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1988 Chicago Bears

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Record: 12-4-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

Scored 312 points (19.5/g), 18th of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 215 points (13.4/g), 1st.
 Differential of 97 points (6.1/g), 4th.
 Expected W-L: 11.3-4.7.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +1 (0.1/g), 12th.

Coached by Mike Ditka (12-4-0)

1988 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 Sun September 4 box W 1-0 Miami Dolphins 34 7 28 427 165 262 10 163 118 45 2
2 Sun September 11 box W 2-0 @ Indianapolis Colts 17 13 23 326 172 154 1 11 173 65 108 3
3 Sun September 18 box L 2-1 Minnesota Vikings 7 31 14 235 165 70 5 20 376 249 127 1
4 Sun September 25 box W 3-1 @ Green Bay Packers 24 6 22 358 116 242 3 16 233 199 34 3
5 Sun October 2 box W 4-1 Buffalo Bills 24 3 22 423 260 163 2 13 217 217 1
6 Sun October 9 box W 5-1 @ Detroit Lions 24 7 20 323 222 101 1 18 262 220 42 2
7 Sun October 16 box W 6-1 Dallas Cowboys 17 7 24 385 261 124 1 18 291 195 96 2
8 Mon October 24 box W 7-1 San Francisco 49ers 10 9 14 237 115 122 1 12 213 135 78 1
9 Sun October 30 box L 7-2 @ New England Patriots 7 30 11 208 74 134 3 19 350 165 185 1
10 Sun November 6 box W 8-2 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 28 10 19 338 269 69 3 25 357 273 84 2
11 Sun November 13 box W 9-2 @ Washington Redskins 34 14 20 418 273 145 1 22 323 295 28 5
12 Sun November 20 box W 10-2 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 15 16 339 200 139 4 18 321 153 168 3
13 Sun November 27 box W 11-2 Green Bay Packers 16 0 22 372 159 213 2 9 189 167 22 2
14 Mon December 5 box L 11-3 @ Los Angeles Rams 3 23 13 213 99 114 3 22 364 232 132 3
15 Sun December 11 box W 12-3 Detroit Lions 13 12 14 250 168 82 1 14 310 195 115 2
16 Mon December 19 box L 12-4 @ Minnesota Vikings 27 28 21 465 280 185 3 17 218 156 62 2
Playoffs
Division Sat December 31 box W 13-4 Philadelphia Eagles 20 12
ConfChamp Sun January 8 box L 13-5 San Francisco 49ers 3 28

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 312 5317 1040 5.1 303 248 461 2998 13 15 6.2 134 555 2319 25 4.2 137 34 19 32
Team Defense 215 4360 977 4.5 452 245 545 3034 18 26 5.2 158 389 1326 5 3.4 264 35 9 30
Lg Rank Offense 18 11 17 22 20 23 5 8 4 3 3 9 15 25
Lg Rank Defense 1 2 4 25 9 10 3 2 1 1 1 2 12 26

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 29 QB 9 9 7-2-0 114 192 59.4 1346 6 3.1 7 3.6 63 7.0 5.7 11.8 149.6 76.0 13 79 6.2 4.9 6.3
Mike Tomczak 26 qb 14 5 4-1-0 86 170 50.6 1310 7 4.1 6 3.5 76 7.7 6.5 15.2 93.6 75.4 5 47 7.2 6.1 2.9
Jim Harbaugh 25 10 2 1-1-0 47 97 48.5 514 0 0.0 2 2.1 56 5.3 4.4 10.9 51.4 55.9 6 49 4.5 3.6 5.8
Neal Anderson* 24 RB 16 16 0 1 0.0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 39.6 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Bryan Wagner 26 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 3 0 0.0 0 0.0 3 3.0 3.0 3.0 0.2 79.2 0 0 3.0 3.0 0.0
Team Total 26.1 16 12-4-0 248 461 53.8 3173 13 2.8 15 3.3 76 6.9 5.7 12.8 198.3 71.4 24 175 6.2 5.1 4.9
Opp Total 16 245 545 45.0 3034 18 3.3 26 4.8 5.6 3.8 12.4 189.6 53.9 43 365 5.2 2.9

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
Neal Anderson* 24 RB 16 16 249 1106 12 80 4.4 69.1 15.6 39 371 9.5 0 36 2.4 23.2 1477 12 8
Thomas Sanders 26 16 0 95 332 3 20 3.5 20.8 5.9 9 94 10.4 0 39 0.6 5.9 426 3 5
Matt Suhey 30 FB 16 16 87 253 2 19 2.9 15.8 5.4 20 154 7.7 0 29 1.3 9.6 407 2 1
Brad Muster 23 16 0 44 197 0 15 4.5 12.3 2.8 21 236 11.2 1 40 1.3 14.8 433 1 1
Jim McMahon 29 QB 9 9 26 104 4 16 4.0 11.6 2.9 104 4 6
Jim Harbaugh 25 10 2 19 110 1 19 5.8 11.0 1.9 110 1 1
Mike Tomczak 26 qb 14 5 13 40 1 17 3.1 2.9 0.9 40 1 1
Dennis Gentry 29 WR 16 16 7 86 1 58 12.3 5.4 0.4 33 486 14.7 3 45 2.1 30.4 572 4 2
Calvin Thomas 28 1 0 5 20 0 8 4.0 20.0 5.0 20 0 0
Dennis McKinnon 27 WR 15 15 3 25 1 12 8.3 1.7 0.2 45 704 15.6 3 76 3.0 46.9 729 4 3
Ron Morris 24 16 1 3 40 0 21 13.3 2.5 0.2 28 498 17.8 4 63 1.8 31.1 538 4 0
Bryan Wagner 26 P 16 0 2 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0 0 1
Wendell Davis 22 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 15 220 14.7 0 36 0.9 13.8 223 0 2
Glen Kozlowski 26 16 0 1 3 0 3 3.0 0.2 0.1 3 92 30.7 0 50 0.2 5.8 95 0 1
James Thornton 23 TE 16 12 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 15 135 9.0 0 19 0.9 8.4 135 0 1
Emery Moorehead 34 13 4 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 14 133 9.5 2 28 1.1 10.2 133 2 0
Cap Boso 25 6 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 6 50 8.3 0 15 1.0 8.3 50 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 555 2319 25 80 4.2 144.9 34.7 248 3173 12.8 13 76 15.5 198.3 5492 38 37
Opp Total 16 389 1326 5 3.4 82.9 24.3 245 3034 12.4 18 15.3 189.6 4360 23 17

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 27 WR 15 15 34 277 0 23 8.1 1006
Dennis Gentry 29 WR 16 16 27 578 0 51 21.4 1150
Thomas Sanders 26 16 0 13 248 0 38 19.1 674
Wendell Davis 22 16 0 3 17 0 13 5.7 240
Glen Kozlowski 26 16 0 1 0 0 0 0.0 2 37 0 24 18.5 132
Brad Muster 23 16 0 3 33 0 15 11.0 466
Team Total 26.1 16 38 294 0 23 7.7 45 896 0 51 19.9 6682
Opp Total 16 40 0 56 1130 0 20.2

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
Bryan Wagner 26 P 16 0 79 3282 70 0 41.5
Kevin Butler 26 K 16 0 1 1 4 4 8 7 6 3 19 15 78.9% 38 37 97.4%
Team Total 26.1 16 1 1 4 4 8 7 6 3 19 15 78.9% 38 37 97.4% 79 3282 70 0 41.5
Opp Total 16 22 13 59.1% 25 22 88.0% 90 3618 40.2

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
Steve McMichael 31 LDT 16 16 11.5 1 0 2 1 0 88 1
Richard Dent 28 RDE 13 12 10.5 3 0 1 0 0 61
Neal Anderson* 24 RB 16 16 8 2 0 0
Dan Hampton 31 RDT 16 16 9.5
Jim McMahon 29 QB 9 9 6 3 0 0
Vestee Jackson 25 RCB 16 16 8 94 0 46
Al Harris 32 LDE 16 14 3.5 0 3 0 0
Maurice Douglass 24 FS 15 9 1 35 0 35 0 1 3 0 0 76
Ron Rivera 26 LLB 16 16 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
Thomas Sanders 26 16 0 5 0 0 0
Dennis McKinnon 27 WR 15 15 3 1 0 0
Jim Morrissey 26 RLB 11 11 3 13 0 13 0 1 0 0
David Tate 24 16 4 4 35 0 17 45
Wendell Davis 22 16 0 2 1 0 0
Dave Duerson* 28 SS 15 15 1.0 2 18 0 18
Mike Singletary*+ 30 MLB 16 16 1.0 1 13 0 13 0 1 4 0
Dick Chapura 24 15 0 2.0
Dennis Gentry 29 WR 16 16 2 0 0 0
Jay Hilgenberg*+ 29 C 16 16 1 1 -18 0
Todd Krumm 23 15 0 2 14 0 14
Brad Muster 23 16 0 1 1 0 0
Mike Richardson 27 LCB 16 15 2 15 0 15
Matt Suhey 30 FB 16 16 1 1 0 0
Bryan Wagner 26 P 16 0 1 1 -9 0
John Adickes 24 16 0 1 0 -13 0
Greg Clark 23 15 0 0 1 0 0
Shaun Gayle 26 4 4 1 0 0 0 22
Jim Harbaugh 25 10 2 1 0 -1 0
Troy A. Johnson 24 16 1 1.0
Glen Kozlowski 26 16 0 1 0 0 0
Sean Smith 23 9 3 1.0
James Thornton 23 TE 16 12 1 0 0 0
Mike Tomczak 26 qb 14 5 1 0 -3 0
Keith Van Horne 31 RT 15 14 0 1 0 0
Team Total 26.1 16 43.0 26 237 0 46 4 37 24 -39 0 329 1
Opp Total 16 24 17 8 2

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 26 K 16 0 37 15 82
Neal Anderson* 24 RB 16 16 12 72
Dennis Gentry 29 WR 16 16 1 3 24
Dennis McKinnon 27 WR 15 15 1 3 24
Jim McMahon 29 QB 9 9 4 24
Ron Morris 24 16 1 4 24
Thomas Sanders 26 16 0 3 18
Emery Moorehead 34 13 4 2 12
Matt Suhey 30 FB 16 16 2 12
Jim Harbaugh 25 10 2 1 6
Brad Muster 23 16 0 1 6
Mike Tomczak 26 qb 14 5 1 6
Steve McMichael 31 LDT 16 16 1 2
Team Total 26.1 16 25 13 37 15 1 312
Opp Total 16 5 18 22 13 2 215