1981 Chicago Bears: 6-10-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 4-4-0 (123 points scored, 154 allowed) Road record: 2-6-0 (130 points scored, 170 allowed) Head Coach: Neil Armstrong 253 points scored (27th of 28 teams), 324 points allowed (14th) NFL Averages: 20.7 points/game (330.8 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: 222 489 2,462 (27) 4.70 14 23 608 2,171 (11) 3.6 13 4,633 (26) 40 Defense: 233 525 3,248 (14) 5.84 23 18 521 2,146 (20) 4.1 13 5,394 (19) 40
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 6 Hans Nielsen K 3 5'11 165 28 1 Michigan State 7 Bob Avellini QB 9 6'2 210 28 6 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 16 6'2 212 26 5 Southern California 9 John Roveto K 11 5'11 175 23 R Southwestern Louisiana 15 Mike Phipps QB 3 6'3 209 33 12 Purdue 16 Bob Thomas K 2 5'10 175 29 7 Notre Dame 20 Reuben Henderson DB 16 6'1 200 23 R San Diego State 21 Leslie Frazier DB 13 6'0 189 22 R Alcorn State 22 Dave Williams RB 8 6'2 217 27 5 Colorado 23 Len Walterscheid DB 6 5'11 190 27 5 Southern Utah 24 Jeff Fisher DB 16 5'11 188 23 R Southern California 25 Todd Bell DB 16 6'1 207 22 R Ohio State 26 Matt Suhey RB 15 5'11 212 23 2 Penn State 30 John Skibinski RB 11 6'0 222 26 4 Purdue 34 Walter Payton RB 16 5'11 202 28 7 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 15 6'0 210 28 6 Louisiana Tech 37 Willie McClendon RB 16 6'1 205 24 3 Georgia 43 Emery Moorehead WR 9 6'2 210 27 5 Colorado 44 Terry Schmidt DB 16 6'0 177 29 8 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 16 6'1 197 27 6 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 16 6'0 202 28 7 Ohio State 50 Mike Singletary LB 16 5'11 230 23 R Baylor 51 Bruce Herron LB 16 6'2 220 27 4 New Mexico 52 Dan Neal C 16 6'4 255 32 9 Kentucky 54 Brian Cabral LB 16 6'0 224 25 3 Colorado 55 Otis Wilson LB 15 6'2 222 24 2 Louisville 57 Lee Kunz LB 16 6'2 225 24 3 Nebraska 59 Gary Campbell LB 16 6'1 220 29 5 Colorado 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 16 6'4 270 27 6 Harvard 63 Jay Hilgenberg C 16 6'3 250 22 R Iowa 64 Ted Albrecht OT 16 6'4 250 27 5 California 65 Noah Jackson OG 16 6'2 265 30 7 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 16 6'2 245 32 10 Southern 69 Revie Sorey OG 16 6'2 260 28 7 Illinois 70 Dennis Lick OT 3 6'3 265 27 6 Wisconsin 72 Brad Shearer DT 6 6'3 247 26 3 Texas 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 16 6'3 243 28 7 Penn State 76 Steve McMichael DT 10 6'1 245 24 2 Texas 78 Keith Van Horne OT 14 6'6 265 23 R Southern California 79 Emanuel Zanders OG 12 6'1 248 30 8 Jackson State 80 Rickey Watts WR 12 6'1 203 24 3 Tulsa 81 Robin Earl TE 16 6'5 240 26 5 Washington 82 Alan Page DT 16 6'5 225 36 15 Notre Dame 83 Kris Haines WR 1 5'11 180 24 3 Notre Dame 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 16 6'0 184 27 6 Ohio State 85 Bob Fisher TE 6 6'3 240 23 2 Southern Methodist 86 Bob Parsons P 16 6'4 225 31 10 Penn State 87 Mike Cobb TE 16 6'5 243 25 5 Michigan State 88 Brooks Williams TE 5 6'4 226 26 4 North Carolina 88 Marcus Anderson WR 12 6'0 178 22 R Tulane 89 Ken Margerum WR 16 5'11 170 23 R Stanford 90 Al Harris DE 16 6'5 240 24 3 Arizona State 99 Dan Hampton DT 16 6'5 255 24 3 Arkansas
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Vince Evans 436 195 44.7 2,354 5.40 12.1 11 2.5 20 4.6 23 173 51.1 Bob Avellini 32 15 46.9 185 5.78 12.3 1 3.1 3 9.4 7 52 36.6 Mike Phipps 17 11 64.7 171 10.06 15.5 2 11.8 0 0.0 5 41 137.1 Walter Payton 2 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6 Brian Baschnagel 1 1 100.0 18 18.00 18.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 118.8 Bob Parsons 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 41 379 9.2 2 Ken Margerum 39 584 15.0 1 Brian Baschnagel 34 554 16.3 3 Matt Suhey 33 168 5.1 0 Rickey Watts 27 465 17.2 3 Dave Williams 18 126 7.0 2 Robin Earl 10 118 11.8 1 Marcus Anderson 9 243 27.0 2 Brooks Williams 3 32 10.7 0 Mike Cobb 2 20 10.0 0 Roland Harper 2 10 5.0 0 Willie McClendon 2 4 2.0 0 Al Harris 1 18 18.0 0 Emanuel Zanders 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 339 1,222 3.6 6 Matt Suhey 150 521 3.5 3 Vince Evans 43 218 5.1 3 Roland Harper 34 106 3.1 1 Willie McClendon 30 74 2.5 0 Dave Williams 2 19 9.5 0 Ken Margerum 1 11 11.0 0 Brian Baschnagel 1 10 10.0 0 Bob Avellini 5 2 0.4 0 Mike Phipps 1 0 0.0 0 Bob Parsons 1 -6 -6.0 0 Dan Neal 1 -6 -6.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Dave Williams 23 486 21.1 0 Emery Moorehead 23 476 20.7 0 Jeff Fisher 7 102 14.6 0 Leslie Frazier 6 77 12.8 0 Brian Baschnagel 2 34 17.0 0 Brooks Williams 1 35 35.0 0 Bob Fisher 1 9 9.0 0 Marcus Anderson 1 -5 -5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Jeff Fisher 43 509 11.8 20 1 Len Walterscheid 1 6 6.0 0 0 Doug Plank 1 3 3.0 1 0 Brian Baschnagel 0 0 ? 3 0 |
1981 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 11 OT Keith Van Horne 186 USC 2 38 LB Mike Singletary 179 Baylor [pick acquired from SF] 3 67 WR Ken Margerum 64 Stanford 4 95 DB Todd Bell 103 Ohio State 6 150 DB Reuben Henderson 46 San Diego State 7 177 DB Jeff Fisher 49 USC 8 205 DT Scott Zettek Notre Dame 9 232 OG Frank Ditta Baylor 10 260 QB Tim Clifford Indiana 11 287 RB Lonnie Johnson Indiana 12 316 LB Bob Shupryt New Mexico
Traded draft picks: #2 to SF (Eric Wright), #5 to SF (Arrington Jones)
Transactions:
| 03-1981 | signed Emery Moorehead from Broncos as a free agent |
| 04-28-1981 | traded Chicago's #2 and #5 picks in the 1981 draft to 49ers for San Francisco's #2 pick in the 1981 draft |
| 08-03-1981 | traded $100 cash to Cardinals for Jeff Lee |
| 08-10-1981 | traded a conditional #12 pick in the 1982 draft to Chargers for Billy Mullins |
| 08-17-1981 | traded future considerations to Chargers for Stacy Charles |
| 10-08-1981 | traded Allan Ellis to Chargers for San Diego's #5 pick in the 1982 draft |
1981 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/06/81 vs Green Bay Packers L 9-16 0-1-0 09/13/81 at San Francisco 49ers L 17-28 0-2-0 09/20/81 vs Tampa Bay Buccaneers W 28-17 1-2-0 09/28/81 vs Los Angeles Rams L 7-24 1-3-0 10/04/81 at Minnesota Vikings L 21-24 1-4-0 10/11/81 vs Washington Redskins L 7-24 1-5-0 10/19/81 at Detroit Lions L 17-48 1-6-0 10/25/81 vs San Diego Chargers W 20-17 (OT) 2-6-0 11/01/81 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 10-20 2-7-0 11/08/81 at Kansas City Chiefs W 16-13 (OT) 3-7-0 11/15/81 at Green Bay Packers L 17-21 3-8-0 11/22/81 vs Detroit Lions L 7-23 3-9-0 11/26/81 at Dallas Cowboys L 9-10 3-10-0 12/06/81 vs Minnesota Vikings W 10-9 4-10-0 12/13/81 at Oakland Raiders W 23-6 5-10-0 12/20/81 vs Denver Broncos W 35-24 6-10-0