1966 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 5th place • Western Conference • 5-7-2 .417 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Cody | Backfield |
| Babe Dimancheff | Receivers |
| Jim Dooley | Defense |
| Abe Gibron | Offensive Line |
| Phil Handler | Defensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/6/1966 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 21-40 | L | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 39072 | |
| Fri | 8/12/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-10 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47034 | |
| Sat | 8/20/1966 | A | Washington Redskins | 24-10 | W | Norfolk, VA | Foreman Field | 20609 | |
| Fri | 9/2/1966 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 22-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 58620 | |
| Sun | 9/11/1966 | A | Detroit Lions | 3-14 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 52225 | |
| Fri | 9/16/1966 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-31 | L | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 58916 | |
| Sun | 10/2/1966 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-10 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47426 | |
| Sun | 10/9/1966 | H | Baltimore Colts | 27-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47452 | |
| Sun | 10/16/1966 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48573 | |
| Sun | 10/23/1966 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47475 | |
| Mon | 10/31/1966 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 49516 | |
| Sun | 11/6/1966 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-10 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47041 | |
| Sun | 11/13/1966 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 30-30 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47078 | |
| Sun | 11/20/1966 | A | Green Bay Packers | 6-13 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50681 | |
| Sun | 11/27/1966 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 23-6 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 44777 | |
| Sun | 12/4/1966 | A | Baltimore Colts | 16-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60238 | |
| Sun | 12/11/1966 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 14-41 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 37170 | |
| Sun | 12/18/1966 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 41-28 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45191 | |
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 |
| Duane Allen | 85 | FL | 6-4 | 221 | 29 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 11 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 21 | HB | 5-11 | 197 | 31 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Atkins | 81 | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 36 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Charlie Bivins | 49 | TE | 6-2 | 212 | 28 | Morris Brown | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 22 | LS | 6-1 | 194 | 24 | Syracuse | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 22 | Louisville | 14 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 36 | Iowa; Southern California | 14 | 14 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 26 | Baylor | 14 | 12 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 24 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 26 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Frank Cornish | 73 | LDT | 6-6 | 285 | 22 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Ditka | 89 | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 27 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | RDT | 6-2 | 238 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Fortunato | 31 | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 36 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| Curt Gentry | 46 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 29 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 13 | 1 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | FL | 5-11 | 190 | 22 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 30 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 25 | Indiana | 13 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 80 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 25 | Trinidad State JC; Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Kilcullen | 74 | LDT | 6-3 | 245 | 32 | Texas Tech | 14 | 14 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | Wisconsin | 14 | 2 |
| Roger LeClerc | 83 | K-C | 6-3 | 236 | 30 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | 1 |
| Herm Lee | 70 | LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 35 | Florida A&M | 13 | 10 |
| Joe Marconi | 34 | FB | 6-2 | 225 | 32 | West Virginia | 10 | 0 |
| Riley Mattson | 75 | LOT | 6-4 | 252 | 28 | Oregon | 12 | 4 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 27 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 31 | UC Santa Barbara | 2 | 2 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 26 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 28 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Piccolo | 41 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 23 | Wake Forest | 14 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 27 | Yale | 13 | 13 |
| Mike Rabold | 64 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 239 | 28 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 24 | Georgia | 1 | 0 |
| Mike Reilly | 62 | RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| Brian Schweda | 60 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Kansas | 14 | 2 |
| George Seals | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 24 | Missouri | 14 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 29 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Billy Wade | 9 | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 36 | Vanderbilt | 2 | 0 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 29 | Notre Dame | 14 | 14 |
| Dave Whitsell | 23 | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 30 | Indiana | 14 | 13 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 12 | George Rice | T | Louisiana State |
| 2 | 28 | Charlie Brown | DB | Syracuse |
| 3 | 44 | Bob Pickens | T | Nebraska |
| 4 | 51 | Randy Jackson | T | Florida |
| 4 | 60 | Doug Buffone | LB | Louisville |
| 6 | 85 | Dennis Brewster | T | Brigham Young |
| 6 | 92 | Frank McRae | DT | Tennessee State |
| 7 | 107 | Ron Meyer | QB | South Dakota State |
| 8 | 122 | Doug McFalls | DB | Georgia |
| 9 | 137 | Fritz Greenlee | E | Arizona |
| 10 | 152 | Bobby Burnett | HB | Arkansas |
| 11 | 167 | Terry Owens | E | Jacksonville State |
| 12 | 182 | Wayne Page | DB | Clemson |
| 13 | 197 | Wayne Becker | T | Montana |
| 14 | 212 | Mike Buckner | DB | Northwestern |
| 15 | 227 | Jim Kollman | G | Oregon |
| 16 | 242 | Lynn Senkbeil | LB | Nebraska |
| 17 | 257 | Curtiss Gentry | DB | Maryland-Eastern Shore |
| 18 | 272 | Charlie Kines | T | Michigan |
| 19 | 287 | Roger Haberer | HB | Eastern Illinois |
| 20 | 302 | Goldie Sellers | HB | Grambling State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 75 | 57 | 26 | 76 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 59 | 79 | 62 | 72 | 272 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 196 | 96 | 85 | 15 | 44/182 24.2% | 5/13 38.5% | 80 | 714 | |
| Opponents Totals | 239 | 102 | 116 | 21 | / % | / % | 71 | 636 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 24 | 25 | 96.0 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 78 |
| Gale Sayers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Jimmy Jones | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Rudy Bukich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Joe Fortunato | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed O'Bradovich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| (Team) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 26 | 24 | 26 | 92.3 | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 0 | 234 |
| Opponents Totals | 34 | 32 | 34 | 94.1 | 12 | 29 | 41.4 | 0 | 272 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger LeClerc | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 2 | 42 | 10/10 | 4/7 | 3/6 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 30 | 60.0 | 2 | 42 | 10/10 | 4/6 | 3/6 | 1/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 12 | 29 | 41.4 | 6/ | 2/ | 2/ | 2/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 229 | 1231 | 5.4 | 58t | 8 |
| Ronnie Bull | 100 | 318 | 3.2 | 13 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 52 | 179 | 3.4 | 12 | 1 |
| Jon Arnett | 55 | 178 | 3.2 | 21 | 1 |
| Rudy Bukich | 18 | 14 | 0.8 | 12t | 2 |
| Brian Piccolo | 3 | 12 | 4.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Joe Marconi | 3 | 5 | 1.7 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 1 | -5 | -5.0 | -5 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | -7 | -7.0 | -7 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 463 | 1927 | 4.2 | 58t | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 466 | 1604 | 3.4 | 30 | 13 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rudy Bukich | 309 | 147 | 47.6 | 141 | 1858 | 6.0 | 12.6 | 80t | 10 | 3.2 | 21 | 6.8 | 26 | 211 | 1647 | 49.3 |
| Billy Wade | 21 | 9 | 42.9 | 11 | 79 | 3.8 | 8.8 | 14 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 33.6 |
| Gale Sayers | 6 | 2 | 33.3 | 3 | 58 | 9.7 | 29.0 | 39 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 16.7 | 0 | 0 | 58 | 30.6 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 21 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 118.8 |
| Jon Arnett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Larry Rakestraw | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 33 | -33 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 338 | 159 | 47.0 | 156 | 2016 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 80t | 10 | 3.0 | 23 | 6.8 | 29 | 244 | 1772 | 47.6 |
| Opponents Totals | 406 | 202 | 49.8 | 189 | 2600 | 6.4 | 12.9 | 84t | 13 | 3.2 | 15 | 3.7 | 29 | 233 | 2367 | 65.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 34 | 447 | 13.1 | 80t | 2 |
| Mike Ditka | 32 | 378 | 11.8 | 30 | 2 |
| Jimmy Jones | 28 | 504 | 18.0 | 80t | 5 |
| Ronnie Bull | 20 | 174 | 8.7 | 28 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 15 | 210 | 14.0 | 40 | 1 |
| Ralph Kurek | 10 | 178 | 17.8 | 49 | 0 |
| Jon Arnett | 10 | 42 | 4.2 | 11 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 5 | 49 | 9.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Duane Allen | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 14 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 159 | 2016 | 12.7 | 80t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 202 | 2600 | 12.9 | 84t | 13 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richie Petitbon | 4 | 34 | 8.5 | 20 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 53 | 0 |
| Dave Whitsell | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Doug Atkins | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
| Curt Gentry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 15 | 155 | 10.3 | 53 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 426 | 18.5 | 94t | 6 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 80 | 3358 | 42.0 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 250 | 37.9 | |
| Team Totals | 80 | 3358 | 42.0 | 69 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 250 | 37.9 | |
| Opponents Totals | 71 | 3009 | 42.4 | 70 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 97 | 2832 | 39.9 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 15 | 10 | 58 | 3.9 | 20 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 6 | 11 | 44 | 7.3 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 2 | -5 | -1.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 23 | 97 | 3.9 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 46 | 16 | 250 | 5.4 | 80 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 23 | 718 | 31.2 | 93t | 2 | |
| Dick Gordon | 19 | 521 | 27.4 | 94 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 3 | 32 | 10.7 | 18 | 0 | |
| Jon Arnett | 2 | 39 | 19.5 | 25 | 0 | |
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brown | 0 | 28 | 28L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 48 | 1341 | 27.9 | 94 | 2 | |
| Opponents Totals | 49 | 1055 | 21.5 | 44t | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Arnett | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 | |
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Evey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Curtiss Gentry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| Brian Piccolo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Reilly | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brian Schweda | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Seals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 26 | 12 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 36 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 33 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 1 |
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