1970 Chicago Bears roster and stats

1970 Chicago Bears: 6-8-0
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Home record: 3-4-0 (119 points scored, 143 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (137 points scored, 118 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Dooley 256 points scored (16th of 26 teams), 261 points allowed (11th) NFL Averages: 19.3 points/game (269.6 points/team) Team stats and rankings: ---------------- PASSING ---------------- ----------- RUSHING ---------- --- TOTAL --- Cmp Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Int Att Yards (Rank) Yd/Att TD Yards (Rank) Turnovers Offense: 210 422 2,133 (16) 4.69 21 22 353 1,092 (25) 3.1 3 3,225 (25) 36 Defense: 233 394 2,596 (23) 5.95 18 17 459 1,471 ( 8) 3.2 11 4,067 (18) 31

Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Bobby Douglass QB 3 6'3 215 23 2 Kansas 11 Jack Concannon QB 14 6'3 205 27 7 Boston College 16 Kent Nix QB 1 6'1 195 26 4 Texas Christian 20 Joe Taylor DB 11 6'2 200 31 4 North Carolina A&T 21 Cecil Turner WR 14 5'10 170 26 3 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 22 Ross Montgomery RB 14 6'3 220 23 2 Texas Christian 23 Dick Daniels DB 13 5'9 180 26 5 Pacific (OR) 24 Don Shy RB 8 6'1 205 24 4 San Diego State 25 Linzy Cole WR 7 5'11 170 22 R Texas Christian 26 Bennie McRae DB 13 6'1 180 30 9 Michigan 29 Ronnie Bull RB 12 6'0 200 30 9 Baylor 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 14 6'1 220 21 R Southern California 31 Ross Brupbacher LB 14 6'3 215 22 R Texas A&M 32 Ralph Kurek RB 11 6'2 210 27 6 Wisconsin 33 Mike Hull RB 13 6'3 220 25 3 Southern California 37 Rich Coady TE 14 6'3 238 25 1 Memphis 38 Ray Ogden TE 9 6'5 225 28 6 Alabama 39 Phil Clark DB 13 6'2 208 25 4 Northwestern 40 Gale Sayers RB 2 6'0 198 27 6 Kansas 43 George Farmer WR 11 6'4 210 22 R UCLA 44 Garry Lyle DB 14 6'2 198 25 3 George Washington 45 Dick Gordon WR 14 5'11 190 26 6 Michigan State 46 Craig Baynham RB 5 6'1 203 26 4 Georgia Tech 47 Butch Davis DB 10 5'11 183 22 R Missouri 48 Ron Smith DB 14 6'1 192 27 6 Wisconsin 50 Bob Hyland C 14 6'5 250 25 4 Boston College 51 Dick Butkus LB 14 6'3 245 27 6 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 14 6'1 225 26 5 Louisville 60 Lee Roy Caffey LB 14 6'3 250 29 8 Texas A&M 62 Glenn Holloway OG 14 6'3 245 22 R North Texas State 63 John Neidert LB 3 6'2 230 24 3 Louisville 65 Randy Jackson OT 10 6'5 245 26 4 Florida 67 George Seals DT 14 6'2 260 28 7 Missouri 68 Howard Mudd OG 10 6'3 252 28 7 Hillsdale 69 Ted Wheeler OG 6 6'3 245 25 3 West Texas State 70 Jeff Curchin OT 14 6'6 265 22 R Florida State 72 Jim Cadile OG 12 6'3 240 30 9 San Jose State 73 Frank Cornish DT 1 6'6 285 26 5 Grambling 74 Wayne Mass OT 14 6'4 240 24 3 Clemson 75 Dave Hale DT 14 6'7 260 23 2 Ottawa (KS) 76 Bill Staley DT 11 6'3 248 24 3 Utah State 78 Harry Gunner DE 14 6'6 250 25 3 Oregon State 83 Mac Percival K 14 6'4 220 30 4 Texas Tech 84 Jim Seymour WR 7 6'4 210 23 1 Notre Dame 85 Willie Holman DT 14 6'4 250 25 3 South Carolina State 86 Jimmy Hester TE 5 6'4 250 25 4 North Dakota 87 Ed O'Bradovich DE 14 6'3 255 30 9 Illinois 88 Bobby Joe Green P 14 5'11 175 34 11 Florida 89 Bob Wallace TE 5 6'3 211 25 3 Texas-El Paso

Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jack Concannon 385 194 50.4 2,130 5.53 11.0 16 4.2 18 4.7 24 206 61.5 Bobby Douglass 30 12 40.0 218 7.27 18.2 4 13.3 3 10.0 7 46 65.7 Ronnie Bull 4 2 50.0 46 11.50 23.0 1 25.0 1 25.0 0 0 91.7 Bobby Joe Green 2 2 100.0 37 18.50 18.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Kent Nix 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 2 39.6 Garry Lyle 0 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 4 0.0

Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Dick Gordon            71  1,026   14.5   13
George Farmer          31    496   16.0    2
Bob Wallace            15    160   10.7    0
Ross Montgomery        14     75    5.4    0
Ronnie Bull            13     60    4.6    0
Mike Hull              13     44    3.4    0
Craig Baynham          12     43    3.6    0
Don Shy                10    149   14.9    0
Jimmy Hester            7     54    7.7    0
Jim Seymour             6    145   24.2    4
Rich Coady              6     44    7.3    1
Linzy Cole              3     47   15.7    0
Ralph Kurek             3     11    3.7    0
Cecil Turner            2     53   26.5    0
Mac Percival            1     19   19.0    0
Ray Ogden               1      6    6.0    1
Garry Lyle              1      5    5.0    0
Gale Sayers             1     -6   -6.0    0

Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ross Montgomery        62    229    3.7    0
Don Shy                79    227    2.9    1
Ronnie Bull            68    214    3.1    0
Jack Concannon         42    136    3.2    2
Mike Hull              32     99    3.1    0
Craig Baynham          26     68    2.6    0
Gale Sayers            23     52    2.3    0
Ralph Kurek             6     24    4.0    0
Bobby Douglass          7     22    3.1    0
Dick Gordon             4     17    4.2    0
Bobby Joe Green         1      7    7.0    0
Cecil Turner            3     -3   -1.0    0

Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Ron Smith              28    651   23.2    0
Cecil Turner           23    752   32.7    4
Ross Montgomery         4     69   17.2    0
Dick Butkus             1      0    0.0    0

Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ron Smith              33    126    3.8    1    0
Linzy Cole             14     83    5.9    1    0
Garry Lyle              9     37    4.1    3    0
Cecil Turner            1      0    0.0    0    0

Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bobby Joe Green 83 3,395 40.9 0 0 0 0 0 40.9 Garry Lyle 1 29 29.0 0 0 0 0 0 29.0 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Mac Percival 4/4 5/6 9/12 1/9 1/3 20/34 28/28 88 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ross Brupbacher 2 17 0 Doug Buffone 4 33 0 Dick Butkus 2.0 3 0 0 Phil Clark 1 32 0 Dick Daniels 1.0 2 29 0 Butch Davis 1 0 0 Harry Gunner 2.0 Willie Holman 14.5 Bennie McRae 1 0 0 Ed O'Bradovich 8.5 George Seals 5.5 1 0 0 Ron Smith 1.0 Bill Staley 6.5 Joe Taylor 2 18 0

1970 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 3 54 WR George Farmer 70 UCLA 4 79 OT Lynn Larson 1 Kansas State 4 100 LB Ross Brupbacher 56 Texas A&M [pick acquired from LA] 6 133 QB Bobby Cutburth Oklahoma State 6 139 OT Jeff Curchin Florida State [pick acquired from STL] 8 183 DB Dana Stephenson Nebraska 9 210 WR Linzy Cole 31 Texas Christian 10 235 OG Glen Holloway 70 North Texas 11 262 TE Ted Rose Northern Michigan 12 287 DB Butch Davis 10 Missouri 13 314 DB Jimmy Gunn 86 USC 14 339 WR Jim Morgan Henderson State 15 366 DB Phil Abraira Florida State 16 391 OG Bob Helterbran North Texas 17 418 DT Joe Brunson Furman

Traded draft picks: #1 to GB (Mike McCoy), #2 to DAL (Bob Asher), #5 to NO (Glenn Cannon), #7 to PHI (Terry Brennan)

Transactions:

01-21-1970	traded Chicago's #1 pick in the 1970 draft to Packers for Lee Roy Caffey, Elijah Pitts and Bob Hyland
01-21-1970	traded Rufus Mayes to Bengals for Bill Staley and Harry Gunner
01-27-1970	traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1970 draft to Cowboys for Craig Baynham and Phil Clark
03-02-1970	traded Loyd Phillips to Saints for Jim Hester and a draft pick
05-1970	traded a draft pick to Jets for John Neidert
07-1970	Bills claimed Virgil Carter on waivers
08-25-1970	claimed Billy Stevens on waivers from Packers
09-01-1970	traded Dick Evey and a 1971 draft pick to Rams for Jim Seymour and Ron Smith
09-09-1970	Falcons claimed Lynn Larson on waivers
09-16-1970	Bengals claimed Marty Amsler on waivers
09-16-1970	Bills claimed Greg Jones on waivers

1970 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/19/70    at New York Giants         W 24-16       1-0-0
09/27/70    vs Philadelphia Eagles     W 20-16       2-0-0
10/05/70    at Detroit Lions           L 14-28       2-1-0
10/11/70    vs Minnesota Vikings       L 0-24        2-2-0
10/18/70    vs San Diego Chargers      L 7-20        2-3-0
10/25/70    vs Detroit Lions           L 10-16       2-4-0
11/01/70    at Atlanta Falcons         W 23-14       3-4-0
11/08/70    vs San Francisco 49ers     L 16-37       3-5-0
11/15/70    at Green Bay Packers       L 19-20       3-6-0
11/22/70    vs Buffalo Bills           W 31-13       4-6-0
11/29/70    at Baltimore Colts         L 20-21       4-7-0
12/05/70    at Minnesota Vikings       L 13-16       4-8-0
12/13/70    vs Green Bay Packers       W 35-17       5-8-0
12/20/70    at New Orleans Saints      W 24-3        6-8-0

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