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1976 Chicago Bears: 7-7-0
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Home record: 4-3-0 (122 points scored, 102 allowed) Road record: 3-4-0 (131 points scored, 114 allowed) Head Coach: Jack Pardee 253 points scored (17th of 28 teams), 216 points allowed (8th) NFL Averages: 19.2 points/game (268.1 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: 123 278 1,480 (27) 4.90 9 15 578 2,363 ( 6) 4.1 20 3,843 (20) 28 Defense: 200 401 2,217 (18) 4.93 15 24 522 1,984 (13) 3.8 10 4,201 (17) 47


Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 7 Bob Avellini QB 14 6'2 211 23 2 Maryland 11 Virgil Carter QB 8 6'1 190 30 7 Brigham Young 16 Bob Thomas K 14 5'10 177 24 2 Notre Dame 19 Gary Huff QB 8 6'1 199 25 4 Florida State 20 Mike Adamle RB 14 5'9 198 27 6 Northwestern 22 Johnny Musso RB 14 5'11 201 26 2 Alabama 24 Virgil Livers DB 14 5'9 176 24 2 Western Kentucky 25 Ron Shanklin WR 5 6'1 187 28 6 North Texas State 31 Ross Brupbacher LB 14 6'3 220 28 4 Texas A&M 31 Bill Knox DB 14 5'9 190 25 3 Purdue 34 Walter Payton RB 14 5'11 203 23 2 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 14 6'0 215 23 2 Louisiana Tech 36 Larry Schreiber RB 14 6'0 205 29 6 Tennessee Tech 43 Craig Clemons DB 14 5'11 195 27 5 Iowa 44 Terry Schmidt DB 9 6'0 175 24 3 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 13 6'1 190 22 R Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 14 6'0 198 23 2 Ohio State 48 Allan Ellis DB 14 5'10 180 25 4 UCLA 50 Waymond Bryant LB 14 6'3 239 24 3 Tennessee State 51 Dan Neal C 14 6'4 257 27 4 Kentucky 53 Dan Peiffer C 4 6'3 254 25 2 Southeast Missouri State 54 Tom Hicks LB 14 6'4 235 23 1 Illinois 55 Doug Buffone LB 2 6'1 229 32 11 Louisville 57 Don Rives LB 14 6'2 225 25 4 Texas Tech 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 13 6'4 226 23 R Arkansas State 60 Wally Chambers DE 14 6'6 250 25 4 Eastern Kentucky 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 14 6'4 274 22 R Harvard 63 Mark Nordquist OG 1 6'4 246 30 9 Pacific 65 Noah Jackson OG 12 6'2 265 25 2 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 14 6'3 248 27 5 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 14 6'2 270 23 2 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 14 6'3 271 22 R Wisconsin 71 Roger Stillwell DE 13 6'5 254 24 2 Stanford 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 14 6'3 256 23 2 Penn State 74 Jerry Meyers DE 12 6'4 245 22 R Northern Illinois 75 Jeff Sevy OT 14 6'5 260 25 2 California 76 Ron Rydalch DT 13 6'4 262 24 2 Utah 78 John Ward OG 10 6'4 269 28 6 Oklahoma State 79 Lionel Antoine OT 13 6'6 268 26 5 Southern Illinois 80 Bo Rather WR 9 6'1 188 26 4 Michigan 82 Royce Berry DE 12 6'3 239 30 7 Houston 83 Randy Burks WR 1 6'2 170 23 R Oklahoma State 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 14 6'0 195 22 R Ohio State 85 Steve Schubert WR 14 5'10 187 25 3 Massachusetts 86 Bob Parsons P 14 6'4 241 26 5 Penn State 88 Greg Latta TE 14 6'3 228 24 2 Morgan State 89 James Scott WR 11 6'1 185 24 1 Trinity Valley C.C.
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Bob Avellini 271 118 43.5 1,580 5.83 13.4 8 3.0 15 5.5 24 225 49.4 Virgil Carter 5 3 60.0 77 15.40 25.7 1 20.0 0 0.0 0 0 143.8 Bob Parsons 2 2 100.0 48 24.00 24.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8
Receiving             Rec  Yards    Avg   TD
Roland Harper          29    291   10.0    1
James Scott            26    512   19.7    6
Greg Latta             18    254   14.1    0
Walter Payton          15    149    9.9    0
Brian Baschnagel       13    226   17.4    0
Bo Rather               5     33    6.6    0
Steve Schubert          4     74   18.5    0
Mike Adamle             4     28    7.0    1
Johnny Musso            4     26    6.5    0
Ron Shanklin            2     32   16.0    0
Randy Burks             1     55   55.0    1
Larry Schreiber         1     16   16.0    0
Bob Parsons             1      9    9.0    0
Rushing               Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Walter Payton         311  1,390    4.5   13
Roland Harper         147    625    4.3    2
Johnny Musso           57    200    3.5    4
Mike Adamle            33     93    2.8    0
Bob Avellini           18     58    3.2    1
Larry Schreiber         4     15    3.8    0
Bo Rather               1      4    4.0    0
Bob Parsons             1      2    2.0    0
Virgil Carter           1      0    0.0    0
James Scott             2     -4   -2.0    0
Greg Latta              2     -8   -4.0    0
Brian Baschnagel        1    -12  -12.0    0
Kickoff Returns       Att  Yards    Avg   TD
Brian Baschnagel       29    754   26.0    0
Mike Adamle            11    179   16.3    0
Roland Harper           6    119   19.8    0
Johnny Musso            2     18    9.0    0
Virgil Livers           1     14   14.0    0
Steve Schubert          1      3    3.0    0
Walter Payton           1      0    0.0    0
Punt Returns          Att  Yards    Avg   FC   TD
Virgil Livers          28    205    7.3    0    0
Steve Schubert         11     60    5.5    5    0
Brian Baschnagel        2      2    1.0    1    0
Mike Adamle             1      2    2.0    0    0
Bill Knox               1      0    0.0    0    0
Punting Punts Yards Avg TB In20 Blk Ret Yards Net Bob Parsons 99 3,726 37.6 8 20 1 44 346 32.2 Kicking 0-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Total PAT Pts Bob Thomas 0/0 3/3 4/6 5/11 0/5 12/25 27/30 63 Defense Sacks Ints Yards TD Royce Berry 0.5 Ross Brupbacher 1.5 7 49 0 Waymond Bryant 3.0 2 6 0 Wally Chambers 8.0 1 8 0 Craig Clemons 1 28 0 Allan Ellis 6 47 1 Mike Hartenstine 3.0 0 12 1 Virgil Livers 3 34 0 Jerry Meyers 2.5 Jim Osborne 15.0 Doug Plank 4 31 0 Don Rives 3.0 Ron Rydalch 7.0 Roger Stillwell 5.5
1976 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 8 OT Dennis Lick 79 Wisconsin [pick acquired from GB via LA, DET] 3 66 WR Brian Baschnagel 129 Ohio State [pick acquired from NE] 4 103 DB John Sciarra 76 UCLA 4 108 DB Wayne Rhodes Alabama [pick acquired from DET via MIA] 6 161 OT Dan Jiggetts 98 Harvard [pick acquired from CLE] 7 190 LB Jerry Muckensturm 81 Arkansas State 11 299 WR Norm Andersen UCLA 12 330 RB John O'Leary Nebraska 13 357 RB Dale Kasowski North Dakota 14 384 RB Ron Cuie Oregon State 15 411 DT Jerry Meyers 49 Northern Illinois 16 442 TE Ronald Parker Texas Christian 17 469 LB Mike Malham Arkansas State

Traded draft picks: #1 to DET (James Hunter), #2 to PIT (Ray Pinney), #3 to DET (Russ Bolinger), #5 to BAL via MIA (Sanders Shiver), #8 to OAK via SD (Jerome Dove), #9 to PHI (Mike Hogan), #10 to WAS (Paul Strohmeier)


Transactions:
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Bubba Broussard in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Earl Douthitt in expansion draft
03-30-1976Buccaneers selected Larry Ely in expansion draft
04-08-1976traded Chicago's #1 and #3 picks in the 1976 draft to Lions for Green Bay's #1 pick in the 1976 draft
05-12-1976traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to Bengals for Royce Berry, Brad Cousino and the rights to Tom Klaban
05-27-1976traded a conditional draft pick to Steelers for Wayne Mattingly
08-03-1976placed Craig Clemons on injured reserve
08-03-1976placed Roger Stillwell on injured reserve
09-04-1976traded Houston's #5 pick in the 1978 draft to 49ers for Larry Schreiber
09-15-1976placed Gary Hrivnak on injured reserve


1976 Regular Season Game Log:   Click on the date to view the game summary.

Date        Opponent                   Result        Record
09/12/76    vs Detroit Lions           W 10-3        1-0-0
09/19/76    at San Francisco 49ers     W 19-12       2-0-0
09/26/76    vs Atlanta Falcons         L 0-10        2-1-0
10/03/76    vs Washington Redskins     W 33-7        3-1-0
10/10/76    at Minnesota Vikings       L 19-20       3-2-0
10/17/76    at Los Angeles Rams        L 12-20       3-3-0
10/24/76    at Dallas Cowboys          L 21-31       3-4-0
10/31/76    vs Minnesota Vikings       W 14-13       4-4-0
11/07/76    vs Oakland Raiders         L 27-28       4-5-0
11/14/76    vs Green Bay Packers       W 24-13       5-5-0
11/21/76    at Detroit Lions           L 10-14       5-6-0
11/28/76    at Green Bay Packers       W 16-10       6-6-0
12/05/76    at Seattle Seahawks        W 34-7        7-6-0
12/12/76    vs Denver Broncos          L 14-28       7-7-0

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