 | 6-2 | Michigan State | 5/5/1973 | 9 | Carolina Panthers / 2nd / 43rd pick / 1996 |
| 59 | Joe Odom | 26 | LB | 2 | 0 | 238 | 6-1 | Purdue | 12/14/1979 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 191st pick / 2003 |
| 93 | Adewale Ogunleye | 28 | DE | 15 | 15 | 260 | 6-4 | Indiana | 8/9/1977 | 4 | |
| 18 | Kyle Orton | 23 | QB | 15 | 15 | 226 | 6-4 | Purdue | 11/14/1982 | Rook | Chicago Bears / 4th / 106th pick / 2005 |
| 29 | Adrian Peterson | 26 | RB | 16 | 0 | 210 | 5-10 | Georgia Southern | 7/1/1979 | 3 | Chicago Bears / 6th / 199th pick / 2002 |
| 82 | Gabe Reid | 28 | TE | 16 | 3 | 260 | 6-4 | BYU | 5/28/1977 | 2 | |
| 95 | Ian Scott | 24 | DT | 14 | 13 | 305 | 6-2 | Florida | 11/8/1981 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 116th pick / 2003 |
| 78 | John St. Clair | 28 | T | 13 | 2 | 320 | 6-4 | Virginia | 7/15/1977 | 3 | St. Louis Rams / 3rd / 94th pick / 2000 |
| 76 | John Tait | 30 | T | 15 | 15 | 315 | 6-6 | BYU | 1/26/1975 | 6 | Kansas City Chiefs / 1st / 14th pick / 1999 |
| 27 | Chris Thompson | 23 | DB | 12 | 1 | 187 | 6-0 | Nicholls State | 5/19/1982 | Rook | Jacksonville Jaguars / 5th / 150th pick / 2004 |
| 33 | Charles Tillman | 24 | DB | 15 | 15 | 196 | 6-1 | La-Lafayette | 2/23/1981 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 2nd / 35th pick / 2003 |
| 54 | Brian Urlacher*+ | 27 | LB | 16 | 16 | 258 | 6-4 | New Mexico | 5/25/1978 | 5 | Chicago Bears / 1st / 9th pick / 2000 |
| 31 | Nathan Vasher* | 24 | DB | 16 | 15 | 180 | 5-10 | Texas | 11/17/1981 | 1 | Chicago Bears / 4th / 110th pick / 2004 |
| 84 | Bobby Wade | 24 | WR | 12 | 0 | 193 | 5-10 | Arizona | 2/25/1981 | 2 | Chicago Bears / 5th / 139th pick / 2003 |
| Team Total | 26.5 | 16 | 243.8 | 6-1.8 | 3.3 |