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1966 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 5-7-2, 5th in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (5-7-2)

Points For: 234 (16.7/g) 13th of 15

Points Against: 272 (19.4/g) 7th of 15

Expected W-L: 5.8-8.2

SRS: -0.25 (8th of 15), SOS: 2.46

Defensive Coordinator: Jim Dooley

Other Notable Asst.: Abe Gibron (Offensive Line), Phil Handler (Defensive Line) and Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

President/General Manager: George Halas Jr.

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	234	3699	830	4.5	35	12	196	159	338	1772	10	23	4.8	85	463	1927	12	4.2	96	80	714	15
Opp. Stats	272	3971	901	4.4	38	23	239	202	406	2367	13	15	5.4	116	466	1604	13	3.4	102	71	636	21
Lg Rank Offense	13	12			5	3	15		14	15	14	10	12		5	4	8	4
Lg Rank Defense	7	6			7	1	8		7	5	2	14	7		11	4	8	4

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 11		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Detroit Lions	3	14	17	256	109	147	3	14	208	85	123	3
2	Fri	September 16		boxscore	L		0-2	@	Los Angeles Rams	17	31	12	239	118	121	3	17	294	195	99	4
4	Sun	October 2		boxscore	W		1-2	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	10	11	283	179	104	2	16	284	169	115	3
5	Sun	October 9		boxscore	W		2-2		Baltimore Colts	27	17	19	315	96	219	1	19	364	256	108	4
6	Sun	October 16		boxscore	L		2-3		Green Bay Packers	0	17	6	94	52	42	4	12	180	59	121	2
7	Sun	October 23		boxscore	W		3-3		Los Angeles Rams	17	10	15	287	135	152	2	14	203	95	108	2
8	Mon	October 31		boxscore	L		3-4	@	St. Louis Cardinals	17	24	16	282	173	109	4	11	166	47	119	3
9	Sun	November 6		boxscore	T		3-4-1		Detroit Lions	10	10	15	282	106	176		17	255	167	88	1
10	Sun	November 13		boxscore	T		3-4-2		San Francisco 49ers	30	30	12	220	120	100	1	28	423	311	112	3
11	Sun	November 20		boxscore	L		3-5-2	@	Green Bay Packers	6	13	9	160	85	75	4	15	296	227	69	2
12	Sun	November 27		boxscore	W		4-5-2		Atlanta Falcons	23	6	23	476	177	299	4	6	167	101	66	3
13	Sun	December 4		boxscore	L		4-6-2	@	Baltimore Colts	16	21	18	296	245	51	3	16	260	148	112	2
14	Sun	December 11		boxscore	L		4-7-2	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	41	9	129	64	65	4	25	411	262	149	2
15	Sun	December 18		boxscore	W		5-7-2		Minnesota Vikings	41	28	14	380	113	267		29	460	245	215	4

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	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	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Rudy Bukich	36	QB	14	14	5-7-2	147	309	47.6	1858	10	3.2	21	6.8	80	6.0	3.6	12.6	132.7	49.3	26	211	7.76	4.92	2.7	2	1
2	Billy Wade	36	QB	2	0		9	21	42.9	79	0	0.0	1	4.8	14	3.8	1.6	8.8	39.5	33.6	0	0	0.00	3.76	1.6	0	0
3	Gale Sayers	23	HB	14	14		2	6	33.3	58	0	0.0	1	16.7	39	9.7	2.2	29.0	4.1	30.6	0	0	0.00	9.67	2.2	0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
4	Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	12		1	1	100.0	21	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	21.0	21.0	21.0	1.5	118.7	0	0	0.00	21.00	21.0	0	0
5	Jon Arnett	31	HB	14	1		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
6	Larry Rakestraw	24	QB	1	0		0	0		0	0		0						0.0		3	33	100.00	-11.00	-11.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	5-7-2	159	338	47.0	1772	10	3.0	23	6.8	80	6.0	3.5	12.7	126.6	47.6	29	244	7.90	4.83	2.55	2	1

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Gale Sayers	23	HB	14	14	229	1231	8	58	5.4	87.9	16.4	34	447	13.1	2	80	2.4	31.9	263	6.4	1678	10	2	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
2	Jim Jones	25	LE	14	14	1	-7	0	-7	-7.0	-0.5	0.1	28	504	18.0	5	80	2.0	36.0	29	17.1	497	5	1
3	Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	12	100	318	0	13	3.2	22.7	7.1	20	174	8.7	0	28	1.4	12.4	120	4.1	492	0	4
4	Mike Ditka	27	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	32	378	11.8	2	30	2.3	27.0	32	11.8	378	2	0	AP-2
5	Ralph Kurek	23	RB	14	2	52	179	1	12	3.4	12.8	3.7	10	178	17.8	0	49	0.7	12.7	62	5.8	357	1	1
6	Jon Arnett	31	HB	14	1	55	178	1	21	3.2	12.7	3.9	10	42	4.2	0	11	0.7	3.0	65	3.4	220	1	3
7	Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	12	1	2	0	2	2.0	0.1	0.1	15	210	14.0	1	40	1.1	15.0	16	13.3	212	1	4
8	Johnny Morris	31	FL	2	2	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	5	49	9.8	0	15	2.5	24.5	5	9.8	49	0	0
9	Duane Allen	29	TE	11	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	28	9.3	0	14	0.3	2.5	3	9.3	28	0	0
10	Rudy Bukich	36	QB	14	14	18	14	2	12	0.8	1.0	1.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	18	0.8	14	2	8
11	Brian Piccolo	23	RB	14	0	3	12	0	5	4.0	0.9	0.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	4.0	12	0	0
12	Charlie Bivins	28	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	6	3.0	0	4	0.1	0.4	2	3.0	6	0	1
13	Joe Marconi	32	FB	10	1	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.5	0.3	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	1.7	5	0	0
14	Larry Rakestraw	24	QB	1	0	1	-5	0	-5	-5.0	-5.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-5.0	-5	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	463	1927	12	58	4.2	137.6	33.1	159	2016	12.7	10	80	11.4	144.0	622	6.3	3943	22	25

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Rudy Bukich	36	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0
2	Dick Butkus	24	MLB	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0.5	0	PB,AP-2
3	Dick Evey	25	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.5	0
4	Joe Fortunato	36	LLB	14	14	1	3	0	3	0	3	24	1	2.0	0
5	Jim Jones	25	LE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
6	Bob Kilcullen	30	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5.0	0
7	Bennie McRae	27	LCB	14	14	3	53	0	53	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Ed O'Bradovich	26	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	11	1	2.0	0
9	Richie Petitbon	28	SS	14	14	4	34	0	20	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
10	Jim Purnell	25	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.0	0
11	Gale Sayers	23	HB	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1,AP MVP-5
12	Rosey Taylor	29	FS	14	14	1	15	0	15	0	2	6	0	0.0	0
13	Dave Whitsell	30	RCB	14	13	3	44	0	21	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Doug Atkins	36	RDE	12	12	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	8.0	0
15	Ronnie Bull	26	FB	14	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
16	Dick Gordon	22	FL	14	12	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
17	Ralph Kurek	23	RB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Brian Schweda	23	DE	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.0	0
19	Jon Arnett	31	HB	14	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0.0	0
20	Curt Gentry	29	DB	13	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Charlie Bivins	28	TE	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-2	0	0.0	0
22	Doug Buffone	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
23	Frank Cornish	22	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
24	John Johnson	25	DT	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Brian Piccolo	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
26	Larry Rakestraw	24	QB	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Mike Reilly	24	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0.0	0
28	George Seals	24	G	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	-3	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	15	155	0	53	26	37	36	2	27.0	0

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