1974 Chicago Bears: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-3-0 (88 points scored, 115 allowed) Road record: 0-7-0 (64 points scored, 164 allowed) Head Coach: Abe Gibron 152 points scored (25th of 26 teams), 279 points allowed (17th) NFL Averages: 18.2 points/game (254.5 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: 185 396 1,720 (24) 3.98 8 22 434 1,480 (22) 3.4 10 3,200 (25) 37 Defense: 174 329 2,079 (11) 5.87 12 18 519 1,739 ( 9) 3.4 17 3,818 ( 9) 32
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 10 Bobby Douglass QB 7 6'3 228 27 6 Kansas 15 Mirro Roder K 14 6'1 228 30 2 None 17 Ike Hill WR 13 5'10 180 27 4 Catawba 19 Gary Huff QB 13 6'1 194 23 2 Florida State 20 Joe Taylor DB 14 6'2 197 35 8 North Carolina A&T 21 Dave Gagnon RB 13 5'10 210 23 1 Ferris State 22 Clifton Taylor RB 14 5'11 200 22 R Memphis 23 Joe Barnes QB 3 5'11 196 22 R Texas Tech 25 Craig Clemons DB 14 5'11 200 25 3 Iowa 26 Carl Garrett RB 7 5'11 205 27 6 New Mexico Highlands 27 Randy Montgomery DB 14 5'11 185 27 4 Weber State 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 14 6'1 218 25 5 Southern California 31 Bill Knox DB 14 5'9 193 23 R Purdue 33 Gary Kosins RB 14 6'1 213 25 3 Dayton 34 Norm Hodgins DB 14 6'1 190 22 R Louisiana State 35 Jim Harrison RB 9 6'4 238 26 4 Missouri 36 Perry Williams RB 14 6'2 222 27 6 Purdue 38 Hurles Scales DB 1 6'1 200 23 1 North Texas State 43 George Farmer WR 9 6'4 214 26 5 UCLA 44 Garry Lyle DB 14 6'2 193 29 7 George Washington 46 Pete Van Valkenberg RB 6 6'2 205 24 2 Brigham Young 47 Ken Grandberry RB 14 6'0 196 22 R Washington State 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 182 23 2 UCLA 50 Waymond Bryant LB 13 6'3 230 22 R Tennessee State 52 Rich Coady C 11 6'3 246 29 5 Memphis 55 Doug Buffone LB 14 6'1 227 30 9 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 14 6'2 220 23 2 Texas Tech 58 Bob Pifferini LB 12 6'2 226 24 3 UCLA 60 Wally Chambers DE 14 6'6 255 23 2 Eastern Kentucky 62 Tom Forrest OG 8 6'2 255 22 R Cincinnati 63 Steve Kinney OT 10 6'5 260 25 2 Utah State 64 Ernie Janet OG 14 6'4 255 25 3 Washington 65 Randy Jackson OT 11 6'5 247 30 8 Florida 67 Mike Hoban OG 1 6'2 235 22 R Michigan 67 Don Hultz DE 8 6'3 240 33 12 Southern Mississippi 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 254 25 3 Southern 72 Gary Hrivnak DE 14 6'5 254 23 2 Purdue 74 Bob Asher OT 14 6'5 260 26 4 Vanderbilt 76 Dave Gallagher DE 14 6'4 256 22 R Michigan 78 Bob Newton OG 14 6'4 260 25 4 Nebraska 79 Lionel Antoine OT 14 6'6 263 24 3 Southern Illinois 80 Bo Rather WR 13 6'1 180 24 2 Michigan 81 Clint Haslerig WR 3 6'0 190 22 R Michigan 82 Fred Pagac TE 14 6'0 220 22 R Ohio State 83 Charlie Wade WR 14 5'10 163 24 1 Tennessee State 84 Richard Harris DE 14 6'4 255 26 4 Grambling 85 Wayne Wheeler WR 12 6'2 180 24 R Alabama 86 Bob Parsons P 14 6'4 234 24 3 Penn State 88 Jim Kelly TE 14 6'4 210 23 R Tennessee State 89 Mel Tom DE 14 6'4 242 33 8 San Jose State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Huff 283 142 50.2 1,663 5.88 11.7 6 2.1 17 6.0 24 260 50.4 Bobby Douglass 100 41 41.0 387 3.87 9.4 2 2.0 4 4.0 9 69 42.4 Joe Barnes 9 2 22.2 29 3.22 14.5 0 0.0 1 11.1 3 30 0.9 Ike Hill 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Norm Hodgins 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Bob Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Bo Rather 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Charlie Wade 39 683 17.5 1 Ken Grandberry 30 212 7.1 0 Bo Rather 29 400 13.8 3 Perry Williams 25 167 6.7 0 Carl Garrett 16 132 8.2 1 Jim Kelly 8 100 12.5 0 Ike Hill 7 109 15.6 1 Fred Pagac 6 79 13.2 0 Wayne Wheeler 5 59 11.8 1 George Farmer 5 45 9.0 0 Jim Harrison 5 38 7.6 0 Dave Gagnon 4 20 5.0 0 Clifton Taylor 3 23 7.7 0 Bob Parsons 2 9 4.5 1 Gary Kosins 1 3 3.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Ken Grandberry 144 475 3.3 2 Carl Garrett 96 346 3.6 1 Bobby Douglass 36 229 6.4 1 Perry Williams 74 218 2.9 1 Jim Harrison 36 94 2.6 1 Gary Huff 23 37 1.6 2 Gary Kosins 8 30 3.8 1 Joe Barnes 1 19 19.0 0 Clifton Taylor 9 18 2.0 1 Dave Gagnon 1 15 15.0 0 Bo Rather 2 10 5.0 0 Norm Hodgins 1 3 3.0 0 Don Rives 1 2 2.0 0 Fred Pagac 1 -1 -1.0 0 Charlie Wade 1 -15 -15.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Clifton Taylor 27 567 21.0 0 Ken Grandberry 22 568 25.8 0 Fred Pagac 3 53 17.7 0 Dave Gagnon 2 32 16.0 0 Pete Van Valkenberg 1 20 20.0 0 Dave Gallagher 1 16 16.0 0 Steve Kinney 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Ike Hill 33 183 5.5 2 0 Bill Knox 5 35 7.0 2 0 Pete Van Valkenberg 4 22 5.5 0 0 Norm Hodgins 2 8 4.0 1 0 |
1974 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 LB Waymond Bryant 53 Tennessee State 1 20 DE Dave Gallagher 51 Michigan [pick acquired from WAS via LA] 3 54 WR Wayne Wheeler 12 Alabama [pick acquired from SD] 3 56 OG Greg Horton 63 Colorado 3 62 RB Cliff Taylor 21 Memphis [pick acquired from NE via WAS] 7 160 WR Jack Ettinger Arkansas 8 186 QB Alan Chadwick East Tennessee State 8 190 RB Ken Grandberry 14 Washington State [pick acquired from NE] 11 264 DB Norm Hodgins 14 LSU 12 290 DT Jeff Sevy 73 California 13 316 RB Joe Barnes 3 Texas Tech 14 342 DT Paul Vellano Maryland 15 368 TE Oliver Alexander Grambling 16 394 DB Randy Geist Colorado 17 420 QB Craig Holland Texas-Arlington
Traded draft picks: #2 to NE (Steve Corbett), #4 to PIT via NE (John Stallworth), #5 to PHI (Jim Cagle), #6 to GB (Don Woods), #9 to MIA (Tom Wickert), #10 to CLE (Mike Puestow)
Transactions:
| 04-02-1974 | traded Greg Horton to Rams for Los Angeles' #3 and #10 picks in the 1975 draft |
| 04-03-1974 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to 49ers for Dave Olerich |
| 08-06-1974 | traded $100 cash to Chargers for Tom Forrest |
| 08-09-1974 | traded Chicago's #10 pick in the 1975 draft to Dolphins for Charley Wade |
| 08-10-1974 | traded a draft pick to Cowboys for Henry Abadi |
| 08-11-1974 | claimed Al Nelson on waivers from Eagles |
| 08-13-1974 | traded Chicago's #8 pick in the 1975 draft to Broncos for Randy Montgomery |
| 08-14-1974 | traded Cecil Turner to 49ers for John Isenbarger and Dick Witcher |
| 08-14-1974 | Bobby Joe Green retired |
| 08-14-1974 | Mel Tom retired |
| 08-14-1974 | traded cash to Patriots for James Callier |
| 08-16-1974 | claimed Al Jenkins on waivers from Oilers |
| 08-16-1974 | claimed Levert Carr on waivers from Oilers |
| 08-16-1974 | traded Charlie Ford to Eagles for Richard Harris |
| 08-23-1974 | traded Earl Thomas to Cardinals for Wayne Mulligan, Cliff McClain and Washington's #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 08-29-1974 | traded Wayne Mulligan to Jets for the Jets' #7 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 09-09-1974 | traded Chicago's #3 pick in the 1977 draft to Dolphins for Bo Rather |
| 09-10-1974 | traded Glen Holloway to Browns for Cleveland's #6 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 09-10-1974 | traded Tony McGee to Patriots for New England's #8 pick in the 1975 draft and #3 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 10-29-1974 | claimed Pete Van Valkenburg on waivers from Packers |
1974 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/15/74 vs Detroit Lions W 17-9 1-0-0 09/22/74 vs New York Jets L 21-23 1-1-0 09/29/74 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-11 1-2-0 10/06/74 vs New Orleans Saints W 24-10 2-2-0 10/13/74 at Atlanta Falcons L 10-13 2-3-0 10/21/74 vs Green Bay Packers W 10-9 3-3-0 10/27/74 at Buffalo Bills L 6-16 3-4-0 11/03/74 vs Minnesota Vikings L 0-17 3-5-0 11/10/74 at Green Bay Packers L 3-20 3-6-0 11/17/74 vs San Francisco 49ers L 0-34 3-7-0 11/24/74 at Detroit Lions L 17-34 3-8-0 12/01/74 vs New York Giants W 16-13 4-8-0 12/08/74 at San Diego Chargers L 21-28 4-9-0 12/15/74 at Washington Redskins L 0-42 4-10-0