1970 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 3rd place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 6-8-0 .429 |
| Head Coach: Jim Dooley |
| Ed Cody | Offensive Backs |
| Abe Gibron | Defensive Line |
| Sid Luckman | Offensive Assistant |
| Perry Moss | Offense/Quarterbacks |
| Jim Ringo | Offensive Line |
| Bob Shaw | Receivers |
| Don Shinnick | Linebackers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/8/1970 | A | Houston Oilers | 23-13 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 40259 | |
| Sat | 8/15/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 6-6 | T | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47298 | |
| Mon | 8/24/1970 | A | San Diego Chargers | 9-14 | L | San Diego, CA | San Diego Stadium | 42833 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 38888 | |
| Sat | 8/29/1970 | A | St. Louis Cardinals | 3-24 | L | St. Louis, MO | Busch Memorial Stadium | 38888 | |
| Sat | 9/5/1970 | A | Denver Broncos | 17-30 | L | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 42373 | |
| Fri | 9/11/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 30-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 46630 | |
| Sat | 9/19/1970 | A | New York Giants | 24-16 | W | New York, NY | Yankee Stadium | 62936 | |
| Sun | 9/27/1970 | H | Philadelphia Eagles | 20-16 | W | Evanston, IL | Dyche Stadium | 53463 | |
| Mon | 10/5/1970 | A | Detroit Lions | 14-28 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 58210 | |
| Sun | 10/11/1970 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 0-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45485 | |
| Sun | 10/18/1970 | H | San Diego Chargers | 7-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45278 | |
| Sun | 10/25/1970 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45632 | |
| Sun | 11/1/1970 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 23-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 58850 | |
| Sun | 11/8/1970 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 16-37 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45607 | |
| Sun | 11/15/1970 | A | Green Bay Packers | 19-20 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 56263 | |
| Sun | 11/22/1970 | H | Buffalo Bills | 31-13 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41015 | |
| Sun | 11/29/1970 | A | Baltimore Colts | 20-21 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60240 | |
| Sat | 12/5/1970 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-16 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47900 | |
| Sun | 12/13/1970 | H | Green Bay Packers | 35-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 44957 | |
| Sun | 12/20/1970 | A | New Orleans Saints | 24-3 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 63518 | |
| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Craig Baynham | 46 | RB | 6-1 | 204 | 26 | Georgia Tech | 5 | 5 |
| Ross Brupbacher | 31 | LB | 6-3 | 215 | 22 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 26 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | RB | 6-0 | 200 | 30 | Baylor | 12 | 5 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 30 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 12 | 12 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 60 | RLB | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Texas A&M | 14 | 14 |
| Phil Clark | 39 | LS | 6-2 | 207 | 25 | Northwestern | 13 | 13 |
| Rich Coady | 37 | TE | 6-3 | 245 | 26 | Memphis | 14 | 8 |
| Linzy Cole | 37 | WR | 5-11 | 170 | 22 | Trinity Valley CC; Texas Christian | 7 | 3 |
| Jack Concannon | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 27 | Boston College | 14 | 13 |
| Jeff Curchin | 70 | LOT | 6-6 | 255 | 23 | Florida State | 14 | 4 |
| Dick Daniels | 23 | RS | 5-9 | 180 | 26 | Columbia Basin JC; Pacific (Oregon) | 13 | 13 |
| Butch Davis | 47 | RCB-LCB | 5-11 | 183 | 22 | Missouri | 10 | 2 |
| Bobby Douglass | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 223 | 23 | Kansas | 3 | 1 |
| George Farmer | 43 | WR | 6-4 | 214 | 22 | UCLA | 11 | 9 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | WR | 5-11 | 190 | 26 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 34 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 30 | S | 6-1 | 220 | 22 | Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Harry Gunner | 78 | DE | 6-6 | 250 | 26 | Cisco JC; Oregon State | 14 | 0 |
| Dave Hale | 75 | LDT | 6-8 | 255 | 23 | Ottawa (Kansas) | 14 | 3 |
| Jim Hester | 86 | TE | 6-4 | 238 | 26 | North Dakota | 5 | 3 |
| Glen Holloway | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 253 | 22 | North Texas | 14 | 9 |
| Willie Holman | 85 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 25 | South Carolina State | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Hull | 33 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 25 | Glendale CC; Southern California | 13 | 5 |
| Bob Hyland | 50 | C | 6-5 | 253 | 25 | Boston College | 14 | 14 |
| Randy Jackson | 65 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 26 | Florida | 10 | 10 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | RB | 6-2 | 210 | 27 | Wisconsin | 11 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 44 | RS | 6-2 | 197 | 25 | George Washington | 14 | 1 |
| Wayne Mass | 74 | ROT | 6-4 | 245 | 24 | Clemson | 14 | 14 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 31 | Michigan | 13 | 13 |
| Ross Montgomery | 22 | RB | 6-3 | 220 | 24 | Texas Christian | 14 | 8 |
| Howard Mudd | 68 | LOG-ROG | 6-2 | 252 | 28 | Michigan State; Hillsdale | 10 | 7 |
| John Neidert | 63 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Louisville | 3 | 0 |
| Kent Nix | 16 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 26 | Texas Christian | 1 | 0 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | RDE | 6-3 | 255 | 30 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Ray Ogden | 38 | TE | 6-5 | 225 | 28 | Alabama | 9 | 0 |
| Mac Percival | 83 | K | 6-4 | 219 | 30 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | RB | 6-0 | 199 | 27 | Kansas | 2 | 2 |
| George Seals | 67 | RDT | 6-3 | 260 | 28 | Missouri | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Seymour | 84 | WR | 6-4 | 210 | 24 | Notre Dame | 7 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 24 | RB | 6-1 | 208 | 25 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 8 | 3 |
| Ron Smith | 48 | RCB-LS | 6-1 | 191 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 4 |
| Bill Staley | 76 | LDT | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | Utah State | 11 | 11 |
| Joe Taylor | 20 | RCB | 6-2 | 189 | 31 | North Carolina A&T State | 11 | 10 |
| Cecil Turner | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 26 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 14 | 0 |
| Bob Wallace | 89 | TE-WR | 6-3 | 211 | 25 | Texas-El Paso | 5 | 5 |
| Ted Wheeler | 69 | OG | 6-3 | 240 | 25 | West Texas A&M | 6 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 3 | 54 | George Farmer | WR | UCLA |
| 4 | 79 | Lynn Larson | T | Kansas State |
| 4 | 100 | Ross Brupbacher | LB | Texas A&M |
| 6 | 133 | Bobby Cutburth | QB | Oklahoma State |
| 6 | 139 | Jeff Curchin | T | Florida State |
| 8 | 183 | Dana Stephenson | DB | Nebraska |
| 9 | 210 | Linzy Cole | WR | Texas Christian |
| 10 | 235 | Glen Holloway | G | North Texas |
| 11 | 262 | Ted Rose | TE | Northern Michigan |
| 12 | 287 | Butch Davis | DB | Missouri |
| 13 | 314 | Jimmy Gunn | DB | Southern California |
| 14 | 339 | Jim Morgan | WR | Henderson State |
| 15 | 366 | Phil Abraira | DB | Florida State |
| 16 | 390 | Bob Helterbran | G | North Texas |
| 17 | 416 | Joe Brunson | DT | Furman |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 82 | 57 | 44 | 73 | 256 |
| Opponents Totals | 48 | 60 | 75 | 78 | 261 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 179 | 55 | 104 | 20 | / % | / % | 94 | 853 | |
| Opponents Totals | 234 | 83 | 133 | 18 | / % | / % | 76 | 826 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 0 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 88 |
| Dick Gordon | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | ||
| Jim Seymour | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jack Concannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| George Farmer | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Rich Coady | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Don Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 28 | 28 | 28 | 100.0 | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 0 | 256 |
| Opponents Totals | 31 | 27 | 31 | 87.1 | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 0 | 261 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 1 | 50 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 9/12 | 1/9 | 1/3 |
| Team Totals | 20 | 34 | 58.8 | 1 | 50 | 4/4 | 5/6 | 9/12 | 1/9 | 1/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 29 | 55.2 | 2/ | 5/ | 2/ | 7/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Montgomery | 62 | 229 | 3.7 | 38 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 79 | 227 | 2.9 | 45 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 68 | 214 | 3.1 | 28 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 42 | 136 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 |
| Mike Hull | 32 | 99 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 26 | 68 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 17 | 4.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 353 | 1092 | 3.1 | 45 | 3 |
| Opponents Totals | 459 | 1471 | 3.2 | 23 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Concannon | 385 | 194 | 50.4 | 173 | 2130 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 69t | 16 | 4.2 | 18 | 4.7 | 24 | 206 | 1924 | 61.5 |
| Bobby Douglass | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 15 | 218 | 7.3 | 18.2 | 53t | 4 | 13.3 | 3 | 10.0 | 7 | 46 | 172 | 65.7 |
| Ronnie Bull | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 1 | 46 | 11.5 | 23.0 | 34 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 91.7 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 0 | 37 | 18.5 | 18.5 | 34 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 118.8 |
| Kent Nix | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 39.6 | ||
| Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | -4 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 422 | 210 | 49.8 | 190 | 2431 | 5.8 | 11.6 | 69t | 21 | 5.0 | 22 | 5.2 | 33 | 258 | 2173 | 62.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 394 | 233 | 59.1 | 144 | 2925 | 7.4 | 12.6 | 79 | 18 | 4.6 | 17 | 4.3 | 42 | 329 | 2596 | 79.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gordon | 71 | 1026 | 14.5 | 69t | 13 |
| George Farmer | 31 | 496 | 16.0 | 60 | 2 |
| Bob Wallace | 15 | 160 | 10.7 | 33 | 0 |
| Ross Montgomery | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 |
| Craig Baynham | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 64 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 |
| Jim Seymour | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 53t | 4 |
| Rich Coady | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 |
| Linzy Cole | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 34 | 0 |
| Mac Percival | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
| Ray Ogden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6t | 1 |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 210 | 2431 | 11.6 | 69t | 21 |
| Opponents Totals | 233 | 2925 | 12.6 | 79 | 18 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Buffone | 4 | 33 | 8.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Daniels | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 |
| Ross Brupbacher | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 |
| Phil Clark | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 |
| Butch Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| George Seals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 32 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 251 | 11.4 | 43 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 83 | 3395 | 40.9 | 56 | 0 | |||||
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 84 | 3424 | 40.8 | 56 | 0 | 268 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 87 | 3273 | 37.6 | 62 | 0 | 246 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzy Cole | 14 | 1 | 83 | 5.9 | 15 | 0 |
| Ron Smith | 33 | 1 | 126 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 9 | 3 | 37 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 57 | 5 | 246 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 19 | 268 | 6.7 | 76 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Turner | 23 | 752 | 32.7 | 96t | 4 | |
| Ron Smith | 28 | 651 | 23.3 | 46 | 0 | |
| Ross Montgomery | 4 | 69 | 17.3 | 21 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 56 | 1472 | 26.3 | 96t | 4 | |
| Opponents Totals | 47 | 935 | 19.9 | 32 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Willie Holman | 14.5 | |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 8.5 | |
| Bill Staley | 6.5 | |
| George Seals | 5.5 | |
| Dick Butkus | 2.0 | |
| Harry Gunner | 2.0 | |
| Dick Daniels | 1.0 | |
| Ron Smith | 1.0 | |
| (Team) | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 42.0 | 329.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 33.0 | 258.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Baynham | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cadile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Lee Roy Caffey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 0 |
| Linzy Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Concannon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Douglass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Harry Gunner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Hester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Glen Holloway | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Hyland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Jackson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Montgomery | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Seals | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Don Shy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ron Smith | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 29 | 14 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 20 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 1 |
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