1968 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 2nd place • Western Conference • Central Division • 7-7-0 .500 |
| Head Coach: Jim Dooley |
| Chuck Cherundolo | Assistant Coach |
| Ed Cody | Backfield |
| Babe Dimancheff | Assistant Coach |
| Joe Fortunato | Defense |
| Abe Gibron | Offensive Line |
| Phil Handler | Defensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Assistant Coach |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/3/1968 | N | Dallas Cowboys | 30-24 | W | Canton, OH | Fawcett Stadium | 14578 | |
| Sat | 8/10/1968 | N | Baltimore Colts | 0-10 | L | Birmingham, AL | Legion Field | 31197 | |
| Mon | 8/19/1968 | A | Green Bay Packers | 10-7 | W | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 47127 | |
| Sat | 8/24/1968 | N | Washington Redskins | 45-13 | W | Raleigh, NC | Carter-Finley Stadium | 26800 | |
| Fri | 9/6/1968 | H | St. Louis Cardinals | 19-17 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 59681 | |
| Sun | 9/15/1968 | H | Washington Redskins | 28-38 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 41321 | |
| Sun | 9/22/1968 | A | Detroit Lions | 0-42 | L | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 50688 | |
| Sun | 9/29/1968 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 27-17 | W | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 47644 | |
| Sun | 10/6/1968 | A | Baltimore Colts | 7-28 | L | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 60228 | |
| Sun | 10/13/1968 | H | Detroit Lions | 10-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46996 | |
| Sun | 10/20/1968 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 29-16 | W | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60858 | |
| Sun | 10/27/1968 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 26-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45562 | |
| Sun | 11/3/1968 | A | Green Bay Packers | 13-10 | W | Green Bay, WI | Lambeau Field | 50861 | |
| Sun | 11/10/1968 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 27-19 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46978 | |
| Sun | 11/17/1968 | H | Atlanta Falcons | 13-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 44214 | |
| Sun | 11/24/1968 | H | Dallas Cowboys | 3-34 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46667 | |
| Sun | 12/1/1968 | A | New Orleans Saints | 23-17 | W | New Orleans, LA | Tulane Stadium | 78285 | |
| Sun | 12/8/1968 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 17-16 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 66369 | |
| Sun | 12/15/1968 | H | Green Bay Packers | 27-28 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 46435 | |
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 |
| Doug Buffone | 55 | LLB | 6-3 | 230 | 24 | Louisville | 14 | 14 |
| Rudy Bukich | 10 | QB | 6-1 | 202 | 38 | Iowa; Southern California | 2 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 29 | FB | 6-0 | 200 | 28 | Baylor | 13 | 10 |
| Dick Butkus | 51 | MLB | 6-3 | 244 | 26 | Illinois | 13 | 13 |
| Jim Cadile | 72 | ROG | 6-3 | 239 | 28 | San Jose CC; San Jose State | 14 | 14 |
| Virgil Carter | 15 | QB | 6-1 | 185 | 23 | Brigham Young | 7 | 5 |
| Clarence Childs | 23 | DB | 6-0 | 180 | 30 | Florida A&M | 4 | 0 |
| Jack Concannon | 11 | QB | 6-3 | 203 | 25 | Boston College | 7 | 7 |
| Frank Cornish | 73 | LDT | 6-6 | 285 | 24 | Grambling State | 13 | 7 |
| Austin Denney | 84 | TE | 6-2 | 230 | 24 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| Dick Evey | 79 | RDT-RDE | 6-2 | 238 | 27 | Tennessee | 14 | 13 |
| Curt Gentry | 46 | LCB | 6-0 | 185 | 31 | Maryland-Eastern Shore | 11 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 45 | SE | 5-11 | 190 | 24 | Michigan State | 14 | 13 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 88 | P | 5-11 | 175 | 32 | Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida | 7 | 0 |
| Major Hazelton | 49 | RS | 6-1 | 185 | 24 | Florida A&M | 14 | 0 |
| Willie Holman | 85 | RDE | 6-4 | 250 | 23 | South Carolina State | 14 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 33 | TE-FB | 6-3 | 220 | 23 | Glendale CC; Southern California | 14 | 0 |
| Randy Jackson | 65 | LOT | 6-5 | 246 | 24 | Florida | 14 | 14 |
| John Johnson | 76 | LDT-RDT | 6-5 | 260 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 9 |
| Bob Jones | 43 | FL | 6-1 | 194 | 23 | Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State | 1 | 0 |
| Jon Kilgore | 80 | P | 6-1 | 203 | 25 | Auburn | 7 | 0 |
| Doug Kriewald | 60 | LOG-LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 23 | West Texas A&M | 13 | 1 |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 59 | LLB-MLB | 6-2 | 217 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 32 | FB | 6-2 | 210 | 25 | Wisconsin | 14 | 4 |
| Andy Livingston | 48 | FB | 6-0 | 234 | 24 | Phoenix JC | 4 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 44 | SE-HB | 6-2 | 197 | 23 | George Washington | 12 | 1 |
| Wayne Mass | 74 | ROT-LOT | 6-4 | 245 | 22 | Clemson | 14 | 3 |
| Bennie McRae | 26 | LCB | 6-1 | 180 | 29 | Michigan | 14 | 14 |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 87 | LDE | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| Mac Percival | 83 | K | 6-4 | 219 | 28 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 17 | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 30 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| Loyd Phillips | 86 | RDE | 6-3 | 240 | 23 | Arkansas | 13 | 13 |
| Brian Piccolo | 41 | HB | 6-0 | 205 | 25 | Wake Forest | 14 | 5 |
| Bob Pickens | 70 | LOT | 6-4 | 258 | 25 | Wisconsin; Nebraska | 5 | 0 |
| Danny Pride | 57 | LB | 6-3 | 225 | 26 | Jackson State; Tennessee State | 3 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 53 | RLB | 6-2 | 229 | 27 | Wisconsin | 14 | 14 |
| Mike Pyle | 50 | C | 6-3 | 247 | 29 | Yale | 14 | 14 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 12 | QB | 6-2 | 195 | 26 | Georgia | 7 | 2 |
| Mike Reilly | 62 | MLB-RLB | 6-2 | 230 | 26 | Iowa | 14 | 1 |
| Gale Sayers | 40 | HB | 6-0 | 199 | 25 | Kansas | 9 | 9 |
| George Seals | 67 | LOG | 6-3 | 260 | 26 | Missouri | 14 | 13 |
| Joe Taylor | 20 | RCB | 6-2 | 189 | 29 | North Carolina A&T State | 14 | 14 |
| Rosey Taylor | 31 | RS | 5-11 | 186 | 31 | Grambling State | 14 | 14 |
| Cecil Turner | 21 | FL | 5-10 | 170 | 24 | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) | 14 | 14 |
| Emilio Vallez | 82 | TE | 6-2 | 210 | 22 | New Mexico | 6 | 0 |
| Bob Wallace | 89 | Fl-SE | 6-3 | 211 | 23 | Texas-El Paso | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Wetoska | 63 | ROT | 6-3 | 241 | 31 | Notre Dame | 14 | 11 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 16 | Mike Hull | RB | Southern California |
| 2 | 46 | Bob Wallace | E | Texas-El Paso |
| 3 | 57 | Major Hazelton | DB | Florida A&M |
| 4 | 99 | Wayne Mass | T | Clemson |
| 4 | 106 | Alan Bush | G | Mississippi |
| 5 | 127 | Cecil Turner | FL | Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo) |
| 6 | 154 | Jim Schmedding | C | Weber State |
| 7 | 181 | Willie Holman | DE | South Carolina State |
| 8 | 208 | Wayne Bell | RB | Lenoir-Rhyne |
| 9 | 235 | Sam Moore | T | Mississippi Valley State |
| 10 | 262 | Fred Davis | G | Doane |
| 11 | 289 | Rich Coady | TE | Memphis |
| 12 | 316 | Emilio Vallez | LB | New Mexico |
| 13 | 343 | Willie Dearion | FL | Prairie View A&M |
| 14 | 370 | Harold Gargus | DT | New Mexico State |
| 15 | 397 | Rick Jaeger | C | Gustavus Adolphus |
| 16 | 424 | Jimmy Murphy | K | Utah State |
| 17 | 451 | Gene Layton | DT | Colorado State |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 68 | 95 | 27 | 60 | 250 |
| Opponents Totals | 68 | 137 | 60 | 68 | 333 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1st Downs | FDR | FDP | FDX | 3rd Down Efficiency | 4th Down Efficiency | PEN | PENY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 219 | 121 | 78 | 20 | / % | / % | 113 | 1194 | |
| Opponents Totals | 240 | 102 | 102 | 36 | / % | / % | 91 | 896 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 0 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 0 | 100 |
| Virgil Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Dick Gordon | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Jack Concannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Austin Denney | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Brian Piccolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Bob Wallace | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Team Totals | 25 | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 0 | 250 |
| Opponents Totals | 43 | 40 | 43 | 93.0 | 11 | 31 | 35.5 | 1 | 333 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | BL | LG | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 3 | 50 | 7/8 | 6/9 | 5/6 | 6/11 | 1/2 |
| Team Totals | 25 | 36 | 69.4 | 3 | 50 | 7/8 | 6/9 | 5/6 | 6/11 | 1/2 |
| Opponents Totals | 11 | 31 | 35.5 | 2/ | 2/ | 4/ | 3/ | 0/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 138 | 856 | 6.2 | 63 | 2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 107 | 472 | 4.4 | 24 | 3 |
| Brian Piccolo | 123 | 450 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 |
| Virgil Carter | 48 | 265 | 5.5 | 31 | 4 |
| Jack Concannon | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 16 | 2 |
| Ralph Kurek | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 23t | 1 |
| Bob Wallace | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 |
| Andy Livingston | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 |
| Bobby Joe Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 500 | 2377 | 4.8 | 63 | 14 |
| Opponents Totals | 427 | 1704 | 4.0 | 46 | 17 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jack Concannon | 143 | 71 | 49.7 | 63 | 715 | 5.0 | 10.1 | 51t | 5 | 3.5 | 9 | 6.3 | 9 | 72 | 643 | 49.7 |
| Virgil Carter | 122 | 55 | 45.1 | 62 | 769 | 6.3 | 14.0 | 50t | 4 | 3.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 6 | 45 | 724 | 59.8 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 67 | 30 | 44.8 | 30 | 361 | 5.4 | 12.0 | 80t | 1 | 1.5 | 7 | 10.4 | 6 | 49 | 312 | 27.2 |
| Rudy Bukich | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 5 | 23 | 3.3 | 11.5 | 13 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 40.8 |
| Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Jon Kilgore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | ||
| Team Totals | 343 | 158 | 46.1 | 164 | 1868 | 5.4 | 11.8 | 80t | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 24 | 187 | 1681 | 47.4 |
| Opponents Totals | 333 | 172 | 51.7 | 143 | 2893 | 8.7 | 16.8 | 99t | 25 | 7.5 | 18 | 5.4 | 30 | 226 | 2667 | 83.8 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dick Gordon | 29 | 477 | 16.4 | 51t | 4 |
| Brian Piccolo | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 |
| Austin Denney | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 46t | 2 |
| Bob Wallace | 19 | 281 | 14.8 | 27 | 2 |
| Ronnie Bull | 17 | 145 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 14 | 208 | 14.9 | 80t | 2 |
| Garry Lyle | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 158 | 1868 | 11.8 | 80t | 10 |
| Opponents Totals | 172 | 2893 | 16.8 | 99t | 25 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennie McRae | 4 | 41 | 10.3 | 22 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 96t | 1 |
| Dick Butkus | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 |
| Loyd Phillips | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 8 | 0 |
| Doug Buffone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Curt Gentry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 |
| Dick Evey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
| Joe Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 96t | 1 |
| Opponents Totals | 21 | 260 | 12.4 | 50 | 1 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jon Kilgore | 35 | 1231 | 35.2 | 50 | 2 | |||||
| Bobby Joe Green | 27 | 1142 | 42.3 | 58 | 1 | |||||
| Garry Lyle | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 39 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 66 | 2507 | 38.0 | 58 | 3 | 120 | ||||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2648 | 40.1 | 0 | 81 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecil Turner | 9 | 17 | 19 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 |
| Bob Wallace | 6 | 3 | 27 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 |
| Gale Sayers | 2 | 3 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Major Hazelton | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 19 | 23 | 81 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 28 | 19 | 120 | 4.3 | 40 | 0 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gale Sayers | 17 | 461 | 27.1 | 46 | 0 | |
| Cecil Turner | 20 | 363 | 18.2 | 33 | 0 | |
| Clarence Childs | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 88 | 0 | |
| Ralph Kurek | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | |
| Dick Gordon | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 37 | 0 | |
| Bob Wallace | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 42 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 28 | 0 | |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 58 | 1370 | 23.6 | 88 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 54 | 968 | 17.9 | 41 | 0 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ronnie Bull | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Cadile | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Virgil Carter | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Concannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Frank Cornish | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Major Hazelton | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Willie Holman | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| John Johnson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rudy Kuechenberg | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ralph Kurek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Piccolo | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jim Purnell | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Larry Rakestraw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gale Sayers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bob Wallace | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 28 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 20 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 24 | 0 |
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