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