1973 Chicago Bears: 3-11-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 1-6-0 (82 points scored, 146 allowed) Road record: 2-5-0 (113 points scored, 188 allowed) Head Coach: Abe Gibron 195 points scored (24th of 26 teams), 334 points allowed (20th) NFL Averages: 19.5 points/game (272.3 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: 136 303 1,222 (25) 3.47 8 16 496 1,907 (15) 3.8 11 3,129 (26) 42 Defense: 156 303 1,674 ( 6) 5.00 17 14 563 2,509 (25) 4.5 19 4,183 (17) 33
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Bobby Douglass QB 13 6'3 225 26 5 Kansas 15 Mirro Roder K 13 6'1 218 29 1 None 17 Ike Hill WR 14 5'10 180 26 3 Catawba 19 Gary Huff QB 8 6'1 200 22 R Florida State 20 Joe Taylor DB 14 6'2 200 34 7 North Carolina A&T 21 Cecil Turner WR 11 5'10 176 29 6 Cal Poly-S.L.O. 24 Willie Roberts DB 4 6'1 190 25 1 Houston 25 Craig Clemons DB 14 5'11 200 24 2 Iowa 26 Carl Garrett RB 13 5'11 215 26 5 New Mexico Highlands 29 Bob Jeter DB 13 6'1 200 36 11 Iowa 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 3 6'1 220 24 4 Southern California 32 Charlie Ford DB 13 6'3 185 24 3 Houston 33 Gary Kosins RB 12 6'1 220 24 2 Dayton 35 Jim Harrison RB 13 6'4 235 25 3 Missouri 36 Roger Lawson RB 10 6'2 215 24 2 Western Michigan 38 Dave Juenger WR 1 6'1 195 22 R Ohio 39 Reggie Sanderson RB 2 5'10 206 22 R Stanford 43 George Farmer WR 14 6'4 214 25 4 UCLA 44 Garry Lyle DB 14 6'2 188 28 6 George Washington 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 185 22 R UCLA 49 Joe Moore RB 14 6'1 205 24 1 Missouri 51 Dick Butkus LB 9 6'3 245 30 9 Illinois 52 Rich Coady C 14 6'3 235 28 4 Memphis 53 Gail Clark LB 11 6'2 227 22 R Michigan State 54 Adrian Young LB 2 6'1 232 27 6 Southern California 55 Doug Buffone LB 14 6'1 225 29 8 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 14 6'2 215 22 R Texas Tech 58 Bob Pifferini LB 12 6'2 226 23 2 UCLA 60 Wally Chambers DE 14 6'6 250 22 R Eastern Kentucky 62 Glenn Holloway OG 14 6'3 255 25 4 North Texas State 63 Steve Kinney OT 2 6'5 255 24 1 Utah State 64 Ernie Janet OG 12 6'4 250 24 2 Washington 65 Randy Jackson OT 14 6'5 250 29 7 Florida 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 250 24 2 Southern 70 Andy Rice DT 14 6'3 268 33 8 Texas Southern 71 Tony McGee DE 14 6'4 250 24 3 Bishop 72 Gary Hrivnak DE 13 6'5 248 22 R Purdue 74 Bob Asher OT 13 6'5 250 25 3 Vanderbilt 75 Dave Hale DT 1 6'7 255 26 4 Ottawa (KS) 78 Bob Newton OG 13 6'4 250 24 3 Nebraska 79 Lionel Antoine OT 13 6'6 255 23 2 Southern Illinois 80 Craig Cotton TE 13 6'4 222 26 5 Youngstown State 81 Mike Reppond WR 2 6'0 180 22 R Washington 82 Earl Thomas WR 14 6'3 215 25 3 Houston 83 Mac Percival K 4 6'4 220 33 7 Texas Tech 85 Willie Holman DE 6 6'4 250 28 6 South Carolina State 86 Bob Parsons TE 14 6'4 234 23 2 Penn State 87 Tom Reynolds WR 9 6'3 200 24 2 San Diego State 88 Bobby Joe Green P 14 5'11 175 37 14 Florida 89 Mel Tom DE 9 6'4 250 32 7 San Jose State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bobby Douglass 174 81 46.6 1,057 6.07 13.0 5 2.9 7 4.0 27 215 59.0 Gary Huff 126 54 42.9 525 4.17 9.7 3 2.4 8 6.3 22 180 36.6 Ike Hill 1 1 100.0 35 35.00 35.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Carl Garrett 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Earl Thomas 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Earl Thomas 24 343 14.3 4 Carl Garrett 23 292 12.7 0 Jim Harrison 21 200 9.5 2 George Farmer 15 219 14.6 1 Craig Cotton 13 186 14.3 0 Ike Hill 10 119 11.9 0 Roger Lawson 9 60 6.7 0 Tom Reynolds 7 127 18.1 0 Reggie Sanderson 5 23 4.6 0 Gary Kosins 4 8 2.0 0 Joe Moore 3 17 5.7 0 Bob Parsons 2 23 11.5 1 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Carl Garrett 175 655 3.7 5 Bobby Douglass 94 525 5.6 5 Jim Harrison 100 370 3.7 1 Joe Moore 58 191 3.3 0 Roger Lawson 24 70 2.9 0 Gary Kosins 24 65 2.7 0 Gary Huff 11 22 2.0 0 George Farmer 1 8 8.0 0 Reggie Sanderson 3 8 2.7 0 Earl Thomas 1 5 5.0 0 Bob Parsons 2 2 1.0 0 Ike Hill 3 -14 -4.7 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Ike Hill 27 637 23.6 1 Carl Garrett 16 486 30.4 0 Cecil Turner 8 127 15.9 0 Reggie Sanderson 2 44 22.0 0 Craig Cotton 2 15 7.5 0 Bob Parsons 2 15 7.5 0 Glenn Holloway 1 8 8.0 0 Jim Osborne 1 0 0.0 0 Earl Thomas 0 12 ? 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ike Hill 36 204 5.7 6 1 Joe Moore 1 0 0.0 0 0 |
1973 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 DE Wally Chambers 88 Eastern Kentucky 2 33 QB Gary Huff 57 Florida State 2 48 DT Gary Hrivnak 41 Purdue [pick acquired from DAL] 5 107 DB Allan Ellis 105 UCLA [pick acquired from PHI] 6 138 C Mike Creaney Notre Dame 8 187 DB Conrad Graham Tennessee 9 216 RB Mike Deutsch North Dakota 10 241 WR Bill Barry Mississippi 11 266 K Ed Siegler Clemson 12 291 OG Mike Griffin Arkansas 13 320 RB John Cieszkowski Notre Dame 14 345 WR Dave Juenger 1 Ohio 15 370 LB Don Rives 74 Texas Tech 16 395 C Bill Hart Michigan 17 424 DB Larry Roach Oklahoma
Traded draft picks: #3 to DET (John Brady), #4 to BAL via PHI (Gary Palmer), #5 to SF (Mike Fulk), #7 to LA (Steve Brown)
Transactions:
| 01-30-1973 | traded Kansas City's #1 pick and Chicago's #3 pick in the 1973 draft to Lions for Craig Cotton and Detroit's #1 pick in the 1973 draft |
| 01-30-1973 | traded Detroit's #1 pick in the 1973 draft to Patriots for Carl Garrett |
| 03-1973 | Dick Butkus retired |
| 03-07-1973 | claimed John Matlock on waivers from Bills |
| 03-07-1973 | claimed Tom Beard on waivers from Bills |
| 04-18-1973 | traded L.D. Rowden to Oilers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 04-22-1973 | traded Ron Smith to Chargers for San Diego's #3 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 07-05-1973 | traded Rich Buzin to Oilers for an undisclosed draft pick |
| 07-20-1973 | claimed Mike White on waivers from Cowboys |
| 08-08-1973 | traded Chicago's #10 pick in the 1974 draft to Browns for Randy Mattingly |
| 08-10-1973 | traded Chicago's #9 pick in the 1974 draft to Dolphins for Dave McCurry |
| 08-10-1973 | claimed Willie Jackson on waivers from Rams |
| 08-10-1973 | claimed Robert Smith on waivers from Chiefs |
| 08-16-1973 | traded Chicago's #2 and #4 picks in the 1974 draft to Patriots for Tommy Reynolds, Ken Lee and New England's #8 pick in the 1974 draft |
| 08-28-1973 | Tom Nowatzke retired |
| 08-28-1973 | traded Bob Wallace (trade voided when Wallace failed physical) to Steelers for Gail Clark |
| 09-03-1973 | Bills claimed Randy Mattingly on waivers |
| 09-12-1973 | traded Jerry Moore to Saints for New Orleans' #5 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 10-17-1973 | traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1974 draft to Eagles for Mel Tom |
| 10-24-1973 | traded Willie Holman and Chicago's #5 pick in the 1975 draft to Redskins for New England's #3 pick in the 1974 draft |
1973 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/16/73 vs Dallas Cowboys L 17-20 0-1-0 09/23/73 vs Minnesota Vikings L 13-22 0-2-0 09/30/73 at Denver Broncos W 33-14 1-2-0 10/07/73 at New Orleans Saints L 16-21 1-3-0 10/14/73 at Atlanta Falcons L 6-46 1-4-0 10/21/73 vs New England Patriots L 10-13 1-5-0 10/28/73 vs Houston Oilers W 35-14 2-5-0 11/04/73 at Green Bay Packers W 31-17 3-5-0 11/12/73 at Kansas City Chiefs L 7-19 3-6-0 11/18/73 vs Detroit Lions L 7-30 3-7-0 11/25/73 at Minnesota Vikings L 13-31 3-8-0 12/02/73 vs Los Angeles Rams L 0-26 3-9-0 12/09/73 at Detroit Lions L 7-40 3-10-0 12/16/73 vs Green Bay Packers L 0-21 3-11-0