1967 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • Central Division • 7-6-1 .538 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Cody | Backfield |
| Babe Dimancheff | Receivers |
| Jim Dooley | Defense |
| Abe Gibron | Offensive Line |
| Phil Handler | Defensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Wed | 8/9/1967 | A | Washington Redskins | 14-37 | L | Washington, DC | D.C. Stadium | 47565 | |
| Fri | 8/18/1967 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-18 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47126 | |
| Wed | 8/23/1967 | A | Kansas City Chiefs | 24-66 | L | Kansas City, MO | Municipal Stadium | 33041 | |
| Fri | 9/1/1967 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 42-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 41079 | |
| Sat | 9/9/1967 | N | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-0 | W | Memphis, TN | Liberty Bowl | 22908 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1967 | A | Pittsburgh Steelers | 13-41 | L | Pittsburgh, PA | Pitt Stadium | 53365 | |
| Sun | 9/24/1967 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-13 | L | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1967 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 17-7 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 44868 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1967 | H | Baltimore Colts | 3-24 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47190 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1967 | H | Detroit Lions | 14-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46024 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1967 | A | Cleveland Browns | 0-24 | L | Cleveland, OH | Cleveland Stadium | 83183 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1967 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 17-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46073 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1967 | A | Detroit Lions | 27-13 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 55606 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1967 | H | New York Giants | 34-7 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46223 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1967 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 30-3 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47147 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1967 | H | Green Bay Packers | 13-17 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47513 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1967 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 28-14 | W | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 25613 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1967 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 10-10 | T | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 40110 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1967 | A | Atlanta Falcons | 23-14 | W | Atlanta, GA | Atlanta-Fulton County Stadium | 54107 | |
Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.
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| ROSTER | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | No | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| Duane Allen | 85 | TE | 6-4 | 221 | 30 | Mount San Antonio JC; Santa Ana JC | 5 | 1 |
| Marty Amsler | 81 | RDE | 6-5 | 257 | 25 | Indiana; Evansville | 14 | 14 |
| Charlie Brown | 22 | S | 6-1 | 194 | 25 | Syracuse | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 23 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 37 | Iowa; Southern California | 3 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 27 | Baylor | 12 | 10 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 27 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 10 | 9 |
| Jack Concannon | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 24 | Boston College | 13 | 12 |
| Frank Cornish | 73 | LDT | 6-6 | 285 | 23 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Don Croftcheck | 61 | ROG-ROT | 6-1 | 230 | 25 | Indiana | 9 | 2 |
| Austin Denney | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 23 | Tennessee | 7 | 7 |
| Al Dodd | 23 | CB | 6-0 | 182 | 22 | Northwestern State (Louisiana) | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | RDT | 6-2 | 238 | 26 | Tennessee | 12 | 12 |
| Curt Gentry | 46 | RCB | 6-0 | 185 | 30 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | SE | 5-11 | 190 | 23 | Michigan State | 14 | 14 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 31 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Jackson | 65 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 23 | Florida | 14 | 10 |
| Dan James | 74 | LOT | 6-4 | 262 | 30 | Ohio State | 2 | 0 |
| John Johnson | 76 | RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 26 | Indiana | 14 | 2 |
| Bob Jones | 43 | FL | 6-1 | 194 | 22 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 14 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 80 | SE | 6-2 | 189 | 26 | Trinidad State JC; Wisconsin | 14 | 0 |
| Doug Kriewald | 60 | OG | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | West Texas A&M | 2 | 0 |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 59 | LB | 6-2 | 217 | 24 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 24 | Wisconsin | 14 | 4 |
| Andy Livingston | 48 | RB | 6-0 | 234 | 23 | Phoenix JC | 12 | 0 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 28 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Frank McRae | 74 | DE | 6-6 | 270 | 23 | Tennessee State | 6 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 47 | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 32 | UC Santa Barbara | 14 | 14 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 27 | Illinois | 14 | 9 |
| Mac Percival | 83 | K | 6-4 | 219 | 27 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 29 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Loyd Phillips | 86 | LDE | 6-3 | 240 | 22 | Arkansas | 7 | 5 |
| Brian Piccolo | 41 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 24 | Wake Forest | 14 | 1 |
| Bob Pickens | 70 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 258 | 24 | Wisconsin; Nebraska | 12 | 5 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 26 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 28 | Yale | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Rabold | 64 | LOG | 6-2 | 239 | 29 | Indiana | 11 | 7 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 25 | Georgia | 5 | 2 |
| Mike Reilly | 62 | LB | 6-2 | 230 | 25 | Iowa | 14 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 24 | Kansas | 13 | 13 |
| George Seals | 67 | LOG-ROG-LOT | 6-3 | 260 | 25 | Missouri | 14 | 13 |
| Terry Stoepel | 89 | TE | 6-4 | 235 | 22 | Tulsa | 6 | 6 |
| Joe Taylor | 20 | CB | 6-2 | 189 | 28 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 24 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 30 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 30 | Notre Dame | 12 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 6 | Rhome Nixon | E | Southern University |
| 1 | 10 | Loyd Phillips | DE | Arkansas |
| 2 | 36 | Bob Jones | DB | San Diego State |
| 3 | 63 | Garry Lyle | HB | George Washington |
| 4 | 90 | Al Dodd | DB | Northwestern State (Louisiana) |
| 4 | 95 | Tom Greenlee | DB | Washington |
| 5 | 119 | Bruce Alford | K | Texas Christian |
| 6 | 142 | Virgil Carter | QB | Brigham Young |
| 6 | 143 | Doug Kriewald | G | West Texas A&M |
| 7 | 169 | John Truitt | E | Indiana State |
| 8 | 195 | Roger Murphy | E | Northwestern |
| 8 | 200 | Jerry Griffin | LB | Southern Methodist |
| 9 | 221 | Greg Cass | C | Washington |
| 11 | 273 | Earl Mayo | HB | Morgan State |
| 12 | 299 | Bruce Green | E | Midland Lutheran |
| 13 | 326 | Kaye Carstens | DB | Nebraska |
| 14 | 351 | Lynn Nesbitt | G | Wake Forest |
| 15 | 377 | Terry Oakes | DE | San Francisco State |
| 16 | 403 | Bill Rogers | DB | Weber State |
| 17 | 429 | Jack Myers | LB | Western State (Colorado) |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 81 | 56 | 34 | 239 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 48 | 54 | 75 | 218 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 175 | 98 | 62 | 15 | / % | / % | 98 | 953 | |
| Opponents Totals | 215 | 91 | 98 | 26 | / % | / % | 82 | 782 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Mac Percival | 0 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 65 |
| Dick Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Jack Concannon | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Bennie McRae | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Larry Rakestraw | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Bob Jones | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 29 | 26 | 29 | 89.7 | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 0 | 239 |
| Opponents Totals | 27 | 26 | 27 | 96.3 | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 0 | 218 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 3 | 48 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 2/8 | 4/7 | 0/0 |
| Team Totals | 13 | 26 | 50.0 | 3 | 48 | 6/9 | 1/2 | 2/8 | 4/7 | 0/0 |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 26 | 38.5 | 1/ | 3/ | 3/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 186 | 880 | 4.7 | 70 | 7 |
| Brian Piccolo | 87 | 317 | 3.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 67 | 279 | 4.2 | 31 | 3 |
| Ronnie Bull | 61 | 176 | 2.9 | 11 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 37 | 112 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 11 | 42 | 3.8 | 20 | 2 |
| Andy Livingston | 28 | 41 | 1.5 | 6 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 4 | 19 | 4.8 | 24 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 3 | -7 | -2.3 | 9 | 0 |
| Rudy Bukich | 4 | -13 | -3.3 | 2 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 489 | 1852 | 3.8 | 70 | 12 |
| Opponents Totals | 419 | 1531 | 3.7 | 11 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Concannon | 186 | 92 | 49.5 | 80 | 1260 | 6.8 | 13.7 | 93t | 6 | 3.2 | 14 | 7.5 | 19 | 168 | 1092 | 50.9 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 44 | 21 | 47.7 | 21 | 228 | 5.2 | 10.9 | 34 | 3 | 6.8 | 2 | 4.5 | 2 | 15 | 213 | 67.2 |
| Rudy Bukich | 33 | 18 | 54.5 | 13 | 185 | 5.6 | 10.3 | 30 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 6.1 | 5 | 42 | 143 | 45.6 |
| Gale Sayers | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | -7 | |||||||
| Team Totals | 268 | 131 | 48.9 | 119 | 1673 | 6.2 | 12.8 | 93t | 9 | 3.4 | 18 | 6.7 | 27 | 232 | 1441 | 52.0 |
| Opponents Totals | 384 | 164 | 42.7 | 192 | 2146 | 5.6 | 13.1 | 14 | 3.6 | 28 | 7.3 | 30 | 271 | 1875 | 42.7 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gordon | 31 | 534 | 17.2 | 93t | 5 |
| Johnny Morris | 20 | 231 | 11.6 | 31 | 1 |
| Ronnie Bull | 18 | 250 | 13.9 | 63 | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 16 | 126 | 7.9 | 32t | 1 |
| Brian Piccolo | 13 | 103 | 7.9 | 25 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 12 | 113 | 9.4 | 19 | 0 |
| Jimmy Jones | 7 | 138 | 19.7 | 34 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 38 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 5 | 30 | 6.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Bob Jones | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 51t | 1 |
| Terry Stoepel | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 131 | 1673 | 12.8 | 93t | 9 |
| Opponents Totals | 164 | 2146 | 13.1 | 14 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie McRae | 5 | 94 | 18.8 | 34t | 2 |
| Richie Petitbon | 5 | 73 | 14.6 | 35 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 5 | 19 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 |
| Curt Gentry | 4 | 25 | 6.3 | 17 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 3 | 39 | 13.0 | 22 | 0 |
| Frank Cornish | 2 | 10 | 5.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 24 | 24.0 | 24 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Marty Amsler | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 28 | 334 | 11.9 | 35 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 18 | 246 | 13.7 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Joe Green | 79 | 3392 | 42.9 | 68 | 0 | 168 | ||||
| Team Totals | 79 | 3392 | 42.9 | 68 | 0 | 168 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 77 | 3183 | 41.3 | 194 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gordon | 12 | 12 | 82 | 6.8 | 43 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 4 | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 15 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 3 | 8 | 80 | 26.7 | 58t | 1 |
| Al Dodd | 3 | 4 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 22 | 28 | 194 | 8.8 | 58t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 41 | 19 | 168 | 4.1 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 16 | 603 | 37.7 | 103t | 3 | |
| Dick Gordon | 16 | 397 | 24.8 | 32 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 5 | 81 | 16.2 | 25 | 0 | |
| Al Dodd | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 24 | 0 | |
| Charlie Brown | 2 | 34 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | |
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | |
| Randy Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Doug Kriewald | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Terry Stoepel | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 47 | 1157 | 24.6 | 103t | 3 | |
| Opponents Totals | 52 | 1064 | 20.5 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marty Amsler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Brown | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Rudy Bukich | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ronnie Bull | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cadile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Cornish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Al Dodd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Livingston | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyd Phillips | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Larry Rakestraw | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 1 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 41 | 2 |
| Opponents Totals | 23 | 16 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 1 |
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