1973 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 4th place • National Football Conference • Central Division • 3-11-0 .214 |
| Head Coach: Abe Gibron |
| Zeke Bratkowski | Passers/Pass Receivers |
| Jimmy Carr | Linebackers/Defensive Backs |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Defensive Line |
| Whitey Dovell | Offensive Line |
| Perry Moss | Offensive Backs |
| Jerry Stoltz | Receivers |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/4/1973 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-13 | T | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47222 | |
| Sat | 8/11/1973 | A | Houston Oilers | 34-7 | W | Houston, TX | Astrodome | 41514 | |
| Sat | 8/18/1973 | A | Miami Dolphins | 9-9 | T | Miami, FL | Orange Bowl | 78590 | |
| Sun | 8/26/1973 | A | Buffalo Bills | 13-10 | W | Orchard Park, NY | Rich Stadium | 61165 | |
| Sat | 9/1/1973 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 31-20 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 55701 | |
| Sun | 9/9/1973 | A | Washington Redskins | 3-17 | L | Washington, DC | RFK Stadium | 54137 | |
| Sun | 9/16/1973 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 17-20 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 49790 | |
| Sun | 9/23/1973 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 13-22 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 52035 | |
| Sun | 9/30/1973 | A | Denver Broncos | 33-14 | W | Denver, CO | Mile High Stadium | 51159 | |
| Sun | 10/7/1973 | A | New Orleans Saints | 16-21 | L | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 56561 | |
| Sun | 10/14/1973 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 6-46 | L | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 47342 | |
| Sun | 10/21/1973 | H | New England Patriots | 10-13 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 47643 | |
| Sun | 10/28/1973 | H | Houston Oilers | 35-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 43755 | |
| Sun | 11/4/1973 | A | Green Bay Packers | 31-17 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 53231 | |
| Mon | 11/12/1973 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 7-19 | L | Kansas City, MO | Arrowhead Stadium | 70664 | |
| Sun | 11/18/1973 | H | Detroit Lions | 7-30 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 48625 | |
| Sun | 11/25/1973 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-31 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 46430 | |
| Sun | 12/2/1973 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 0-26 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 47620 | |
| Sun | 12/9/1973 | A | Detroit Lions | 7-40 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 41729 | |
| Sun | 12/16/1973 | H | Green Bay Packers | 0-21 | L | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 29157 | |
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 |
| Lionel Antoine | 79 | LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 255 | 23 | Southern Illinois | 13 | 2 |
| Bob Asher | 74 | ROT | 6-5 | 250 | 25 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 13 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 29 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 31 | Illinois | 9 | 9 |
| Wally Chambers | 60 | RDT | 6-6 | 250 | 22 | Eastern Kentucky | 14 | 14 |
| Gail Clark | 53 | RLB | 6-1 | 223 | 22 | Michigan State | 11 | 3 |
| Craig Clemons | 25 | LS | 5-11 | 195 | 24 | Iowa | 14 | 14 |
| Rich Coady | 52 | C | 6-3 | 245 | 29 | Memphis | 14 | 14 |
| Craig Cotton | 80 | TE | 6-4 | 215 | 26 | Youngstown State | 13 | 13 |
| Bobby Douglass | 10 | QB | 6-3 | 223 | 26 | Kansas | 13 | 12 |
| Allan Ellis | 48 | RCB-LCB | 5-10 | 181 | 22 | UCLA | 14 | 5 |
| George Farmer | 43 | WR | 6-4 | 214 | 25 | UCLA | 14 | 13 |
| Charlie Ford | 32 | LCB | 6-3 | 185 | 25 | Houston | 13 | 12 |
| Carl Garrett | 26 | RB | 5-11 | 210 | 26 | New Mexico Highlands | 13 | 11 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 37 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Gunn | 20 | RLB | 6-1 | 220 | 25 | Southern California | 3 | 3 |
| Dave Hale | 75 | DT | 6-8 | 255 | 26 | Ottawa (Kansas) | 1 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 35 | RB | 6-4 | 236 | 25 | Missouri | 13 | 11 |
| Ike Hill | 17 | WR | 5-10 | 185 | 26 | Catawba | 14 | 1 |
| Glen Holloway | 61 | LOG | 6-2 | 253 | 25 | North Texas | 14 | 14 |
| Willie Holman | 85 | LDE | 6-4 | 250 | 28 | South Carolina State | 6 | 6 |
| Gary Hrivnak | 72 | DT | 6-5 | 251 | 22 | Purdue | 13 | 0 |
| Gary Huff | 19 | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Florida State | 8 | 2 |
| Randy Jackson | 65 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 29 | Florida | 14 | 13 |
| Ernie Janet | 64 | ROG | 6-4 | 247 | 24 | Washington | 12 | 2 |
| Bob Jeter | 29 | CB | 6-1 | 203 | 36 | Iowa | 13 | 0 |
| Dave Juenger | 38 | WR | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Ohio University | 1 | 0 |
| Steve Kinney | 63 | OT | 6-5 | 255 | 24 | San Jose CC; Utah State | 2 | 0 |
| Gary Kosins | 33 | RB | 6-1 | 215 | 24 | Dayton | 12 | 2 |
| Roger Lawson | rb | RB | 6-2 | 215 | 24 | Western Michigan | 10 | 1 |
| Garry Lyle | 44 | RS | 6-2 | 197 | 28 | George Washington | 14 | 14 |
| Tony McGee | 71 | RDE-LDE | 6-3 | 249 | 24 | Wyoming; Bishop | 14 | 14 |
| Joe Moore | 45 | RB | 6-1 | 205 | 24 | Missouri | 14 | 3 |
| Bob Newton | 78 | ROG | 6-5 | 260 | 24 | Cerritos JC; Nebraska | 13 | 12 |
| Jim Osborne | 68 | LDT | 6-3 | 259 | 24 | Southern University | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Parsons | 81 | TE-P | 6-5 | 232 | 23 | Penn State | 14 | 1 |
| Mac Percival | 83 | K | 6-4 | 219 | 33 | Texas Tech | 4 | 0 |
| Bob Pifferini | 58 | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 23 | UCLA | 12 | 8 |
| Mike Reppond | 81 | WR | 6-0 | 180 | 22 | Arkansas | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Reynolds | 87 | WR | 6-3 | 200 | 24 | El Camino JC; San Diego State | 9 | 0 |
| Andy Rice | 70 | DT | 6-3 | 268 | 33 | Texas Southern | 14 | 0 |
| Don Rives | 57 | MLB | 6-2 | 229 | 22 | Texas Tech | 14 | 5 |
| Willie Roberts | 25 | CB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Houston | 4 | 0 |
| Mirro Roder | 15 | P-K | 6-1 | 218 | 29 | none | 13 | 0 |
| Reggie Sanderson | 39 | RB | 5-10 | 206 | 23 | Stanford | 2 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 20 | RCB | 6-2 | 189 | 34 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 11 |
| Earl Thomas | 82 | WR | 6-2 | 215 | 25 | Houston | 14 | 14 |
| Mel Tom | 89 | RDE | 6-4 | 247 | 32 | Hawaii; San Jose State | 9 | 8 |
| Cecil Turner | 21 | WR | 5-10 | 170 | 29 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 11 | 0 |
| Adrian Young | 54 | LB | 6-1 | 230 | 27 | Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 8 | Wally Chambers | DE | Eastern Kentucky |
| 2 | 33 | Gary Huff | QB | Florida State |
| 2 | 48 | Gary Hrivnak | DT | Purdue |
| 5 | 107 | Allan Ellis | DB | UCLA |
| 6 | 138 | Mike Creaney | C | Notre Dame |
| 8 | 187 | Conrad Graham | DB | Tennessee |
| 9 | 216 | Mike Deutsch | RB | North Dakota |
| 10 | 241 | Bill Barry | WR | Mississippi |
| 11 | 266 | Eddie Seigler | K | Clemson |
| 12 | 291 | Mike Griffin | G | Arkansas |
| 13 | 320 | John Cieszkowski | RB | Notre Dame |
| 14 | 345 | Dave Juenger | WR | Ohio University |
| 15 | 370 | Don Rives | LB | Texas Tech |
| 16 | 395 | Bill Hart | C | Michigan |
| 17 | 424 | Larry Roach | DB | Oklahoma |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 40 | 50 | 58 | 47 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 50 | 120 | 75 | 89 | 334 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 193 | 97 | 77 | 19 | 68/208 32.7% | / % | 86 | 817 | |
| Opponents Totals | 247 | 138 | 90 | 19 | 65/200 32.5% | / % | 77 | 672 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirro Roder | 0 | 11 | 12 | 91.7 | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 0 | 35 |
| Bobby Douglass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Carl Garrett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Mac Percival | 0 | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 28 |
| Earl Thomas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Jim Harrison | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Ike Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| George Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 22 | 21 | 22 | 95.5 | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 0 | 195 |
| Opponents Totals | 37 | 35 | 37 | 94.6 | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 1 | 334 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mirro Roder | 8 | 16 | 50.0 | 1 | 47 | 1/1 | 2/2 | 1/3 | 4/7 | 0/3 |
| Mac Percival | 6 | 8 | 75.0 | 0 | 33 | 4/4 | 0/0 | 2/3 | 0/1 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 24 | 58.3 | 1 | 47 | 5/5 | 2/2 | 3/6 | 4/8 | 0/3 |
| Opponents Totals | 25 | 38 | 65.8 | 6/6 | 6/6 | 8/12 | 5/12 | 0/2 |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 175 | 655 | 3.7 | 35 | 5 |
| Bobby Douglass | 94 | 525 | 5.6 | 42 | 5 |
| Jim Harrison | 100 | 370 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 |
| Joe Moore | 58 | 191 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 |
| Roger Lawson | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 |
| Gary Kosins | 24 | 65 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 |
| Gary Huff | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 |
| George Farmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Reggie Sanderson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 5 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 496 | 1907 | 3.8 | 42 | 11 |
| Opponents Totals | 563 | 2509 | 4.5 | 53 | 19 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Douglass | 174 | 81 | 46.6 | 86 | 1057 | 6.1 | 13.0 | 63 | 5 | 2.9 | 7 | 4.0 | 27 | 215 | 842 | 59.0 |
| Gary Huff | 126 | 54 | 42.9 | 64 | 525 | 4.2 | 9.7 | 29t | 3 | 2.4 | 8 | 6.3 | 22 | 180 | 345 | 36.6 |
| Ike Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 35 | 35.0 | 35.0 | 35 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 118.8 |
| Carl Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | ||
| Team Totals | 303 | 136 | 44.9 | 151 | 1617 | 5.3 | 11.9 | 63 | 8 | 2.6 | 16 | 5.3 | 49 | 395 | 1222 | 48.5 |
| Opponents Totals | 303 | 156 | 51.5 | 133 | 1978 | 6.5 | 12.7 | 54t | 17 | 5.6 | 14 | 4.6 | 32 | 304 | 1674 | 71.6 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Earl Thomas | 24 | 343 | 14.3 | 38 | 4 |
| Carl Garrett | 23 | 292 | 12.7 | 39 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 21 | 200 | 9.5 | 44t | 2 |
| George Farmer | 15 | 219 | 14.6 | 25 | 1 |
| Craig Cotton | 13 | 186 | 14.3 | 63 | 0 |
| Ike Hill | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 18 | 0 |
| Roger Lawson | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 21 | 0 |
| Tom Reynolds | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 30 | 0 |
| Reggie Sanderson | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 |
| Gary Kosins | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 |
| Joe Moore | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Parsons | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 136 | 1617 | 11.9 | 63 | 8 |
| Opponents Totals | 156 | 1978 | 12.7 | 54t | 17 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garry Lyle | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Charlie Ford | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 41 | 0 |
| Craig Clemons | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 |
| Allan Ellis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 14 | 176 | 12.6 | 41 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 16 | 335 | 20.9 | 95t | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 62 | 0 | |||||
| Bob Parsons | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 33 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 86 | 3427 | 39.8 | 62 | 0 | 294 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2671 | 40.5 | 63 | 0 | 204 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ike Hill | 36 | 6 | 204 | 5.7 | 72 | 1 |
| Joe Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 37 | 6 | 204 | 5.5 | 72 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 40 | 26 | 294 | 7.4 | 42 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carl Garrett | 16 | 486 | 30.4 | 67 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 27 | 637 | 23.6 | 95t | 1 | |
| Cecil Turner | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 28 | 0 | |
| Reggie Sanderson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Craig Cotton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | |
| Bob Parsons | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | |
| Glen Holloway | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Jim Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Earl Thomas | 0 | 12 | 12L | 0 | ||
| Team Totals | 59 | 1344 | 22.8 | 95t | 1 | |
| Opponents Totals | 33 | 813 | 24.6 | 84 | 0 |
| SACKS | NO | YDS |
|---|---|---|
| Jim Osborne | 10.0 | |
| Wally Chambers | 9.0 | |
| Mel Tom | 5.0 | |
| Gary Hrivnak | 2.0 | |
| Doug Buffone | 1.0 | |
| Jimmy Gunn | 1.0 | |
| Willie Holman | 1.0 | |
| Tony McGee | 1.0 | |
| Andy Rice | 1.0 | |
| Don Rives | 1.0 | |
| Team Totals | 32.0 | 304.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 49.0 | 395.0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bob Asher | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Wally Chambers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Gail Clark | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Craig Clemons | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Rich Coady | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -26 | 0 | |
| Craig Cotton | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bobby Douglass | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Charlie Ford | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Carl Garrett | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bobby Joe Green | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ike Hill | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Willie Holman | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Gary Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Randy Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Tony McGee | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Joe Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jim Osborne | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Pifferini | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Andy Rice | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Don Rives | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Earl Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mel Tom | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 40 | 27 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 15 | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 35 | 19 | 12 | 26 | 38 | 0 |
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