1975 Chicago Bears: 4-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 3-4-0 (116 points scored, 176 allowed) Road record: 1-6-0 (75 points scored, 203 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 191 points scored (24th of 26 teams), 379 points allowed (25th) NFL Averages: 20.6 points/game (288.3 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: 191 356 1,839 (24) 4.74 9 23 441 1,653 (22) 3.7 11 3,492 (24) 40 Defense: 208 399 2,506 (18) 5.77 22 13 547 2,070 (17) 3.8 25 4,576 (17) 27
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 8 6'2 197 22 R Maryland 10 Bobby Douglass QB 1 6'2 228 28 7 Kansas 16 Bob Thomas K 14 5'10 178 23 1 Notre Dame 19 Gary Huff QB 14 6'1 194 24 3 Florida State 20 Mike Adamle RB 14 5'9 193 26 5 Northwestern 21 Nemiah Wilson DB 7 6'0 165 32 11 Grambling 22 Johnny Musso RB 2 5'11 205 25 1 Alabama 24 Virgil Livers DB 14 5'8 176 23 R Western Kentucky 27 Bob Grim WR 14 6'0 200 30 9 Oregon State 30 Jimmy Gunn LB 4 6'1 218 26 6 Southern California 31 Bill Knox DB 14 5'9 193 24 2 Purdue 33 Ted Vactor DB 4 6'0 185 31 6 Nebraska 34 Walter Payton RB 13 5'11 200 22 R Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 13 5'11 194 22 R Louisiana Tech 36 Tom Donchez RB 14 6'2 216 23 R Penn State 37 Cid Edwards RB 8 6'2 230 32 8 Tennessee State 43 Earl Douthitt DB 9 6'2 188 23 R Iowa 43 George Farmer WR 2 6'4 214 27 6 UCLA 45 Craig Clemons DB 14 5'11 200 26 4 Iowa 46 Doug Plank DB 14 6'0 197 22 R Ohio State 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 182 24 3 UCLA 50 Waymond Bryant LB 13 6'3 230 23 2 Tennessee State 51 Dan Neal C 6 6'4 240 26 3 Kentucky 52 John Babinecz LB 14 6'1 222 25 3 Villanova 53 Dan Peiffer C 11 6'3 250 24 1 Southeast Missouri State 54 Larry Ely LB 12 6'1 230 27 3 Iowa 55 Doug Buffone LB 14 6'1 227 31 10 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 2 6'2 220 24 3 Texas Tech 58 Bob Pifferini LB 14 6'2 226 25 4 UCLA 59 Carl Gersbach LB 10 6'1 230 28 6 West Chester 60 Wally Chambers DE 14 6'6 255 24 3 Eastern Kentucky 63 Mark Nordquist OG 14 6'4 246 29 8 Pacific 65 Noah Jackson OG 14 6'2 263 24 1 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 12 6'3 254 26 4 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 14 6'2 260 22 R Illinois 71 Roger Stillwell DT 13 6'5 265 23 R Stanford 72 Gary Hrivnak DE 14 6'5 254 24 3 Purdue 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 14 6'3 250 22 R Penn State 74 Bob Asher OT 11 6'5 260 27 5 Vanderbilt 75 Jeff Sevy OT 14 6'5 250 24 1 California 76 Ron Rydalch DT 3 6'4 260 23 1 Utah 78 Bob Newton OG 6 6'4 260 26 5 Nebraska 79 Lionel Antoine OT 14 6'6 263 25 4 Southern Illinois 80 Bo Rather WR 14 6'1 180 25 3 Michigan 81 Gary Butler TE 8 6'3 235 24 2 Rice 84 Richard Harris DE 12 6'4 255 27 5 Grambling 85 Steve Schubert WR 12 5'10 185 24 2 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons TE 14 6'4 234 25 4 Penn State 88 Greg Latta TE 14 6'3 226 23 1 Morgan State 89 Mel Tom DE 6 6'4 242 34 9 San Jose State
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Gary Huff 205 114 55.6 1,083 5.28 9.5 3 1.5 9 4.4 16 168 57.0 Bob Avellini 126 67 53.2 942 7.48 14.1 6 4.8 11 8.7 13 144 57.0 Bobby Douglass 20 8 40.0 87 4.35 10.9 0 0.0 2 10.0 2 13 14.0 Mike Adamle 2 2 100.0 57 28.50 28.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 5 118.8 Bob Grim 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 Walter Payton 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 1 100.0 0 0 0.0
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Bo Rather 39 685 17.6 2 Walter Payton 33 213 6.5 0 Bob Grim 28 374 13.4 2 Roland Harper 27 191 7.1 0 Greg Latta 16 202 12.6 3 Mike Adamle 15 111 7.4 0 Bob Parsons 13 184 14.2 1 Cid Edwards 11 86 7.8 1 Steve Schubert 5 68 13.6 0 George Farmer 2 32 16.0 0 Noah Jackson 1 17 17.0 0 Jeff Sevy 1 6 6.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 196 679 3.5 7 Roland Harper 100 453 4.5 1 Mike Adamle 94 353 3.8 1 Cid Edwards 27 73 2.7 0 Bobby Douglass 5 34 6.8 1 Johnny Musso 6 33 5.5 0 Bo Rather 4 24 6.0 0 Gary Huff 5 7 1.4 0 Bob Avellini 4 -3 -0.8 1 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Virgil Livers 26 529 20.3 0 Walter Payton 14 444 31.7 0 Earl Douthitt 13 333 25.6 0 Steve Schubert 9 146 16.2 0 Roland Harper 4 67 16.8 0 Bill Knox 4 67 16.8 0 Mike Adamle 1 27 27.0 0 Ted Vactor 1 25 25.0 0 Bo Rather 1 6 6.0 0 Jim Osborne 1 0 0.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Virgil Livers 42 456 10.9 0 0 Steve Schubert 6 33 5.5 1 0 Doug Plank 3 23 7.7 1 0 Bill Knox 1 0 0.0 0 0 Ted Vactor 0 0 ? 1 0 |
1975 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 4 RB Walter Payton 190 Jackson State 2 31 DE Mike Hartenstine 184 Penn State 4 83 DB Virgil Livers 68 Western Kentucky 5 110 OG Revie Sorey 109 Illinois [pick acquired from NO] 6 135 QB Bob Avellini 73 Maryland 6 151 LB Tom Hicks 64 Illinois [pick acquired from LA via SD] 7 178 DB Earl Douthitt 9 Iowa [pick acquired from WAS via STL] 8 197 LB Joe Harris 83 Georgia Tech [pick acquired from NE] 9 212 DT Roger Stillwell 31 Stanford 10 254 OG Mike Julius St. Thomas (Mn.) [pick acquired from LA] 11 264 K Mike Dean Texas 12 291 DB Doug Plank 101 Ohio State 13 316 RB Charles McDaniel Louisiana Tech 14 343 RB Walter Hartfield S.W. Texas State 15 368 WR Steve Marcantonio Miami 16 395 WR Witt Beckman Miami 17 420 RB Roland Harper 89 Louisiana Tech
Traded draft picks: #3 to BAL (Dave Pear), #5 to WAS (Mike Thomas), #7 to BAL (Steve Joachim), #8 to BAL via DEN (Greg Denboer), #10 to MIA (Clyde Russell)
Transactions:
| 01-28-1975 | traded Los Angeles' #3 pick in the 1975 draft to Chargers for Cid Edwards |
| 01-28-1975 | traded the Jets' #7 pick in the 1975 draft and Chicago's #5 pick in the 1976 draft to Colts for the rights to Noah Jackson and Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 01-28-1975 | traded Jim Harrison to Chargers for Los Angeles' #6 pick in the 1975 draft |
| 01-28-1975 | traded Chicago's #3 and #7 picks in the 1975 draft to Colts for the rights to Greg Latta |
| 04-22-1975 | traded Cleveland's #9 pick in the 1976 draft and a conditional pick in the 1977 draft to Eagles for Mark Nordquist |
| 06-30-1975 | claimed Dennis Pennington on waivers from Redskins |
| 06-30-1975 | claimed Joe Montgomery on waivers from Redskins |
| 07-28-1975 | traded a #7 pick in the 1977 draft (or #6 pick if not owed to Eagles in the Mark Nordquist trade) to Chargers for John Carroll |
| 08-06-1975 | traded Fred Pagac to Jets for cash |
| 08-06-1975 | traded Joe Barnes to Jets for cash |
| 08-07-1975 | traded Chicago's #8 pick in the 1977 draft to Chargers for Greg Wojcik |
| 08-13-1975 | traded Baltimore's #7 pick in the 1976 draft to Saints for John Didion |
| 08-13-1975 | claimed Sergio Albert on waivers from Cardinals |
| 08-25-1975 | traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1976 draft and #4 pick in the 1977 draft to Steelers for Ron Shanklin |
| 09-02-1975 | traded Dave Gallagher to Giants for Bob Grim and the Giants' #3 pick in the 1977 draft |
| 09-04-1975 | traded Chicago's #10 pick in the 1976 draft to Redskins for Ted Vactor |
| 09-09-1975 | traded Carl Garrett to Jets for Mike Adamle and the Jets' #4 pick in the 1976 draft |
| 10-02-1975 | Chargers claimed Bobby Douglass on waivers |
| 10-16-1975 | Giants claimed Jimmy Gunn on waivers |
| 10-28-1975 | claimed Gary Butler on waivers from Chiefs |
1975 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/21/75 vs Baltimore Colts L 7-35 0-1-0 09/28/75 vs Philadelphia Eagles W 15-13 1-1-0 10/05/75 at Minnesota Vikings L 3-28 1-2-0 10/12/75 at Detroit Lions L 7-27 1-3-0 10/19/75 at Pittsburgh Steelers L 3-34 1-4-0 10/27/75 vs Minnesota Vikings L 9-13 1-5-0 11/02/75 vs Miami Dolphins L 13-46 1-6-0 11/09/75 vs Green Bay Packers W 27-14 2-6-0 11/16/75 at San Francisco 49ers L 3-31 2-7-0 11/23/75 at Los Angeles Rams L 10-38 2-8-0 11/30/75 at Green Bay Packers L 7-28 2-9-0 12/07/75 vs Detroit Lions W 25-21 3-9-0 12/14/75 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 20-34 3-10-0 12/21/75 at New Orleans Saints W 42-17 4-10-0