1964 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 6th place • Western Conference • 5-9-0 .357 |
| 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 |
| Joe Stydahar | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Result | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Fri | 8/7/1964 | A | College All-Stars | 28-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 65000 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1964 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-13 | W | Richmond, VA | City Stadium | 23611 | |
| Sat | 8/22/1964 | A | Green Bay Packers | 7-21 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 46920 | |
| Fri | 8/28/1964 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-7 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 50173 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1964 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 21-6 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Sradium | 38000 | |
| Sun | 9/13/1964 | A | Green Bay Packers | 12-23 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 42327 | |
| Sun | 9/20/1964 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 34-28 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 41387 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1964 | A | Baltimore Colts | 0-52 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 56537 | |
| Sun | 10/4/1964 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-31 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 33132 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1964 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 38-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47358 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1964 | H | Detroit Lions | 0-10 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47547 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1964 | A | Washington Redskins | 20-27 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 49219 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1964 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 10-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47527 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1964 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-40 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47891 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1964 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 34-24 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 61115 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1964 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 23-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46722 | |
| Thu | 11/26/1964 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-24 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52231 | |
| Sat | 12/5/1964 | H | Green Bay Packers | 3-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 43636 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1964 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 14-41 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46486 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Jon Arnett | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 29 | Southern California | 14 | 6 |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 34 | Tennessee | 12 | 11 |
| Gary Barnes | 86 | SE-FL | 6-4 | 210 | 25 | Clemson | 13 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 49 | FB | 6-2 | 212 | 26 | Morris Brown | 11 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 34 | Iowa; Southern California | 9 | 4 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | HB | 6-0 | 200 | 24 | Baylor | 13 | 8 |
| George Burman | 68 | C-LOT | 6-3 | 253 | 22 | Northwestern | 14 | 7 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 24 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| J.C. Caroline | 25 | LS | 6-1 | 190 | 31 | Illinois | 14 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 35 | FB | 6-2 | 226 | 33 | Florida | 13 | 4 |
| Mike Ditka | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 25 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | LDE-LDT | 6-2 | 238 | 23 | Tennessee | 14 | 11 |
| Joe Fortunato | 31 | LLB-RDE | 6-0 | 225 | 34 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 13 | 13 |
| Bill George | 61 | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 35 | Wake Forest | 8 | 7 |
| Larry Glueck | 43 | RS | 6-0 | 190 | 23 | Villanova | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 28 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 80 | K | 6-5 | 227 | 23 | Miami (Ohio) | 14 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 23 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Stan Jones | 78 | LDT | 6-1 | 252 | 33 | Maryland | 14 | 14 |
| Ted Karras | 67 | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 30 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 74 | RDE-LDE-LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 30 | Texas Tech | 13 | 4 |
| Rich Kreitling | 82 | SE | 6-2 | 208 | 28 | Auburn; Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Roger LeClerc | 83 | RLB-MLB-K | 6-3 | 236 | 28 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | 13 |
| Herm Lee | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 33 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Earl Leggett | 71 | RDT | 6-3 | 264 | 31 | Hinds CC; Louisiana State | 14 | 14 |
| Andy Livingston | 48 | FB | 6-0 | 234 | 20 | Phoenix JC | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 30 | West Virginia | 13 | 10 |
| Billy Martin | 22 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 26 | Minnesota | 14 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 85 | TE-SE-FL | 6-4 | 238 | 22 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 25 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 29 | UC Santa Barbara | 14 | 13 |
| Larry Morris | 33 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 31 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 7 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 24 | Illinois | 7 | 2 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 26 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | Wisconsin | 6 | 0 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 25 | Yale | 11 | 7 |
| Mike Rabold | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 239 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 62 | MLB-LLB | 6-2 | 230 | 22 | Iowa | 8 | 2 |
| John Sisk | 27 | RS | 6-3 | 195 | 23 | Marquette; Miami (Florida) | 3 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 27 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 34 | Vanderbilt | 11 | 10 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 27 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Whitsell | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 28 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Dick Evey | T | Tennessee |
| 2 | 21 | Billy Martin | E | Georgia Tech |
| 2 | 23 | Pat Crain | HB | Clemson |
| 3 | 42 | Sid Blanks | HB | Texas A&M-Kingsville |
| 4 | 47 | Mike Reilly | LB | Iowa |
| 4 | 56 | Frank Budka | HB | Notre Dame |
| 5 | 70 | Dan Conners | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 6 | 84 | Jimmy Jones | E | Wisconsin |
| 7 | 98 | Chuck Logan | E | Northwestern |
| 8 | 112 | Larry Rakestraw | QB | Georgia |
| 9 | 126 | Jay Wilkinson | HB | Duke |
| 10 | 140 | Mike Brown | B | Delaware |
| 11 | 154 | Dick Leeuwenburg | T | Stanford |
| 12 | 168 | Bob Horton | FB | Boston University |
| 13 | 182 | Cloyd Webb | E | Iowa |
| 14 | 196 | Kent Francisco | T | UCLA |
| 15 | 210 | George Burman | T | Northwestern |
| 16 | 224 | Rod Butler | HB | Eastern Illinois |
| 17 | 238 | Gus Kasapis | T | Iowa |
| 18 | 252 | Bob Batts | HB | Texas Southern |
| 19 | 266 | Jim Whitehead | T | Georgia |
| 20 | 280 | Dick Niglio | FB | Yale |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 31 | 91 | 90 | 48 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 72 | 145 | 69 | 93 | 379 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 248 | 83 | 141 | 24 | / % | / % | 96 | 817 | |
| Opponents Totals | 248 | 99 | 121 | 28 | / % | / % | 84 | 743 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | ||
| Bob Jencks | 0 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 38 |
| Mike Ditka | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 30 | |
| Joe Marconi | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Rick Casares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rich Kreitling | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Billy Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 32 | 29 | 32 | 90.6 | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 260 |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 46 | 47 | 97.9 | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 0 | 379 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger LeClerc | 10 | 16 | 62.5 | 0 | 47 | 4/4 | 3/4 | 2/4 | 1/4 | 0/0 |
| Bob Jencks | 3 | 7 | 42.9 | 0 | 36 | 2/2 | 0/0 | 1/3 | 0/2 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 23 | 56.5 | 0 | 47 | 6/6 | 3/4 | 3/4 | 1/6 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 17 | 26 | 65.4 | 2/ | 8/ | 1/ | 4/ | 2/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 119 | 400 | 3.4 | 21 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 86 | 320 | 3.7 | 50 | 1 |
| Rick Casares | 35 | 123 | 3.5 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 46 | 98 | 2.1 | 8 | 2 |
| Billy Wade | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 31 | 1 |
| Charlie Bivins | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 356 | 1166 | 3.3 | 50 | 5 |
| Opponents Totals | 436 | 1863 | 4.3 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Bukich | 160 | 99 | 61.9 | 54 | 1099 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 63t | 12 | 7.5 | 7 | 4.4 | 7 | 58 | 1041 | 89.0 |
| Billy Wade | 327 | 182 | 55.7 | 131 | 1944 | 5.9 | 10.7 | 68 | 13 | 4.0 | 14 | 4.3 | 23 | 157 | 1787 | 68.6 |
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 2 | 13 | 4.3 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 47.9 |
| Jon Arnett | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 494 | 282 | 57.1 | 191 | 3056 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 68 | 25 | 5.1 | 21 | 4.3 | 30 | 215 | 2841 | 74.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 366 | 188 | 51.4 | 168 | 2897 | 7.9 | 15.4 | 27 | 7.4 | 10 | 2.7 | 30 | 275 | 2622 | 91.1 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 93 | 1200 | 12.9 | 63t | 10 |
| Mike Ditka | 75 | 897 | 12.0 | 34 | 5 |
| Jon Arnett | 25 | 223 | 8.9 | 27 | 2 |
| Rich Kreitling | 20 | 185 | 9.3 | 22 | 2 |
| Joe Marconi | 20 | 181 | 9.1 | 29 | 3 |
| Ronnie Bull | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Rick Casares | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 51t | 2 |
| Charlie Bivins | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 21t | 1 |
| Gary Barnes | 4 | 61 | 15.3 | 33 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 68 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 282 | 3056 | 10.8 | 68 | 25 |
| Opponents Totals | 188 | 2897 | 15.4 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.C. Caroline | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 79 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 41 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Bill George | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 79 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 260 | 12.4 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 71 | 3161 | 44.5 | 62 | 0 | 436 | ||||
| Team Totals | 71 | 3161 | 44.5 | 62 | 0 | 436 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 62 | 2888 | 46.6 | 219 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 19 | 2 | 188 | 9.9 | 44 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 11 | 3 | 31 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 30 | 5 | 219 | 7.3 | 44 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 436 | 12.5 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Martin | 24 | 534 | 22.3 | 36 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 15 | 331 | 22.1 | 44 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 8 | 218 | 27.3 | 41 | 0 | |
| Andy Livingston | 6 | 167 | 27.8 | 86t | 1 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | |
| Joe Marconi | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | |
| Jim Purnell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1314 | 22.7 | 86t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 1183 | 25.2 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Bukich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| Dick Evey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bob Jencks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Leggett | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Marconi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Billy Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Pyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Rabold | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dave Whitsell | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 19 | 12 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 30 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 32 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 |
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