1963 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 1st place • Western Conference • 11-1-2 .917 |
| Playoff Statistics |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| George Allen | Defense |
| Jim Dooley | Assistant Coach |
| Phil Handler | Offensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Chuck Mather | Backfield |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/10/1963 | A | New York Giants | 17-7 | W | Ithaca, NY | Schoellkopf Field | 21000 | |
| Thu | 8/15/1963 | A | Washington Redskins | 28-26 | W | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 35420 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-26 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 44592 | |
| Sat | 8/31/1963 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 14-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 60884 | |
| Sat | 9/7/1963 | N | Baltimore Colts | 14-7 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 51218 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1963 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-3 | W | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 42327 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1963 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 28-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 33923 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1963 | A | Detroit Lions | 37-21 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55400 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1963 | H | Baltimore Colts | 10-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48998 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1963 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 52-14 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 40476 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1963 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-20 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 35837 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1963 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 16-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48514 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1963 | A | Baltimore Colts | 17-7 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60065 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1963 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 6-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48312 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1963 | H | Green Bay Packers | 26-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49166 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1963 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 17-17 | T | Pittsburgh, PA | Forbes Field | 36465 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1963 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 17-17 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47249 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1963 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45994 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1963 | H | Detroit Lions | 24-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45317 | |
| League Championship | |||||||||
| Sun | 12/29/1963 | H | New York Giants | 14-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45801 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 33 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Steve Barnett | 73 | ROT-C | 6-1 | 255 | 22 | Oregon | 13 | 7 |
| Tom Bettis | 65 | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 228 | 30 | Purdue | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 49 | HB | 6-2 | 212 | 25 | Morris Brown | 14 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 33 | Iowa; Southern California | 6 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 23 | Baylor | 13 | 8 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG-ROT | 6-3 | 239 | 23 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 13 | 7 |
| J.C. Caroline | 25 | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 226 | 32 | Florida | 10 | 8 |
| Angelo Coia | 46 | SE-FL | 6-2 | 202 | 25 | The Citadel; Southern California | 12 | 6 |
| Roger Davis | 60 | LOG | 6-3 | 236 | 25 | Syracuse | 13 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 24 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Bo Farrington | 84 | SE | 6-3 | 217 | 27 | Prairie View A&M | 14 | 9 |
| Joe Fortunato | 31 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 33 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Galimore | 28 | HB | 6-1 | 187 | 28 | Florida A&M | 13 | 6 |
| Bill George | 61 | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 34 | Wake Forest | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Glueck | 43 | S | 6-0 | 190 | 22 | Villanova | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 27 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 80 | K | 6-5 | 227 | 22 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 76 | LDT-LOG | 6-5 | 260 | 22 | Indiana | 12 | 1 |
| Stan Jones | 78 | LDT | 6-1 | 252 | 32 | Maryland | 13 | 13 |
| Ted Karras | 67 | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 29 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 74 | LDE | 6-3 | 245 | 29 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Roger LeClerc | 83 | RLB-LLB-K | 6-3 | 236 | 27 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | 0 |
| Herm Lee | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 32 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Earl Leggett | 71 | RDT | 6-3 | 264 | 30 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 12 | 12 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 29 | West Virginia | 14 | 6 |
| Billy Martin | 22 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 25 | Minnesota | 4 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 24 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 28 | UC Santa Barbara | 13 | 13 |
| Larry Morris | 33 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 30 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | DE | 6-3 | 255 | 23 | Illinois | 6 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 25 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 24 | Yale | 14 | 13 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 26 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 33 | Vanderbilt | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROG-ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 26 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Whitsell | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Fred Williams | 75 | RDT-LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 34 | Arkansas | 5 | 2 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 11 | Dave Behrman | C | Michigan State |
| 2 | 20 | Steve Barnett | T | Oregon |
| 2 | 25 | Bob Jencks | E | Miami (Ohio) |
| 3 | 38 | Larry Glueck | DB | Villanova |
| 4 | 49 | Stan Sanders | E | Whittier |
| 4 | 52 | Charlie Mitchell | HB | Washington |
| 6 | 80 | John Johnson | T | Indiana |
| 6 | 81 | Dave Mathieson | QB | Washington State |
| 7 | 94 | Paul Underhill | B | Missouri |
| 8 | 109 | Dennis Harmon | DB | Southern Illinois |
| 9 | 118 | Monte Day | T | Fresno State |
| 9 | 122 | Dave Watson | LB | Georgia Tech |
| 10 | 137 | Ed Hoerster | LB | Notre Dame |
| 11 | 150 | Jim Tullis | DB | Florida A&M |
| 12 | 165 | Dick Drummond | B | George Washington |
| 13 | 178 | John Szumczyk | B | Trinity (Connecticut) |
| 14 | 193 | Gordon Banks | B | Fisk |
| 15 | 206 | Bob Dentel | C-LB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 16 | 221 | Lowell Caylor | DB | Miami (Ohio) |
| 17 | 234 | John Sisk | B | Miami (Florida) |
| 18 | 249 | Jeff Slabaugh | E | Indiana |
| 19 | 262 | Bob Yaksick | DB | Rutgers |
| 20 | 277 | John Gregory | E | Baldwin-Wallace |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 84 | 70 | 57 | 90 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 70 | 27 | 31 | 144 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 257 | 108 | 117 | 32 | / % | / % | 92 | 804 | |
| Opponents Totals | 196 | 82 | 96 | 18 | / % | / % | 78 | 718 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ditka | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 39 | |
| Bob Jencks | 0 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 38 |
| Billy Wade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Willie Galimore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Joe Marconi | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bo Farrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Angelo Coia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Richie Petitbon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 1 | 301 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 0 | 144 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger LeClerc | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 1 | 46 | 6/8 | 2/3 | 3/4 | 2/8 | 0/0 |
| Bob Jencks | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 0 | 32 | 0/0 | 0/2 | 1/3 | 0/5 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 33 | 42.4 | 1 | 46 | 6/8 | 2/5 | 4/7 | 2/13 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 6 | 17 | 35.3 | 3/ | 1/ | 0/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Marconi | 118 | 446 | 3.8 | 19t | 2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 117 | 404 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
| Willie Galimore | 85 | 321 | 3.8 | 51t | 5 |
| Rick Casares | 65 | 277 | 4.3 | 30 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 45 | 132 | 2.9 | 17 | 6 |
| Charlie Bivins | 44 | 104 | 2.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 487 | 1679 | 3.4 | 51t | 15 |
| Opponents Totals | 412 | 1442 | 3.5 | 7 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wade | 356 | 192 | 53.9 | 152 | 2301 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 63 | 15 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 19 | 164 | 2137 | 74.0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 43 | 29 | 67.4 | 12 | 369 | 8.6 | 12.7 | 44t | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 1 | 13 | 356 | 97.9 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 404 | 221 | 54.7 | 169 | 2670 | 6.6 | 12.1 | 63 | 18 | 4.5 | 14 | 3.5 | 20 | 177 | 2493 | 75.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 353 | 164 | 46.5 | 153 | 2045 | 5.8 | 12.5 | 10 | 2.8 | 36 | 10.2 | 36 | 311 | 1734 | 34.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ditka | 59 | 794 | 13.5 | 63 | 8 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | 705 | 15.0 | 51t | 2 |
| Joe Marconi | 28 | 335 | 12.0 | 63 | 2 |
| Bo Farrington | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 58 | 2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 19 | 132 | 6.9 | 44t | 2 |
| Rick Casares | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
| Willie Galimore | 13 | 131 | 10.1 | 44 | 0 |
| Angelo Coia | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 18t | 1 |
| Charlie Bivins | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 221 | 2670 | 12.1 | 63 | 18 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2045 | 12.5 | 10 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosey Taylor | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 46 | 1 |
| Richie Petitbon | 8 | 161 | 20.1 | 66t | 1 |
| Bennie McRae | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 44 | 1 |
| Dave Whitsell | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 39t | 1 |
| Larry Glueck | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bill George | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Roger LeClerc | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 36 | 537 | 14.9 | 66t | 4 |
| Opponents Totals | 14 | 216 | 15.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 64 | 2974 | 46.5 | 66 | 0 | 277 | ||||
| Team Totals | 64 | 2974 | 46.5 | 66 | 0 | 277 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 73 | 3150 | 43.2 | 277 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 16 | 5 | 164 | 10.3 | 42 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 12 | 8 | 51 | 4.3 | 13 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 2 | 0 | 62 | 31.0 | 38 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 13 | 277 | 9.2 | 42 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 277 | 8.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronnie Bull | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 | |
| Rosey Taylor | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 29 | 0 | |
| Billy Martin | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 26 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Joe Marconi | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Willie Galimore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | |
| John Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | |
| Mike Pyle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 424 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1261 | 24.3 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Bivins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ted Karras | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Leggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 29 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wetoska | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 16 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 23 | 57 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 36 | 18 | 18 | 11 | 29 | 0 |
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