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1971 Chicago Bears: 6-8-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (118 points scored, 135 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (67 points scored, 141 allowed) Head Coach: Jim Dooley

185 points scored (25th of 26 teams), 276 points allowed (12th) NFL Averages: 19.4 points/game (271.1 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:   186   443   1,902   (22)   3.87   12   28    365   1,434   (23)    3.9    6    3,336    (24)      46
Defense:   192   362   2,404   (23)   6.16   12   22    509   2,116   (20)    4.2   14    4,520    (23)      45

Team roster (starters in bold):
 #   Player              Pos   GP   Hgt   Wgt  Age  Exp   College
10  Bobby Douglass       QB    12   6'3   215   24    3   Kansas
11  Jack Concannon       QB     3   6'3   205   28    8   Boston College
16  Kent Nix             QB     8   6'1   195   27    5   Texas Christian
17  Cliff Hardy          DB     1   6'0   187   24    R   Michigan State
18  Jerry Moore          DB    11   6'3   208   22    R   Arkansas
20  Joe Taylor           DB    13   6'2   200   32    5   North Carolina A&T
21  Cecil Turner         WR    14   5'10  170   27    4   Cal Poly-S.L.O.
22  Cyril Pinder         RB    12   6'2   222   24    4   Illinois
24  Don Shy              RB    11   6'1   210   25    5   San Diego State
29  Bob Jeter            DB     9   6'1   205   34    9   Iowa
30  Jimmy Gunn           LB    14   6'1   215   22    2   Southern California
31  Ross Brupbacher      LB    14   6'3   215   23    2   Texas A&M
32  Charlie Ford         DB    14   6'3   185   22    R   Houston
33  Jim Grabowski        RB    12   6'2   220   27    6   Illinois
34  Bill Tucker          RB    14   6'2   220   28    5   Tennessee State
35  Jim Harrison         RB     2   6'4   235   23    R   Missouri
38  Ray Ogden            TE     6   6'5   225   29    7   Alabama
40  Gale Sayers          RB     2   6'0   198   28    7   Kansas
43  George Farmer        WR    14   6'4   210   23    2   UCLA
44  Garry Lyle           DB    14   6'2   198   26    4   George Washington
45  Dick Gordon          WR    13   5'11  190   27    7   Michigan State
48  Ron Smith            DB    14   6'1   192   28    7   Wisconsin
49  Joe Moore            RB     9   6'1   205   22    R   Missouri
50  Gene Hamlin          C      7   6'3   245   25    2   Western Michigan
51  Dick Butkus          LB    14   6'3   245   28    7   Illinois
52  Rich Coady           C     14   6'3   238   26    2   Memphis
53  Larry Rowden         LB    14   6'2   220   22    R   Houston
55  Doug Buffone         LB    14   6'1   225   27    6   Louisville
62  Glenn Holloway       OG    14   6'3   245   23    2   North Texas State
65  Randy Jackson        OT    14   6'5   245   27    5   Florida
67  George Seals         DT    14   6'2   260   29    8   Missouri
70  Jeff Curchin         OT    12   6'6   255   23    2   Florida State
71  Tony McGee           DE    14   6'4   250   22    R   Bishop
72  Jim Cadile           OG    13   6'3   240   31   10   San Jose State
73  Steve Wright         OT    14   6'6   250   29    8   Alabama
75  Dave Hale            DT    12   6'7   260   24    3   Ottawa (KS)
76  Bill Staley          DT    11   6'3   248   25    4   Utah State
78  Bob Newton           OG    12   6'4   250   22    R   Nebraska
79  John Hoffman         DE     1   6'7   260   28    3   Hawaii
82  Earl Thomas          TE    11   6'3   224   23    R   Houston
83  Mac Percival         K     14   6'4   220   31    5   Texas Tech
84  Jim Seymour          WR    10   6'4   210   24    2   Notre Dame
85  Willie Holman        DE    14   6'4   250   26    4   South Carolina State
87  Ed O'Bradovich       DE    14   6'3   255   31   10   Illinois
88  Bobby Joe Green      P     14   5'11  175   35   12   Florida
89  Bob Wallace          TE    14   6'3   211   26    4   Texas-El Paso

                                               Per   Per
Passing              Att  Cmp    Pct  Yards    Att   Cmp  TD   TD%  Int  Int%  Sack  Loss  Rating
Bobby Douglass       225   91   40.4  1,164   5.17  12.8   5   2.2   15   6.7    30   235    37.0
Kent Nix             137   51   37.2    760   5.55  14.9   6   4.4   10   7.3    10    91    40.4
Jack Concannon        77   42   54.5    334   4.34   8.0   0   0.0    3   3.9     8    61    49.4
Bobby Joe Green        2    1   50.0     13   6.50  13.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    70.8
Don Shy                1    1  100.0     23  23.00  23.0   1 100.0    0   0.0     1     5   158.3
Bob Wallace            1    0    0.0      0   0.00   0.0   0   0.0    0   0.0     0     0    39.6
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
George Farmer          46    737   16.0    5
Dick Gordon            43    610   14.2    5
Bob Wallace            27    400   14.8    2
Don Shy                19    163    8.6    0
Jim Grabowski          17    100    5.9    0
Bill Tucker            11     65    5.9    0
Cyril Pinder           10     51    5.1    0
Jim Seymour             5     75   15.0    0
Earl Thomas             3     40   13.3    0
Joe Moore               2     22   11.0    0
Jim Harrison            2     18    9.0    0
Cecil Turner            1     13   13.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Don Shy               116    420    3.6    2
Cyril Pinder           63    311    4.9    1
Bobby Douglass         39    284    7.3    3
Jim Grabowski          51    149    2.9    0
Joe Moore              29     90    3.1    0
Bill Tucker            32     82    2.6    0
Gale Sayers            13     38    2.9    0
Doug Buffone            1     19   19.0    0
Jim Harrison            5     13    2.6    0
Kent Nix                9     12    1.3    0
George Farmer           1     11   11.0    0
Jack Concannon          5      5    1.0    0
Bob Wallace             1      0    0.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Cecil Turner           31    639   20.6    0
Ron Smith              26    671   25.8    0
Dick Butkus             2     15    7.5    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Ron Smith              26    194    7.5    4    0
Cecil Turner            9     63    7.0    5    0
Garry Lyle              1      5    5.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bobby Joe Green 77 3,095 40.2 0 0 0 0 0 40.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Mac Percival 4/6 1/3 5/11 5/11 0/2 15/33 18/18 63 Dick Butkus 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Bobby Douglass 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/0 0/ 0 1/ 1 1 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Ross Brupbacher 2 34 0 Doug Buffone 1.5 2 27 0 Dick Butkus 0.5 4 9 0 Charlie Ford 5 46 0 Jimmy Gunn 1 5 0 Willie Holman 4.5 Bob Jeter 1 0 0 Garry Lyle 1 29 0 Tony McGee 2.0 Ed O'Bradovich 5.5 George Seals 8.0 Ron Smith 1.0 3 48 0 Joe Taylor 3 69 0

1971 Draft:
NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 RB Joe Moore 23 Missouri 2 28 RB Jim Harrison 38 Missouri [pick acquired from NO] 2 36 DB Charlie Ford 60 Houston 3 64 DE Tony McGee 202 Bishop 3 71 OT Bob Newton 142 Nebraska [pick acquired from LA] 4 89 DB Jerry Moore 43 Arkansas 6 135 TE Earl Thomas 71 Houston [pick acquired from BUF] 7 167 QB Buddy Lee LSU 7 176 RB Dennis Ferris Pittsburgh [pick acquired from LA] 8 192 OT Karl Weiss Vanderbilt 9 220 WR Lester McClain Tennessee 10 245 LB Larry Rowden 16 Houston 11 270 DB Cliff Hardy 1 Michigan State 12 298 DE Steve Booras Mesa J.C. 13 323 OT Ed Nicholas North Carolina State 14 347 RB Willie Lewis Arizona 15 376 QB Ron Maciejowski Ohio State 16 401 DE Sid Bailey Texas-Arlington 17 426 LB Ray Garganes Millersville (Pa.)

Traded draft picks: #5 to SF (Dean Shaternick), #6 to CLE (Doug Dieken)


Transactions:

03-1971Gale Sayers retired
07-13-1971Ralph Kurek retired
07-15-1971traded an undisclosed 1973 draft pick to Oilers for Eric Hutchinson
07-21-1971traded Ronnie Bull to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1973 draft
07-22-1971traded Ross Montgomery and Chicago's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Packers for Bob Jeter
07-27-1971claimed Henry Dyer on waivers from Bengals
07-27-1971traded Bob Cutburth to Raiders for a draft pick
08-01-1971traded Karl Weiss to Chiefs for a draft pick
08-26-1971Dolphins claimed Dick Daniels on waivers
08-31-1971traded Mike Hull to Redskins for Steve Wright and Danny Pierce
09-13-1971traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to 49ers for Bill Tucker
09-13-1971traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1972 draft and #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Eagles for Cyril Pinder
09-13-1971traded Bob Hyland and Bennie McRae to Giants for the Giants' #1 pick in the 1972 draft
09-21-1971traded Lee Roy Caffey to Cowboys for Dallas' #7 pick in the 1972 draft


1971 Regular Season Game Log:
Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record
09/19/71 vs Pittsburgh Steelers W 17-15 1-0-0 09/26/71 at Minnesota Vikings W 20-17 2-0-0 10/03/71 at Los Angeles Rams L 3-17 2-1-0 10/10/71 vs New Orleans Saints W 35-14 3-1-0 10/17/71 at San Francisco 49ers L 0-13 3-2-0 10/24/71 at Detroit Lions W 28-23 4-2-0 10/31/71 vs Dallas Cowboys W 23-19 5-2-0 11/07/71 vs Green Bay Packers L 14-17 5-3-0 11/14/71 vs Washington Redskins W 16-15 6-3-0 11/21/71 vs Detroit Lions L 3-28 6-4-0 11/29/71 at Miami Dolphins L 3-34 6-5-0 12/05/71 at Denver Broncos L 3-6 6-6-0 12/12/71 at Green Bay Packers L 10-31 6-7-0 12/19/71 vs Minnesota Vikings L 10-27 6-8-0

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