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1972 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 4-9-1, 4th in NFC Central Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: Abe Gibron (4-9-1)

Points For: 225 (16.1/g) 21st of 26

Points Against: 275 (19.6/g) 15th of 26

Expected W-L: 5.4-8.6

SRS: -1.34 (16th of 26), SOS: 2.23

Other Notable Asst.: Zeke Bratkowski (Quarterbacks/Receivers) and Perry Moss (Offensive Backs)

Stadium: Soldier Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

President/General Manager: George Halas Jr.

Director of Player Personnel: Bobby Walston

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	225	3468	773	4.5	35	22	190	78	205	1108	9	13	4.7	54	536	2360	15	4.4	124	74	574	12
Opp. Stats	275	3923	841	4.7	35	14	224	180	342	2172	16	21	6.0	108	476	1751	11	3.7	96	69	644	20
Lg Rank Offense	21	23			18	25	24		26	26	25	6	23		3	4	14	6
Lg Rank Defense	15	13			10	14	10		12	14	14	10	17		15	8	7	3

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 17	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-1		Atlanta Falcons	21	37	15	283	69	214	3	16	319	146	173	2
2	Sun	September 24	2:00PM ET	boxscore	T		0-1-1		Los Angeles Rams	13	13	11	170	26	144	4	8	171	65	106	3
3	Sun	October 1	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-2-1		Detroit Lions	24	38	21	327	74	253	3	21	312	115	197
4	Sun	October 8	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		0-3-1	@	Green Bay Packers	17	20	13	258	119	139	1	17	341	240	101	2
5	Sun	October 15	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		1-3-1	@	Cleveland Browns	17	0	13	310	54	256	1	9	163	126	37	1
6	Mon	October 23	9:00PM ET	boxscore	W		2-3-1		Minnesota Vikings	13	10	17	241	46	195	4	12	282	231	51	4
7	Sun	October 29	2:00PM ET	boxscore	W		3-3-1	@	St. Louis Cardinals	27	10	15	329	180	149	2	17	269	119	150	4
8	Sun	November 5	1:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-4-1	@	Detroit Lions	0	14	9	146	24	122	1	21	326	135	191	4
9	Sun	November 12	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-5-1		Green Bay Packers	17	23	19	296	117	179	3	8	163	40	123	2
10	Sun	November 19	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-6-1		San Francisco 49ers	21	34	15	356	223	133	3	20	376	266	110
11	Sun	November 26	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-7-1		Cincinnati Bengals	3	13	9	216	106	110	2	13	271	113	158	2
12	Sun	December 3	2:00PM ET	boxscore	L		3-8-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	10	23	5	91	1	90	3	19	341	261	80	3
13	Sun	December 10	1:00PM ET	boxscore	W		4-8-1	@	Philadelphia Eagles	21	12	13	250	36	214	4	18	230	147	83	4
14	Sun	December 17	4:00PM ET	boxscore	L		4-9-1	@	Oakland Raiders	21	28	15	195	33	162	1	25	359	168	191	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	Bobby Douglass	25	QB	14	14	4-9-1	75	198	37.9	1246	9	4.5	12	6.1	85	6.3	4.5	16.6	89.0	49.8	32	175	13.91	4.7	3.1	1	1
2	Bobby Joe Green	36	P	14	0		1	2	50.0	23	0	0.0	1	50.0	23	11.5	-11.0	23.0	1.6	52.1	0	0	0.00	11.5	-11.0	0	0
3	John Huarte	29	QB	2	0		2	5	40.0	14	0	0.0	0	0.0	8	2.8	2.8	7.0	7.0	47.9	0	0	0.00	2.8	2.8	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	4-9-1	78	205	38.0	1108	9	4.4	13	6.3	85	6.3	4.3	16.4	79.1	48.1	32	175	13.50	4.68	2.97	1	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	Bobby Douglass	25	QB	14	14	141	968	8	57	6.9	69.1	10.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	141	6.9	968	8	9
2	Jim Harrison	24	FB	14	14	167	622	2	19	3.7	44.4	11.9	8	30	3.8	1	20	0.6	2.1	175	3.7	652	3	7
3	Don Shy	27	RB	13	7	91	342	1	22	3.8	26.3	7.0	10	109	10.9	0	28	0.8	8.4	101	4.5	451	1	5
4	Earl Thomas	24	TE	14	14	5	13	0	8	2.6	0.9	0.4	20	365	18.3	3	44	1.4	26.1	25	15.1	378	3	1
5	George Farmer	24	WR	14	14	2	-13	0	-2	-6.5	-0.9	0.1	14	380	27.1	2	85	1.0	27.1	16	22.9	367	2	0
6	Cyril Pinder	26	RB	13	7	87	300	3	19	3.4	23.1	6.7	1	13	13.0	0	13	0.1	1.0	88	3.6	313	3	4
7	Roger Lawson	23	RB	12	0	33	106	1	14	3.2	8.8	2.8	8	120	15.0	0	40	0.7	10.0	41	5.5	226	1	2
8	Jim Seymour	26	WR	14	14	1	-9	0	-9	-9.0	-0.6	0.1	10	165	16.5	1	35	0.7	11.8	11	14.2	156	1	0
9	Cecil Turner	28	WR	14	0	3	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.2	3	71	23.7	0	36	0.2	5.1	6	11.8	71	0	2
10	Dick Butkus	30	MLB	14	14	1	28	0	28	28.0	2.0	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	28.0	28	0	0	PB,AP-1
11	Gary Kosins	23	RB	14	0	3	5	0	3	1.7	0.4	0.2	2	15	7.5	1	8	0.1	1.1	5	4.0	20	1	1
12	Bob Wallace	27	WR	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	9	9.0	0	9	0.1	0.6	1	9.0	9	0	0
13	Bob Parsons	22	TE	13	0	1	0	0		0.0	0.0	0.1	1	6	6.0	1	6	0.1	0.5	2	3.0	6	1	1
14	John Huarte	29	QB	2	0	1	-2	0	-2	-2.0	-1.0	0.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-2.0	-2	0	1
	Team Totals			14	14	536	2360	15	57	4.4	168.6	38.3	78	1283	16.4	9	85	5.6	91.6	614	5.9	3643	24	33

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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	Ross Brupbacher	24	RLB	14	14	1	11	0	11	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
2	Doug Buffone	28	LLB	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
3	Dick Butkus	30	MLB	14	14	2	19	0	14	0	4	11	0	1.0	0	PB,AP-1
4	Rich Coady	28	C	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	2	-21	0	0.0	0
5	Steve DeLong	29	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	0
6	Bobby Douglass	25	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	9	5	0	0	0.0	0
7	Charlie Ford	24	LCB	14	14	7	104	0	43	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
8	Jim Harrison	24	FB	14	14	0	0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0.0	0
9	Glen Holloway	24	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
10	Randy Jackson	28	LT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.0	0
11	Tony McGee	23	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
12	Ron Smith	29	SS	14	14	1	2	0	2	3	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
13	Joe Taylor	33	RCB	14	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
14	Earl Thomas	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
15	Jim Osborne	23	LDT	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	5.0	0
16	Jerry Moore	23	FS	13	11	1	5	0	5	0	2	1	0	0.0	0
17	Bill Line	24	RDT	13	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
18	Cyril Pinder	26	RB	13	7	0	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0.0	0
19	Don Shy	27	RB	13	7	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
20	Garry Lyle	27	FS	3	3	2	52	0	35	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Andy Rice	32	DT	14	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
22	Jimmy Gunn	24	LB	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
23	Craig Clemons	23	DB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bobby Joe Green	36	P	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	-13	0	0.0	0
25	Larry Horton	23	DE	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	0
26	John Huarte	29	QB	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
27	Bob Jeter	35	CB	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
28	Gary Kosins	23	RB	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
29	Roger Lawson	23	RB	12	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
30	Bob Parsons	22	TE	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	-9	0	0.0	0
31	Bob Pifferini	22	LB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
32	Larry Rowden	23	LB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
33	Cecil Turner	28	WR	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	21	193	0	43	40	30	-26	0	22.0	0

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