1972 Chicago Bears: 4-9-1
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-5-1 (112 points scored, 168 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (113 points scored, 107 allowed) Head Coach: Abe Gibron 225 points scored (21st of 26 teams), 275 points allowed (15th) NFL Averages: 20.3 points/game (283.5 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: 78 205 1,108 (26) 4.68 9 13 536 2,360 ( 4) 4.4 15 3,468 (23) 35 Defense: 180 342 2,172 (14) 5.95 16 21 476 1,751 ( 8) 3.7 11 3,923 (13) 35
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 John Huarte QB 2 6'0 185 28 6 Notre Dame 10 Bobby Douglass QB 14 6'3 225 25 4 Kansas 18 Jerry Moore DB 13 6'3 208 23 2 Arkansas 20 Joe Taylor DB 14 6'2 200 33 6 North Carolina A&T 21 Cecil Turner WR 14 5'10 176 28 5 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 22 Cyril Pinder RB 13 6'2 210 25 5 Illinois 24 Don Shy RB 13 6'1 210 26 6 San Diego State 25 Craig Clemons DB 14 5'11 187 23 R Iowa 29 Bob Jeter DB 10 6'1 200 35 10 Iowa 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 14 6'1 220 23 3 Southern California 31 Ross Brupbacher LB 14 6'3 215 24 3 Texas A&M 32 Charlie Ford DB 14 6'3 185 23 2 Houston 33 Gary Kosins RB 14 6'1 215 23 R Dayton 35 Jim Harrison RB 14 6'4 235 24 2 Missouri 36 Roger Lawson RB 12 6'2 215 23 R Western Michigan 43 George Farmer WR 14 6'4 214 24 3 UCLA 44 Garry Lyle DB 3 6'2 198 27 5 George Washington 48 Ron Smith DB 14 6'1 195 29 8 Wisconsin 51 Dick Butkus LB 14 6'3 245 29 8 Illinois 52 Rich Coady C 14 6'3 245 27 3 Memphis 53 Larry Rowden LB 2 6'2 220 23 2 Houston 54 Bill McKinney LB 8 6'1 226 27 R West Texas State 55 Doug Buffone LB 14 6'1 230 28 7 Louisville 58 Bob Pifferini LB 14 6'2 226 22 R UCLA 62 Glenn Holloway OG 14 6'3 250 24 3 North Texas State 64 Larry Horton DE 10 6'4 248 23 R Iowa 64 Ernie Janet OG 3 6'4 250 23 1 Washington 65 Randy Jackson OT 14 6'5 250 28 6 Florida 67 Bill Line DT 13 6'7 260 24 1 Southern Methodist 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 250 23 R Southern 70 Andy Rice DT 14 6'3 268 32 7 Texas Southern 71 Tony McGee DE 14 6'4 250 23 2 Bishop 72 Jim Cadile OG 6 6'3 250 32 11 San Jose State 73 Rich Buzin OT 2 6'4 250 26 5 Penn State 74 Bob Asher OT 14 6'5 250 24 2 Vanderbilt 76 Bill Staley DT 4 6'3 250 26 5 Utah State 78 Bob Newton OG 14 6'4 250 23 2 Nebraska 79 Lionel Antoine OT 5 6'6 255 22 R Southern Illinois 82 Earl Thomas TE 14 6'3 224 24 2 Houston 82 Matt Maslowski WR 1 6'3 210 23 2 San Diego 83 Mac Percival K 14 6'4 220 32 6 Texas Tech 84 Jim Seymour WR 14 6'4 210 25 3 Notre Dame 85 Willie Holman DE 4 6'4 250 27 5 South Carolina State 86 Bob Parsons TE 13 6'4 234 22 R Penn State 87 Steve DeLong DE 14 6'3 254 29 8 Tennessee 88 Bobby Joe Green P 14 5'11 175 36 13 Florida 89 Bob Wallace TE 14 6'3 220 27 5 Texas-El Paso
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bobby Douglass 198 75 37.9 1,246 6.29 16.6 9 4.5 12 6.1 32 175 49.8 John Huarte 5 2 40.0 14 2.80 7.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 47.9 Bobby Joe Green 2 1 50.0 23 11.50 23.0 0 0.0 1 50.0 0 0 52.1
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Earl Thomas 20 365 18.2 3 George Farmer 14 380 27.1 2 Jim Seymour 10 165 16.5 1 Don Shy 10 109 10.9 0 Roger Lawson 8 120 15.0 0 Jim Harrison 8 30 3.8 1 Cecil Turner 3 71 23.7 0 Gary Kosins 2 15 7.5 1 Cyril Pinder 1 13 13.0 0 Bob Wallace 1 9 9.0 0 Bob Parsons 1 6 6.0 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Bobby Douglass 141 968 6.9 8 Jim Harrison 167 622 3.7 2 Don Shy 91 342 3.8 1 Cyril Pinder 87 300 3.4 3 Roger Lawson 33 106 3.2 1 Dick Butkus 1 28 28.0 0 Earl Thomas 5 13 2.6 0 Gary Kosins 3 5 1.7 0 Bob Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 Cecil Turner 3 0 0.0 0 John Huarte 1 -2 -2.0 0 Jim Seymour 1 -9 -9.0 0 George Farmer 2 -13 -6.5 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ron Smith 30 924 30.8 1 Cecil Turner 16 409 25.6 0 Craig Clemons 2 53 26.5 0 Glenn Holloway 1 28 28.0 0 Dick Butkus 1 15 15.0 0 Cyril Pinder 1 14 14.0 0 Larry Horton 1 3 3.0 0 Earl Thomas 0 82 ? 1 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ron Smith 26 163 6.3 3 0 Craig Clemons 2 15 7.5 3 0 |
1972 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 3 OT Lionel Antoine 68 Southern Illinois [pick acquired from NYG] 1 12 DB Craig Clemons 82 Iowa 3 62 RB Johnny Musso 30 Alabama 5 117 TE Bob Parsons 170 Penn State 6 133 LB Bob Pifferini 57 UCLA [pick acquired from CIN] 7 167 QB Jim Fassel Long Beach State 7 182 DT Jim Osborne 186 Southern [pick acquired from DAL] 8 192 WR Ralph Wirtz North Dakota State 9 219 DE Larry Horton 10 Iowa 10 247 C Jack Turnbull Oregon State 11 272 DB Ed Wimberly Jackson State 12 297 RB Doug Neill Texas A&M 13 322 OT Jay Rood Southern (S.D.) 14 347 WR Bob Brown Rice 15 377 RB Roger Lawson 22 Western Michigan 16 402 LB Bill McKinney 8 West Texas State 17 427 DB LaVerne Dickinson Southern
Traded draft picks: #2 to PHI (Dan Yochum), #4 to LA (John Saunders), #6 to GB (Dave Pureifory)
Transactions:
| 01-1972 | traded Chicago's #6 pick in the 1974 draft to Packers for Zeke Bratkowski |
| 07-06-1972 | Ed O'Bradovich retired |
| 07-08-1972 | traded Steve Wright and John Hoffman to Cardinals for St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 07-26-1972 | traded St. Louis' #4 pick in the 1973 draft to Chargers for Steve DeLong |
| 07-26-1972 | claimed Bob Warner on waivers from Broncos |
| 07-26-1972 | claimed John Embree on waivers from Broncos |
| 08-01-1972 | traded a 1973 draft pick to Steelers for Clarence Washington |
| 08-08-1972 | traded Chicago's #7 pick in the 1973 draft to Rams for Rich Buzin |
| 08-11-1972 | claimed Bob Johnson on waivers from Chiefs |
| 08-17-1972 | traded the rights to Jack Concannon to Cowboys for Bill Line, Bob Asher and Dallas' #2 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 09-07-1972 | claimed Ernie Janet on waivers from 49ers |
| 09-07-1972 | claimed Matt Maslowski on waivers from Rams |
| 09-07-1972 | Chargers claimed Jim Fassel on waivers |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed Gary Kosins on waivers from Dolphins |
| 09-13-1972 | claimed John Huarte on waivers from Chiefs |
| 09-14-1972 | claimed John Spilis on waivers from Packers |
| 09-21-1972 | received Andy Rice and Kansas City's #1 pick in the 1973 draft from Chiefs as compensation for free agent George Seals |
| 10-12-1972 | received Los Angeles' #1 pick in the 1974 draft from Rams as compensation for free agent Dick Gordon |
1972 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/17/72 vs Atlanta Falcons L 21-37 0-1-0 09/24/72 vs Los Angeles Rams T 13-13 0-1-1 10/01/72 vs Detroit Lions L 24-38 0-2-1 10/08/72 at Green Bay Packers L 17-20 0-3-1 10/15/72 at Cleveland Browns W 17-0 1-3-1 10/23/72 vs Minnesota Vikings W 13-10 2-3-1 10/29/72 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27-10 3-3-1 11/05/72 at Detroit Lions L 0-14 3-4-1 11/12/72 vs Green Bay Packers L 17-23 3-5-1 11/19/72 vs San Francisco 49ers L 21-34 3-6-1 11/26/72 vs Cincinnati Bengals L 3-13 3-7-1 12/03/72 at Minnesota Vikings L 10-23 3-8-1 12/10/72 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21-12 4-8-1 12/17/72 at Oakland Raiders L 21-28 4-9-1