1961 Chicago Bears (NFL) |
| 3rd place Western Conference 8-6-0 .571 |
| Head Coach: George Halas |
| George Allen | Defense |
| Paddy Driscoll | Assistant Coach |
| Phil Handler | Offensive Line |
| Luke Johnsos | Assistant Coach |
| Sid Luckman | Quarterbacks |
| Chuck Mather | Backfield |
| Clark Shaughnessy | Defense |
| SCORES | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day | Date | Opponent | Score | Location | Venue | Attendance | |||
| Sat | 8/5/1961 | A | Montreal Alouettes | 34-16 | W | Montreal, QC | McGill Stadium | 16293 | |
| Sat | 8/12/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 10-38 | L | Hershey, PA | Hershey Stadium | 14554 | |
| Sat | 8/19/1961 | N | Washington Redskins | 29-13 | W | Charleston, WV | Johnson Hagood Stadium | 8000 | |
| Sat | 8/26/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 14-24 | L | Milwaukee, WI | County Stadium | 42560 | |
| Sat | 9/2/1961 | N | Minnesota Vikings | 30-7 | W | Cedar Rapids, IA | Kingston Stadium | 12500 | |
| Fri | 9/8/1961 | H | Pittsburgh Steelers | 24-21 | W | Chicago, IL | Soldier Field | 45273 | |
| Sun | 9/17/1961 | A | Minnesota Vikings | 13-37 | L | Bloomington, MN | Metropolitan Stadium | 32326 | |
| Sat | 9/23/1961 | A | Los Angeles Rams | 21-17 | W | Los Angeles, CA | Memorial Coliseum | 53315 | |
| Sun | 10/1/1961 | A | Green Bay Packers | 0-24 | L | Green Bay, WI | City Stadium | 56077 | |
| Sun | 10/8/1961 | A | Detroit Lions | 31-17 | W | Detroit, MI | Tiger Stadium | 50521 | |
| Sun | 10/15/1961 | H | Baltimore Colts | 24-10 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 48719 | |
| Sun | 10/22/1961 | H | San Francisco 49ers | 31-0 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49070 | |
| Sun | 10/29/1961 | A | Baltimore Colts | 21-20 | W | Baltimore, MD | Memorial Stadium | 57641 | |
| Sun | 11/5/1961 | A | Philadelphia Eagles | 14-16 | L | Philadelphia, PA | Franklin Field | 60671 | |
| Sun | 11/12/1961 | H | Green Bay Packers | 28-31 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 49711 | |
| Sun | 11/19/1961 | A | San Francisco 49ers | 31-41 | L | San Francisco, CA | Kezar Stadium | 52932 | |
| Sun | 11/26/1961 | H | Los Angeles Rams | 28-24 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 45965 | |
| Sun | 12/3/1961 | H | Detroit Lions | 15-16 | L | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 47394 | |
| Sun | 12/10/1961 | H | Cleveland Browns | 17-14 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 38717 | |
| Sun | 12/17/1961 | H | Minnesota Vikings | 52-35 | W | Chicago, IL | Wrigley Field | 34539 | |
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 | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No | Player | Pos | Ht | Wt | Age | College | GP | GS |
| 39 | John Adams | FB-HB | 6-3 | 235 | 24 | UCLA; Santa Monica JC; Los Angeles State | 13 | 1 |
| 79 | Art Anderson | ROT-LOT | 6-3 | 244 | 25 | Idaho | 14 | 13 |
| 81 | Doug Atkins | RDE | 6-8 | 257 | 31 | Tennessee | 14 | 14 |
| 49 | Charlie Bivins | FB-HB | 6-2 | 212 | 23 | Morris Brown | 14 | 2 |
| 38 | Bill Brown | FB | 5-11 | 225 | 23 | Illinois | 14 | 3 |
| 15 | Ed Brown | QB-P | 6-2 | 209 | 33 | Hartnell JC; San Francisco | 14 | 5 |
| 25 | J.C. Caroline | LCB | 6-1 | 190 | 28 | Illinois | 14 | 14 |
| 35 | Rick Casares | FB | 6-2 | 226 | 30 | Florida | 13 | 8 |
| 46 | Angelo Coia | SE | 6-2 | 202 | 23 | The Citadel; Southern California | 11 | 6 |
| 60 | Roger Davis | ROG | 6-3 | 236 | 23 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| 89 | Mike Ditka | TE | 6-3 | 228 | 22 | Pittsburgh | 14 | 14 |
| 43 | Jim Dooley | FL | 6-4 | 198 | 31 | Miami (Florida) | 6 | 1 |
| 65 | Stan Fanning | LOT-ROT | 6-6 | 267 | 24 | Idaho | 14 | 0 |
| 84 | Bo Farrington | SE | 6-3 | 217 | 25 | Prairie View A&M | 11 | 8 |
| 31 | Joe Fortunato | LLB | 6-0 | 225 | 31 | Virginia Military Institute; Mississippi State | 14 | 14 |
| 28 | Willie Galimore | HB | 6-1 | 187 | 26 | Florida A&M | 14 | 13 |
| 71 | Bill George | MLB | 6-2 | 237 | 32 | Wake Forest | 14 | 14 |
| 87 | Harlon Hill | RS | 6-3 | 199 | 29 | North Alabama | 14 | 14 |
| 20 | Bobby Jackson | DB | 6-1 | 190 | 25 | Alabama | 9 | 0 |
| 78 | Stan Jones | LOG | 6-1 | 252 | 30 | Maryland | 14 | 11 |
| 67 | Ted Karras | LOG | 6-1 | 240 | 27 | Indiana | 14 | 3 |
| 74 | Bob Kilcullen | LDE-RDE | 6-3 | 245 | 25 | Texas Tech | 14 | 0 |
| 53 | Ken Kirk | C | 6-2 | 229 | 23 | Mississippi | 10 | 0 |
| 54 | Roger LeClerc | K | 6-3 | 236 | 25 | Trinity (Connecticut) | 14 | 0 |
| 70 | Herm Lee | LOT-ROT | 6-3 | 244 | 30 | Florida A&M | 14 | 14 |
| 86 | Pete Manning | S | 6-3 | 208 | 24 | Wake Forest | 3 | 0 |
| 76 | John Mellekas | RDT | 6-3 | 255 | 28 | Arizona | 14 | 14 |
| 47 | Johnny Morris | FL | 5-10 | 180 | 26 | UC Santa Barbara | 14 | 13 |
| 33 | Larry Morris | RLB | 6-2 | 226 | 28 | Georgia Tech | 14 | 14 |
| 40 | Don Mullins | QB | 6-1 | 195 | 22 | Houston | 4 | 0 |
| 12 | Dick Norman | QB | 6-3 | 209 | 23 | Stanford | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Richie Petitbon | LS | 6-3 | 206 | 23 | Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane | 14 | 14 |
| 50 | Mike Pyle | C | 6-3 | 247 | 22 | Yale | 14 | 14 |
| 36 | Jim Smith | HB | 6-0 | 215 | 25 | Compton JC | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Rosey Taylor | S-CB | 5-11 | 186 | 24 | Grambling State | 14 | 0 |
| 9 | Billy Wade | QB | 6-2 | 204 | 31 | Vanderbilt | 13 | 9 |
| 63 | Bob Wetoska | ROT-ROG | 6-3 | 241 | 24 | Notre Dame | 14 | 1 |
| 23 | Dave Whitsell | RCB | 6-0 | 189 | 25 | Indiana | 14 | 14 |
| 75 | Fred Williams | LDT | 6-4 | 249 | 32 | Arkansas | 14 | 14 |
| 82 | Maury Youmans | LDE | 6-6 | 253 | 25 | Syracuse | 14 | 14 |
| DRAFT LIST | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Round | Overall | Player | Pos | College |
| 1 | 5 | Mike Ditka | E | Pittsburgh |
| 2 | 20 | Bill Brown | B | Illinois |
| 3 | 33 | Claude Gibson | B | North Carolina State |
| 4 | 48 | Ernie Ladd | T | Grambling State |
| 5 | 61 | Keith Lincoln | B | Washington State |
| 6 | 76 | George Fleming | B | Washington |
| 7 | 89 | Mike Pyle | C | Yale |
| 8 | 104 | Ed Ryan | B | Michigan State |
| 9 | 117 | Bobby Bethune | B | Mississippi State |
| 10 | 132 | Jason Harness | E | Michigan State |
| 11 | 145 | Sam Fewell | T | South Carolina |
| 12 | 160 | Howard Dyer | QB | Virginia Military Institute |
| 13 | 173 | Bob McLeod | E | Abilene Christian |
| 14 | 188 | Jim Tyrer | T | Ohio State |
| 15 | 201 | Chuck Linning | T | Miami (Florida) |
| 16 | 216 | Wayne Frazier | C | Auburn |
| 17 | 229 | Rossie Barfield | E | North Carolina Central |
| 18 | 244 | John Finn | T | Louisville |
| 19 | 257 | Ben Charles | QB | Southern California |
| 20 | 272 | Gordon Mason | B | Tennessee Tech |
| SCORING BY QUARTERS | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | OT |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 48 | 75 | 75 | 128 | |
| Opponents Totals | 92 | 78 | 74 | 58 |
| TEAM STATS | TOP | 1ST DOWNS | Rush | Pass | Pen | 3RD DOWN | Att | Pct | 4TH DOWN | Att | Pct | PEN | YDS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team Totals | 239 | 103 | 113 | 23 | / % | / % | 81 | 719.50 | |||||
| Opponents Totals | 223 | 80 | 124 | 19 | / % | / % | 86 | 860 |
| SCORING | TD | X1 | X1A | PCT | FG | FGA | PCT | SAF | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ditka | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | ||
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 40 | 41 | 97.6 | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 0 | 70 |
| Rick Casares | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | ||
| Willie Galimore | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bo Farrington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Johnny Morris | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | ||
| Angelo Coia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||
| John Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Ed Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 42 | 41 | 42 | 97.6 | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 0 | 326 |
| Opponents Totals | 39 | 36 | 39 | 92.3 | 10 | 27 | 37.0 | 1 | 302 |
| FIELD GOALS | MADE | ATT | PCT | 1-19 | 20-29 | 30-39 | 40-49 | 50+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 1 | 2 | 50.0 | 0/ | 1/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Bill George | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ | 0/ |
| Roger LeClerc | 10 | 24 | 41.7 | 6/ | 0/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| Team Totals | 11 | 27 | 40.7 | 6/ | 1/ | 2/ | 1/ | 1/ |
| Opponents Totals | 10 | 27 | 37.0 | 4/ | 1/ | 4/ | 0/ | 1/ |
| RUSHING | ATT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Willie Galimore | 153 | 707 | 4.6 | 60t | 4 |
| Rick Casares | 135 | 588 | 4.4 | 23 | 8 |
| Billy Wade | 45 | 255 | 5.7 | 29 | 2 |
| Charlie Bivins | 43 | 188 | 4.4 | 24 | 1 |
| Bill Brown | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 |
| Ed Brown | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 |
| Jim Smith | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 |
| John Adams | 14 | -2 | -0.1 | 10t | 1 |
| Team Totals | 436 | 1890 | 4.3 | 60t | 16 |
| Opponents Totals | 401 | 1652 | 4.1 | 10 |
| PASSING | ATT | COM | PCT | INC | YDS | Y/ATT | Y/COM | LG | TD | TD% | INT | INT% | TS | YL | NYP | RTG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy Wade | 250 | 139 | 55.6 | 98 | 2258 | 9.0 | 16.2 | 98t | 22 | 8.8 | 13 | 5.2 | 251 | 2007 | 93.7 | |
| Ed Brown | 98 | 46 | 46.9 | 41 | 742 | 7.6 | 16.1 | 84t | 4 | 4.1 | 11 | 11.2 | 88 | 654 | 46.8 | |
| John Adams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 11 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 11 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 112.5 |
| Team Totals | 349 | 186 | 53.3 | 139 | 3011 | 8.6 | 16.2 | 98t | 26 | 7.4 | 24 | 6.9 | 339 | 2672 | 78.6 | |
| Opponents Totals | 398 | 209 | 52.5 | 165 | 3164 | 7.9 | 15.1 | 27 | 6.8 | 24 | 6.0 | 367 | 2797 | 76.5 |
| RECEIVING | REC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Ditka | 56 | 1076 | 19.2 | 76t | 12 |
| Johnny Morris | 36 | 548 | 15.2 | 80t | 4 |
| Willie Galimore | 33 | 502 | 15.2 | 84t | 3 |
| Bo Farrington | 21 | 349 | 16.6 | 98t | 4 |
| Angelo Coia | 12 | 249 | 20.8 | 64t | 3 |
| Rick Casares | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 31 | 0 |
| Jim Dooley | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 |
| John Adams | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 36 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 4 | -9 | -2.3 | 4 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 186 | 3011 | 16.2 | 98t | 26 |
| Opponents Totals | 209 | 3164 | 15.1 | 27 |
| INTERCEPTIONS | INT | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave Whitsell | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Richie Petitbon | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 43 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 |
| J.C. Caroline | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 |
| Joe Fortunato | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 |
| Bill George | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 24 | 371 | 15.5 | 52 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 346 | 14.4 | 0 |
| PUNTING | NO | YDS | AVG | LG | BL | TB | I20 | RYDS | NYDS | NET |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ed Brown | 58 | 2448 | 42.2 | 69 | 0 | |||||
| John Adams | 2 | 56 | 28.0 | 43 | 0 | |||||
| Team Totals | 60 | 2504 | 41.7 | 69 | 0 | 302 | 36.7 | |||
| Opponents Totals | 66 | 2819 | 42.7 | 170 |
| PUNT RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johnny Morris | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | |
| Richie Petitbon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | |
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 27 | 170 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 24 | 302 | 12.6 | 1 |
| KICKOFF RETURNS | NO | FC | YDS | AVG | LG | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rosey Taylor | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 60 | 0 | |
| Charlie Bivins | 25 | 668 | 26.7 | 78 | 0 | |
| Willie Galimore | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 25 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | |
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | |
| Jim Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | |
| Team Totals | 51 | 1247 | 24.5 | 78 | 0 | |
| Opponents Totals | 55 | 1219 | 22.2 | 1 |
| FUMBLES | NO | LOST | OWN | OPP | REC | YDS | TD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Adams | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | |
| Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ed Brown | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mike Ditka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Stan Fanning | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bo Farrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Willie Galimore | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill George | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Harlon Hill | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John Mellekas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Johnny Morris | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | |
| Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosey Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Billy Wade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Fred Williams | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Team Totals | 23 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 39 | 0 |
| Opponents Totals | 22 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 0 |
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