1969 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 4th place • Western Conference • Central Division • 1-13-0 .071 |
| Head Coach: Jim Dooley |
| Jimmy Carr | Defensive Secondary |
| Ed Cody | Backfield |
| Abe Gibron | Defensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Assistant Coach |
| Jim Ringo | Offensive Line |
| Bob Shaw | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/2/1969 | A | Washington Redskins | 7-13 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 45988 | |
| Sat | 8/9/1969 | A | Miami Dolphins | 16-10 | W | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 51166 | |
| Sat | 8/16/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 19-9 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47014 | |
| Fri | 8/22/1969 | A | Houston Oilers | 17-19 | L | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 45225 | |
| Sat | 8/30/1969 | N | Buffalo Bills | 23-16 | W | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 85532 | |
| Fri | 9/12/1969 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-37 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 61227 | |
| Sun | 9/21/1969 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-17 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 9/28/1969 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 17-20 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 50039 | |
| Sun | 10/5/1969 | A | New York Giants | 24-28 | L | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62583 | |
| Sun | 10/12/1969 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 0-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45757 | |
| Sun | 10/19/1969 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-13 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 54734 | |
| Sun | 10/26/1969 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 7-9 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45985 | |
| Sun | 11/2/1969 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 14-31 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 11/9/1969 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 38-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45856 | |
| Sun | 11/16/1969 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 31-48 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 53722 | |
| Sun | 11/23/1969 | H | Baltimore Colts | 21-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45455 | |
| Sun | 11/30/1969 | H | Cleveland Browns | 24-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45050 | |
| Sat | 12/6/1969 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 21-42 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 32826 | |
| Sun | 12/14/1969 | H | Green Bay Packers | 3-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45216 | |
| Sun | 12/21/1969 | H | Detroit Lions | 3-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41879 | |
| Schedule Notes | ||
|---|---|---|
| 8/30/1969 | Buffalo Bills | Doubleheader |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Marty Amsler | 81 | RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 27 | Indiana; Evansville | 11 | 5 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 25 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 29 | Baylor | 6 | 6 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 27 | Illinois | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 29 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Lee Calland | 23 | CB | 6-0 | 190 | 28 | Louisville | 4 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Brigham Young | 3 | 2 |
| Tim Casey | 34 | LB | 6-1 | 225 | 25 | Oregon | 3 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 26 | Boston College | 14 | 5 |
| Ron Copeland | 36 | WR | 6-4 | 196 | 23 | East Los Angeles JC; UCLA | 6 | 0 |
| Frank Cornish | 73 | LDT | 6-6 | 285 | 25 | Grambling State | 14 | 12 |
| Dick Daniels | 23 | RS | 5-9 | 180 | 25 | Columbia Basin JC; Pacific (Oregon) | 8 | 8 |
| Austin Denney | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Tennessee | 14 | 11 |
| Bobby Douglass | 14 | QB | 6-3 | 223 | 22 | Kansas | 11 | 7 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | RDT-RDE | 6-2 | 238 | 28 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Ferguson | 58 | C | 6-4 | 245 | 27 | Cerritos JC; Southern California | 4 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 25 | Michigan State | 14 | 12 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 33 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Hale | 75 | DE | 6-8 | 255 | 22 | Ottawa (Kansas) | 3 | 0 |
| Major Hazelton | 49 | LCB-RCB | 6-1 | 185 | 25 | Florida A&M | 9 | 0 |
| Willie Holman | 85 | RDE-RDT | 6-4 | 250 | 24 | South Carolina State | 14 | 7 |
| Mike Hull | 33 | FB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Glendale CC; Southern California | 10 | 4 |
| Randy Jackson | 65 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 25 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| Ken Kortas | 70 | DT | 6-2 | 282 | 27 | Louisville | 3 | 0 |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 59 | RLB | 6-2 | 217 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 10 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 1 |
| Garry Lyle | 44 | LS | 6-2 | 197 | 24 | George Washington | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Martin | 53 | MLB-RLB | 6-0 | 213 | 23 | Notre Dame | 8 | 1 |
| Wayne Mass | 74 | ROT-C-LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | Clemson | 11 | 2 |
| Rufus Mayes | 71 | ROT | 6-5 | 255 | 22 | Ohio State | 13 | 13 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 30 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Ross Montgomery | 22 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Texas Christian | 12 | 0 |
| Howard Mudd | 68 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 27 | Michigan State; Hillsdale | 8 | 4 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 29 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Ogden | 38 | WR | 6-5 | 225 | 27 | Alabama | 11 | 1 |
| Mac Percival | 83 | K | 6-4 | 219 | 29 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Loyd Phillips | 86 | RDE-RLB-MLB | 6-3 | 240 | 24 | Arkansas | 12 | 4 |
| Brian Piccolo | 41 | FB | 6-0 | 205 | 26 | Wake Forest | 9 | 3 |
| Bob Pickens | 70 | OT | 6-4 | 258 | 26 | Wisconsin; Nebraska | 3 | 0 |
| Danny Pride | 57 | RLB | 6-3 | 225 | 27 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 3 | 3 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 30 | Yale | 14 | 13 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 26 | Kansas | 14 | 14 |
| George Seals | 67 | LOG-LDT | 6-3 | 260 | 27 | Missouri | 14 | 12 |
| Jerry Simmons | 80 | WR | 6-1 | 190 | 27 | Bethune-Cookman | 8 | 4 |
| Joe Taylor | 20 | RCB | 6-2 | 189 | 30 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 32 | Grambling State | 6 | 6 |
| Cecil Turner | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 25 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 9 | 0 |
| Emilio Vallez | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 23 | New Mexico | 3 | 0 |
| Bob Wallace | 89 | WR-TE | 6-3 | 211 | 24 | Texas-El Paso | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | OT-C | 6-3 | 241 | 32 | Notre Dame | 6 | 0 |
| George Youngblood | 37 | LS | 6-3 | 205 | 24 | Los Angeles State | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 14 | Rufus Mayes | T | Ohio State |
| 2 | 41 | Bobby Douglass | QB | Kansas |
| 3 | 66 | Ross Montgomery | RB | Texas Christian |
| 4 | 91 | Rudy Redmond | DB | Pacific |
| 5 | 119 | Jim Winegardner | TE | Notre Dame |
| 6 | 144 | Bill Nicholson | DE | Stanford |
| 7 | 169 | Ron Copeland | FL | UCLA |
| 8 | 197 | Webb Hubbell | G | Arkansas |
| 9 | 222 | Joe Aluise | RB | Arizona |
| 10 | 247 | Ron Pearson | TE-LB | Maryland |
| 11 | 275 | Sam Campbell | DT | Iowa State |
| 12 | 300 | Dave Hale | DE | Ottawa (Kansas) |
| 13 | 325 | Tom Quinn | DB | Notre Dame |
| 14 | 353 | Ronnie Ehrig | DB | Texas |
| 15 | 378 | Bob Coble | P | Kansas State |
| 16 | 403 | Dave Stydahar | G | Purdue |
| 17 | 431 | Bob Long | SE | Texas A&M |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 30 | 86 | 57 | 37 | 210 |
| Opponents Totals | 79 | 88 | 76 | 96 | 339 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 237 | 120 | 97 | 20 | / % | / % | 89 | 940 | |
| Opponents Totals | 208 | 89 | 98 | 21 | / % | / % | 66 | 612 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 0 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 0 | 50 |
| Gale Sayers | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Bob Wallace | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Brian Piccolo | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bobby Douglass | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Jack Concannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Austin Denney | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Youngblood | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Team Totals | 26 | 26 | 26 | 100.0 | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 2 | 210 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 42 | 43 | 97.7 | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 0 | 339 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 5 | 38 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 0/3 | 0/2 |
| Team Totals | 8 | 21 | 38.1 | 5 | 38 | 1/2 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 0/3 | 0/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 13 | 31 | 41.9 | 3/ | 4/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 236 | 1032 | 4.4 | 28 | 8 |
| Bobby Douglass | 51 | 408 | 8.0 | 39t | 2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 44 | 187 | 4.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 45 | 148 | 3.3 | 14 | 2 |
| Mike Hull | 29 | 81 | 2.8 | 14 | 1 |
| Jack Concannon | 22 | 62 | 2.8 | 30 | 1 |
| Ross Montgomery | 15 | 52 | 3.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 8 | 24 | 3.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 |
| Bob Wallace | 4 | 16 | 4.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 462 | 2078 | 4.5 | 39t | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 440 | 1900 | 4.3 | 80 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Concannon | 160 | 87 | 54.4 | 65 | 783 | 4.9 | 9.0 | 38 | 4 | 2.5 | 8 | 5.0 | 14 | 104 | 679 | 55.3 |
| Bobby Douglass | 148 | 68 | 45.9 | 72 | 773 | 5.2 | 11.4 | 48 | 5 | 3.4 | 8 | 5.4 | 37 | 312 | 461 | 50.9 |
| Virgil Carter | 71 | 36 | 50.7 | 30 | 343 | 4.8 | 9.5 | 41t | 2 | 2.8 | 5 | 7.0 | 3 | 20 | 323 | 44.5 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 30 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 118.8 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 3 | -3 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 384 | 193 | 50.3 | 170 | 1929 | 5.0 | 10.0 | 48 | 11 | 2.9 | 21 | 5.5 | 55 | 439 | 1490 | 51.7 |
| Opponents Totals | 296 | 150 | 50.7 | 130 | 2239 | 7.6 | 14.9 | 75 | 23 | 7.8 | 16 | 5.4 | 33 | 258 | 1981 | 79.2 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Wallace | 47 | 553 | 11.8 | 45 | 5 |
| Dick Gordon | 36 | 414 | 11.5 | 41t | 4 |
| Austin Denney | 22 | 203 | 9.2 | 29 | 1 |
| Brian Piccolo | 17 | 143 | 8.4 | 25t | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 17 | 116 | 6.8 | 25 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 14 | 91 | 6.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Jerry Simmons | 13 | 178 | 13.7 | 48 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 12 | 63 | 5.3 | 29 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 7 | 100 | 14.3 | 21 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 4 | 30 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 |
| Ross Montgomery | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 193 | 1929 | 10.0 | 48 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 150 | 2239 | 14.9 | 75 | 23 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Daniels | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 32 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 23 | 0 |
| George Youngblood | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22t | 1 |
| Dick Butkus | 2 | 13 | 6.5 | 11 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Danny Pride | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 16 | 132 | 8.3 | 32 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 271 | 12.9 | 50 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 76 | 2964 | 39.0 | 59 | 1 | 106 | ||||
| Team Totals | 76 | 2964 | 39.0 | 59 | 1 | 106 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 63 | 2607 | 41.4 | 72 | 0 | 164 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Lyle | 12 | 1 | 78 | 6.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 9 | 5 | 43 | 4.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 8 | 2 | 32 | 4.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 30 | 9 | 164 | 5.5 | 27 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 106 | 3.8 | 24 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 14 | 339 | 24.2 | 52 | 0 | |
| Garry Lyle | 11 | 248 | 22.5 | 32 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 10 | 326 | 32.6 | 74 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 6 | 105 | 17.5 | 27 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 4 | 66 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 3 | 28 | 9.3 | 28 | 0 | |
| George Seals | 2 | 20 | 10.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Willie Holman | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 52 | 1132 | 21.8 | 74 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 38 | 917 | 24.1 | 86 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Amsler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cadile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austin Denney | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| Dick Evey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Lyle | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | |
| Mike Pyle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -20 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wetoska | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| George Youngblood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 27 | 18 | 9 | 11 | 20 | -11 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 1 |
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