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1987 Chicago Bears

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Record: 11-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 356 points (23.7/g), 9th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 282 points (18.8/g), 4th.
 Differential of 74 points (4.9/g), 6th.
 Expected W-L: 9.5-5.5.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential -20 (-1.3/g), 27th.

Coached by Mike Ditka (11-4-0)

1987 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 14 box W 1-0 New York Giants 34 19 17 416 292 124 2 14 203 122 81 1
2 Sun September 20 box W 2-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 20 3 18 301 133 168 4 18 262 173 89 4
3 Sun October 4 box W 3-0 @ Philadelphia Eagles 35 3 22 318 184 134 2 14 170 65 105 2
4 Sun October 11 box W 4-0 Minnesota Vikings 27 7 26 344 159 185 1 15 151 108 43 2
5 Sun October 18 box L 4-1 New Orleans Saints 17 19 11 133 66 67 4 18 291 179 112 3
6 Sun October 25 box W 5-1 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 26 19 300 209 91 4 20 285 184 101
7 Sun November 1 box W 6-1 Kansas City Chiefs 31 28 20 343 263 80 2 20 367 256 111 2
8 Sun November 8 box W 7-1 @ Green Bay Packers 26 24 22 351 247 104 2 17 340 298 42 1
9 Mon November 16 box L 7-2 @ Denver Broncos 29 31 24 446 300 146 2 26 439 341 98 2
10 Sun November 22 box W 8-2 Detroit Lions 30 10 29 383 205 178 1 10 179 149 30 2
11 Sun November 29 box W 9-2 Green Bay Packers 23 10 20 319 192 127 3 20 348 237 111 2
12 Sun December 6 box W 10-2 @ Minnesota Vikings 30 24 26 423 264 159 3 18 356 281 75 1
13 Mon December 14 box L 10-3 @ San Francisco 49ers 0 41 16 263 154 109 6 20 331 133 198 1
14 Sun December 20 box L 10-4 Seattle Seahawks 21 34 31 437 276 161 5 17 300 184 116
15 Sun December 27 box W 11-4 @ Los Angeles Raiders 6 3 18 267 146 121 3 14 193 92 101 1
Playoffs
Division Sun January 10 box L 11-5 Washington Redskins 17 21

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 356 5044 1026 4.9 319 272 493 3090 23 24 5.7 156 485 1954 13 4.0 121 44 20 42
Team Defense 282 4215 989 4.3 445 255 507 2802 24 13 4.9 158 412 1413 5 3.4 261 24 11 26
Lg Rank Offense 9 12 5 14 12 11 25 17 13 13 12 12 27 23
Lg Rank Defense 4 2 5 24 7 17 25 1 3 1 1 1 28 24

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
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%
Jim McMahon 28 QB 7 6 5-1-0 125 210 59.5 1639 12 5.7 8 3.8 59 7.8 6.7 13.1 234.1 87.4 22 136 6.5 5.4 9.5
Mike Tomczak 25 qb 12 6 4-2-0 97 178 54.5 1220 5 2.8 10 5.6 56 6.9 4.6 12.6 101.7 62.0 9 59 6.2 4.1 4.8
Mike Hohensee 26 2 2 2-0-0 28 52 53.8 343 4 7.7 1 1.9 28 6.6 6.5 12.3 171.5 92.1 3 19 5.9 5.8 5.5
Sean Payton 24 3 0 8 23 34.8 79 0 0.0 1 4.3 20 3.4 1.5 9.9 26.3 27.3 7 47 1.1 -0.4 23.3
Steve Bradley 24 1 1 0-1-0 6 18 33.3 77 2 11.1 3 16.7 18 4.3 -2.1 12.8 77.0 45.1 3 24 2.5 -3.0 14.3
Jim Harbaugh 24 6 0 8 11 72.7 62 0 0.0 0 0.0 21 5.6 5.6 7.8 10.3 86.2 4 45 1.1 1.1 26.7
Walter Payton 33 RB 12 12 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0 0.0 0 0 0.0 -45.0 0.0
Team Total 25.4 15 11-4-0 272 493 55.2 3420 23 4.7 24 4.9 59 6.9 5.2 12.6 285.0 72.2 48 330 5.7 4.1 8.9
Opp Total 15 255 507 50.3 2802 24 4.7 13 2.6 5.5 4.8 11.0 186.8 72.1 70 484 4.9 3.4

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
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
Walter Payton 33 RB 12 12 146 533 4 17 3.7 44.4 12.2 33 217 6.6 1 16 2.8 18.1 750 5 5
Neal Anderson 23 FB 11 10 129 586 3 38 4.5 53.3 11.7 47 467 9.9 3 59 4.3 42.5 1053 6 2
Lakei Heimuli 22 3 3 34 128 0 12 3.8 42.7 11.3 5 51 10.2 1 17 1.7 17.0 179 1 1
Calvin Thomas 27 12 0 25 88 0 18 3.5 7.3 2.1 88 0 0
Chris Brewer 25 3 1 24 55 2 16 2.3 18.3 8.0 5 56 11.2 1 19 1.7 18.7 111 3 0
Thomas Sanders 25 12 0 23 122 1 17 5.3 10.2 1.9 3 53 17.7 0 25 0.3 4.4 175 1 1
Jim McMahon 28 QB 7 6 22 88 2 13 4.0 12.6 3.1 88 2 2
Anthony Mosley 22 2 2 18 80 0 16 4.4 40.0 9.0 2 16 8.0 0 16 1.0 8.0 96 0 0
Mike Tomczak 25 qb 12 6 18 54 1 10 3.0 4.5 1.5 54 1 6
Mike Hohensee 26 2 2 9 56 0 26 6.2 28.0 4.5 56 0 2
Matt Suhey 29 12 2 7 24 0 6 3.4 2.0 0.6 7 54 7.7 0 12 0.6 4.5 78 0 0
Dennis Gentry 28 RET 12 0 6 41 0 12 6.8 3.4 0.5 17 183 10.8 1 38 1.4 15.3 224 1 2
Frank Harris 23 3 0 6 23 0 18 3.8 7.7 2.0 23 0 0
Darryl Clark 26 3 0 5 11 0 5 2.2 3.7 1.7 11 0 0
Jim Harbaugh 24 6 0 4 15 0 9 3.8 2.5 0.7 15 0 0
Willie Gault 27 WR 12 12 2 16 0 9 8.0 1.3 0.2 35 705 20.1 7 56 2.9 58.8 721 7 0
Al Wolden 22 3 0 2 8 0 7 4.0 2.7 0.7 1 26 26.0 0 26 0.3 8.7 34 0 0
Steve Bradley 24 1 1 1 -3 0 -3 -3.0 -3.0 1.0 -3 0 0
Kevin Brown 24 3 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0 0 1
Wilber Marshall* 25 RLB 12 12 1 1 0 1 1.0 0.1 0.1 1 0 0
Sean Payton 24 3 0 1 28 0 28 28.0 9.3 0.3 28 0 1
William Perry 25 RDT 12 11 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Dennis McKinnon 26 RET 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 27 406 15.0 1 33 2.3 33.8 406 1 6
Emery Moorehead 33 TE 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 269 11.2 1 27 2.0 22.4 269 1 1
Ron Morris 23 WR 12 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 20 379 19.0 1 42 1.7 31.6 379 1 0
Cap Boso 24 12 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 17 188 11.1 2 31 1.4 15.7 188 2 0
Glen Kozlowski 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 199 13.3 3 28 5.0 66.3 199 3 0
Don Kindt 26 3 2 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 5 34 6.8 1 11 1.7 11.3 34 1 0
Ken Knapczyk 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 4 62 15.5 0 22 1.3 20.7 62 0 0
Brian Glasgow 26 3 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 16 8.0 0 11 0.7 5.3 16 0 0
Gary Mullen 24 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 2 33 16.5 0 20 0.7 11.0 33 0 0
Sam Bowers 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.3 2.0 6 0 0
Team Total 25.4 15 485 1954 13 38 4.0 162.8 40.4 272 3420 12.6 23 59 22.7 285.0 5374 36 33
Opp Total 15 412 1413 5 3.4 94.2 27.5 255 2802 11.0 24 17.0 186.8 4215 29 37

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Dennis McKinnon 26 RET 12 0 40 405 2 94 10.1 811
Dennis Gentry 28 RET 12 0 25 621 1 88 24.8 845
Thomas Sanders 25 12 0 20 349 0 42 17.5 524
George Duarte 23 3 0 8 64 0 16 8.0 64
Glen Kozlowski 25 3 3 3 72 0 31 24.0 271
Lorenzo Lynch 24 2 2 3 66 0 37 22.0 66
Todd Bell 29 SS 12 11 1 18 0 18 18.0 18
Dave Duerson* 27 FS 12 12 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Eric Jeffries 23 2 0 1 5 0 5 5.0 5
Ken Knapczyk 24 3 3 1 14 0 14 14.0 76
Eldridge Milton 25 3 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 10
Anthony Mosley 22 2 2 1 17 0 17 17.0 113
Matt Suhey 29 12 2 1 9 0 9 9.0 87
Lawrence White 24 2 0 1 17 0 17 17.0 17
Team Total 25.4 15 50 484 2 94 9.7 57 1193 1 88 20.9 7051
Opp Total 15 26 1 58 1054 0 18.2

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
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
Kevin Butler 25 K 12 0 11 11 5 5 6 1 6 2 28 19 67.9% 30 28 93.3%
Bryan Wagner 25 P 10 0 36 1461 71 1 40.6
Kevin Brown 24 3 0 18 742 58 1 41.2
Tim Lashar 23 3 0 3 3 1 4 3 75.0% 10 10 100.0%
Tommy Barnhardt 24 2 0 6 236 50 0 39.3
Team Total 25.4 15 14 14 5 5 7 1 6 2 32 22 68.8% 40 38 95.0% 60 2439 71 2 40.7
Opp Total 15 31 18 58.1% 33 30 90.9% 86 3406 39.6

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Richard Dent 27 RDE 12 12 12.5 4 0 2 11 0 34
Dennis McKinnon 26 RET 12 0 6 3 0 0
Dave Duerson* 27 FS 12 12 3.0 3 0 0 0 0 1 10 0
Steve McMichael*+ 30 LDT 12 12 7.0 2 0 0 0 0 57
Mike Tomczak 25 qb 12 6 6 1 0 0
Sean McInerney 27 3 3 6.5
Otis Wilson 30 LLB 7 7 6.5
Wilber Marshall* 25 RLB 12 12 5.0 2 0 1 0 0 93
Walter Payton 33 RB 12 12 5 0 0 0
Jim Althoff 26 4 3 3.5 0 1 0 0
Bobby Bell 25 3 3 3.5 0 1 0 0
Mike Hohensee 26 2 2 2 2 0 0
Jay Norvell 24 6 3 4.0
William Perry 25 RDT 12 11 3.0 0 1 0 0 0 55
Dan Hampton 30 LDE 8 8 3.5
Todd Bell 29 SS 12 11 1.0 1 1 0 0
Maurice Douglass 23 12 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 13
Jon Norris 25 3 3 2.0 1 6 0 6
Ron Rivera 25 llb 12 5 1.0 2 19 0 15
Mike Singletary*+ 29 MLB 12 12 2.0 0 1 0 0
Egypt Allen 23 6 3 0 2 0 0
Neal Anderson 23 FB 11 10 2 0 0 0
George Duarte 23 3 0 1 1 0 0
Dennis Gentry 28 RET 12 0 2 0 0 0
Mike January 23 3 3 1.0 0 1 7 0
Jim McMahon 28 QB 7 6 2 0 0 0
Reggie Phillips 27 lcb 12 5 2 1 0 1
Al Harris 31 lde 12 5 1.5
Guy Teafatiller 23 3 2 1.5
Kevin Brown 24 3 0 1 0 -6 0
Jimbo Covert 27 LT 9 9 0 1 0 0
Willie Gault 27 WR 12 12 0 1 0 0
Shaun Gayle 25 8 0 1 20 1 20 9
Lakei Heimuli 22 3 3 1 0 0 0
Vestee Jackson 24 RCB 12 12 1 0 0 0
Bruce McCray 24 3 3 1 23 1 23
Emery Moorehead 33 TE 12 12 1 0 0 0
Raymond Morris 26 3 0 1.0
Sean Payton 24 3 0 1 0 0 0
Thomas Sanders 25 12 0 1 0 0 0
Sean Smith 22 10 0 0 1 0 0
Calvin Thomas 27 12 0 0 1 0 0
John Wojciechowski 24 4 4 0 1 0 0
Team Total 25.4 15 69.0 13 69 2 23 8 33 24 22 0 267
Opp Total 15 48 37 26

Scoring Summary

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Kevin Butler 25 K 12 0 28 19 85
Willie Gault 27 WR 12 12 7 42
Neal Anderson 23 FB 11 10 3 3 36
Walter Payton 33 RB 12 12 4 1 30
Tim Lashar 23 3 0 10 3 19