1971 Chicago Bears: 6-8-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome 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 |
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:
| 03-1971 | Gale Sayers retired |
| 07-13-1971 | Ralph Kurek retired |
| 07-15-1971 | traded an undisclosed 1973 draft pick to Oilers for Eric Hutchinson |
| 07-21-1971 | traded Ronnie Bull to Eagles for Philadelphia's #5 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-22-1971 | traded Ross Montgomery and Chicago's #6 pick in the 1972 draft to Packers for Bob Jeter |
| 07-27-1971 | claimed Henry Dyer on waivers from Bengals |
| 07-27-1971 | traded Bob Cutburth to Raiders for a draft pick |
| 08-01-1971 | traded Karl Weiss to Chiefs for a draft pick |
| 08-26-1971 | Dolphins claimed Dick Daniels on waivers |
| 08-31-1971 | traded Mike Hull to Redskins for Steve Wright and Danny Pierce |
| 09-13-1971 | traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1973 draft to 49ers for Bill Tucker |
| 09-13-1971 | traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1972 draft and #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Eagles for Cyril Pinder |
| 09-13-1971 | traded Bob Hyland and Bennie McRae to Giants for the Giants' #1 pick in the 1972 draft |
| 09-21-1971 | traded 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