1982 Chicago Bears: 3-6-0
Previous Season Next SeasonHome record: 2-2-0 (53 points scored, 50 allowed) Road record: 1-4-0 (88 points scored, 124 allowed) Head Coach: Mike Ditka 141 points scored (22nd of 28 teams), 174 points allowed (13th) NFL Averages: 20.2 points/game (181.4 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: 141 262 1,505 (23) 5.10 10 11 276 988 (18) 3.6 5 2,493 (26) 19 Defense: 164 294 1,949 (21) 6.02 14 13 261 902 ( 5) 3.5 4 2,851 (16) 20
Team roster (starters in bold): # Player Pos GP Hgt Wgt Age Exp College 4 John Roveto K 7 6'0 180 24 2 Southwestern Louisiana 7 Bob Avellini QB 2 6'2 210 29 7 Maryland 8 Vince Evans QB 4 6'2 212 27 6 Southern California 9 Jim McMahon QB 8 6'0 187 23 R Brigham Young 16 Bob Thomas K 2 5'10 175 30 8 Notre Dame 20 Reuben Henderson DB 4 6'1 200 24 2 San Diego State 21 Leslie Frazier DB 9 6'0 189 23 2 Alcorn State 23 Len Walterscheid DB 9 5'11 190 28 6 Southern Utah 24 Jeff Fisher DB 9 5'11 188 24 2 Southern California 25 Todd Bell DB 9 6'1 207 23 2 Ohio State 26 Matt Suhey RB 9 5'11 217 24 3 Penn State 29 Dennis Gentry RB 9 5'8 173 23 R Baylor 33 Calvin Thomas RB 6 5'11 220 22 R Illinois 34 Walter Payton RB 9 5'11 202 29 8 Jackson State 35 Roland Harper RB 8 6'0 210 29 7 Louisiana Tech 37 Willie McClendon RB 9 6'1 205 25 4 Georgia 43 Walt Williams DB 4 6'0 185 28 6 New Mexico State 44 Terry Schmidt DB 9 6'0 177 30 9 Ball State 45 Gary Fencik DB 9 6'1 197 28 7 Yale 46 Doug Plank DB 1 6'0 202 29 8 Ohio State 50 Mike Singletary LB 9 5'11 230 24 2 Baylor 51 Bruce Herron LB 9 6'2 220 28 5 New Mexico 52 Dan Neal C 9 6'4 255 33 10 Kentucky 53 Dan Rains LB 2 6'1 222 26 1 Cincinnati 54 Brian Cabral LB 8 6'0 224 26 4 Colorado 55 Otis Wilson LB 9 6'2 222 25 3 Louisville 57 Al Chesley LB 4 6'3 240 25 4 Pittsburgh 57 Bruce Huther LB 4 6'1 220 28 6 New Hampshire 58 Jerry Muckensturm LB 6 6'4 220 29 6 Arkansas State 59 Gary Campbell LB 9 6'1 220 30 6 Colorado 62 Dan Jiggetts OT 9 6'4 270 28 7 Harvard 63 Jay Hilgenberg C 9 6'3 250 23 2 Iowa 65 Noah Jackson OG 9 6'2 265 31 8 Tampa 68 Jim Osborne DT 9 6'3 245 33 11 Southern 71 Perry Hartnett OG 9 6'5 275 22 R Southern Methodist 72 Jerry Doerger OT 2 6'5 270 22 R Wisconsin 73 Mike Hartenstine DE 9 6'3 243 29 8 Penn State 73 Phil McKinnely OT 8 6'4 250 28 7 UCLA 74 Jeff Williams OG 5 6'4 260 27 6 Rhode Island 75 Henry Waechter DE 9 6'5 270 23 R Nebraska 76 Steve McMichael DT 9 6'2 245 25 3 Texas 78 Keith Van Horne OT 9 6'6 265 24 2 Southern California 79 Kurt Becker OG 5 6'5 251 23 R Michigan 80 Rickey Watts WR 9 6'1 203 25 4 Tulsa 81 Robin Earl TE 9 6'5 240 27 6 Washington 82 Ken Margerum WR 9 6'0 170 24 2 Stanford 84 Brian Baschnagel WR 9 6'0 184 28 7 Ohio State 86 Bob Parsons P 9 6'4 225 32 11 Penn State 87 Emery Moorehead TE 9 6'2 220 28 6 Colorado 88 Brooks Williams TE 5 6'4 226 27 5 North Carolina 89 James Scott WR 5 6'1 190 30 6 Trinity Valley C.C. 90 Al Harris DE 8 6'5 250 25 4 Arizona State 99 Dan Hampton DT 9 6'5 255 25 4 Arkansas
Per Per Passing Att Cmp Pct Yards Att Cmp TD TD% Int Int% Sack Loss Rating Jim McMahon 210 120 57.1 1,501 7.15 12.5 9 4.3 7 3.3 27 196 79.9 Vince Evans 28 12 42.9 125 4.46 10.4 0 0.0 4 14.3 2 17 16.8 Bob Avellini 20 8 40.0 84 4.20 10.5 0 0.0 0 0.0 4 31 52.9 Walter Payton 3 1 33.3 39 13.00 39.0 1 33.3 0 0.0 0 0 121.5 Brian Baschnagel 1 0 0.0 0 0.00 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6
Receiving Rec Yards Avg TD Matt Suhey 36 333 9.2 0 Walter Payton 32 311 9.7 0 Emery Moorehead 30 363 12.1 5 Ken Margerum 14 207 14.8 3 Brian Baschnagel 12 194 16.2 2 Rickey Watts 8 217 27.1 0 Robin Earl 4 56 14.0 0 James Scott 2 44 22.0 0 Dennis Gentry 1 9 9.0 0 Roland Harper 1 8 8.0 0 Willie McClendon 1 7 7.0 0 | Rushing Att Yards Avg TD Walter Payton 148 596 4.0 1 Matt Suhey 70 206 2.9 3 Jim McMahon 24 105 4.4 1 Willie McClendon 17 47 2.8 0 Dennis Gentry 4 21 5.2 0 Roland Harper 3 7 2.3 0 Calvin Thomas 5 4 0.8 0 Emery Moorehead 2 3 1.5 0 Vince Evans 2 0 0.0 0 Rickey Watts 1 -1 -1.0 0 |
Kickoff Returns Att Yards Avg TD Rickey Watts 14 330 23.6 0 Dennis Gentry 9 161 17.9 0 Jeff Fisher 7 102 14.6 0 Roland Harper 2 10 5.0 0 Todd Bell 1 14 14.0 0 Jerry Muckensturm 1 5 5.0 0 | Punt Returns Att Yards Avg FC TD Dennis Gentry 17 89 5.2 5 0 Jeff Fisher 7 53 7.6 6 0 |
1982 Draft: NFL Rnd Ovr Pos Player Games College 1 5 QB Jim McMahon 119 Brigham Young 3 62 TE Tim Wrightman 32 UCLA 4 89 RB Dennis Gentry 159 Baylor 5 116 OT Perry Hartnett 12 SMU 5 134 DB Dennis Tabron Duke [pick acquired from SD] 6 146 OG Kurt Becker 94 Michigan 7 173 DT Henry Waechter 53 Nebraska 8 200 OT Jerry Doerger 10 Wisconsin 9 230 DB Mike Hatchett Texas 10 257 DB Joe Turner USC 11 283 LB Guy Boliaux Wisconsin 12 313 LB Ricky Young Oklahoma State
Traded draft picks: #2 to TB (Booker Reese)
Transactions:
| 01-1982 | Alan Page retired |
| 04-26-1982 | traded past considerations to Chargers for San Diego's #5 pick in the 1982 draft |
| 04-27-1982 | traded Chicago's #2 pick in the 1982 draft to Buccaneers for Tampa's #1 pick in the 1983 draft |
| 04-28-1982 | traded Chicago's #5 pick in the 1983 draft to Patriots for Rod Shoate |
| 05-25-1982 | traded an undisclosed draft pick to Patriots for John Lee |
| 08-05-1982 | traded Chicago's #7 pick in the 1983 draft to Browns for Bruce Huther |
| 08-22-1982 | traded Chicago's #6 pick in the 1983 draft to Browns for Gerry Sullivan |
| 08-26-1982 | Gerry Sullivan retired |
| 08-31-1982 | traded Chicago's #12 pick in the 1983 draft and #5 pick in the 1984 draft to Chargers for Jeff Williams |
1982 Regular Season Game Log: Click on the date to view the game summary. Date Opponent Result Record 09/12/82 at Detroit Lions L 10-17 0-1-0 09/19/82 vs New Orleans Saints L 0-10 0-2-0 11/21/82 vs Detroit Lions W 20-17 1-2-0 11/28/82 at Minnesota Vikings L 7-35 1-3-0 12/05/82 vs New England Patriots W 26-13 2-3-0 12/12/82 at Seattle Seahawks L 14-20 2-4-0 12/19/82 vs St. Louis Cardinals L 7-10 2-5-0 12/26/82 at Los Angeles Rams W 34-26 3-5-0 01/02/83 at Tampa Bay Buccaneers L 23-26 (OT) 3-6-0