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.

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
55	Doug Buffone	LLB	6-3	230	24	Louisville	14	14
10	Rudy Bukich	QB	6-1	202	38	Iowa; Southern California	2	0
29	Ronnie Bull	FB	6-0	200	28	Baylor	13	10
51	Dick Butkus	MLB	6-3	244	26	Illinois	13	13
72	Jim Cadile	ROG	6-3	239	28	San Jose CC; San Jose State	14	14
15	Virgil Carter	QB	6-1	185	23	Brigham Young	7	5
23	Clarence Childs	DB	6-0	180	30	Florida A&M	4	0
11	Jack Concannon	QB	6-3	203	25	Boston College	7	7
73	Frank Cornish	LDT	6-6	285	24	Grambling State	13	7
84	Austin Denney	TE	6-2	230	24	Tennessee	14	14
79	Dick Evey	RDT-RDE	6-2	238	27	Tennessee	14	13
46	Curt Gentry	LCB	6-0	185	31	Maryland-Eastern Shore	11	0
45	Dick Gordon	SE	5-11	190	24	Michigan State	14	13
88	Bobby Joe Green	P	5-11	175	32	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida	7	0
49	Major Hazelton	RS	6-1	185	24	Florida A&M	14	0
85	Willie Holman	RDE	6-4	250	23	South Carolina State	14	0
33	Mike Hull	TE-FB	6-3	220	23	Glendale CC; Southern California	14	0
65	Randy Jackson	LOT	6-5	246	24	Florida	14	14
76	John Johnson	LDT-RDT	6-5	260	27	Indiana	14	3
43	Bob Jones	FL	6-1	194	23	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	1	0
80	Jon Kilgore	P	6-1	203	25	Auburn	7	0
60	Doug Kriewald	LOG-LOT	6-4	245	23	West Texas A&M	13	1
59	Rudy Kuechenberg	LLB-MLB	6-2	217	25	Indiana	14	0
32	Ralph Kurek	FB	6-2	210	25	Wisconsin	14	4
48	Andy Livingston	FB	6-0	234	24	Phoenix JC	4	0
44	Garry Lyle	SE-HB	6-2	197	23	George Washington	12	1
74	Wayne Mass	ROT-LOT	6-4	245	22	Clemson	14	3
26	Bennie McRae	LCB	6-1	180	29	Michigan	14	14
87	Ed O'Bradovich	LDE	6-3	255	28	Illinois	14	14
83	Mac Percival	K	6-4	219	28	Texas Tech	14	0
17	Richie Petitbon	LS	6-3	206	30	Loyola (Louisiana); Tulane	14	14
86	Loyd Phillips	RDE	6-3	240	23	Arkansas	13	13
41	Brian Piccolo	HB	6-0	205	25	Wake Forest	14	5
70	Bob Pickens	LOT	6-4	258	25	Wisconsin; Nebraska	5	0
57	Danny Pride	LB	6-3	225	26	Jackson State; Tennessee State	3	0
53	Jim Purnell	RLB	6-2	229	27	Wisconsin	14	14
50	Mike Pyle	C	6-3	247	29	Yale	14	14
12	Larry Rakestraw	QB	6-2	195	26	Georgia	7	2
62	Mike Reilly	MLB-RLB	6-2	230	26	Iowa	14	1
40	Gale Sayers	HB	6-0	199	25	Kansas	9	9
67	George Seals	LOG	6-3	260	26	Missouri	14	13
20	Joe Taylor	RCB	6-2	189	29	North Carolina A&T State	14	14
31	Rosey Taylor	RS	5-11	186	31	Grambling State	14	14
21	Cecil Turner	FL	5-10	170	24	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	14	14
82	Emilio Vallez	TE	6-2	210	22	New Mexico	6	0
89	Bob Wallace	Fl-SE	6-3	211	23	Texas-El Paso	12	0
63	Bob Wetoska	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
Team Totals	68	95	27	60
Opponents Totals	68	137	60	68

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	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mac Percival	25	36	69.4	7/8	6/9	5/6	6/11	1/2
Team Totals	25	36	69.4	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	RYDS
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
Cecil Turner	9	17	19	2.1	12
Bob Wallace	6	3	27	4.5	9
Gale Sayers	2	3	29	14.5	18
Dick Gordon	1	0	5	5.0	5
Major Hazelton	1	0	1	1.0	1
Team Totals	19	23	81	4.3	18
Opponents Totals	28	19	120	4.3	40

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG
Gale Sayers	17	461	27.1	46
Cecil Turner	20	363	18.2	33
Clarence Childs	8	291	36.4	88
Ralph Kurek	4	48	12.0	20
Dick Gordon	3	97	32.3	37
Bob Wallace	3	80	26.7	42
Dick Butkus	2	30	15.0	28
Rudy Kuechenberg	1	0	0.0	0
Team Totals	58	1370	23.6	88
Opponents Totals	54	968	17.9	41

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS
Doug Buffone	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ronnie Bull	3		1	0	1	0
Dick Butkus	0	0	0	1	1	0
Jim Cadile	0	0	1	0	1	0
Virgil Carter	3		4	0	4	0
Jack Concannon	1		0	0	0	0
Frank Cornish	0	0	0	1	1	0
Dick Gordon	1		0	0	0	0
Major Hazelton	1		0	2	2	0
Willie Holman	0	0	1	0	1	0
Mike Hull	1		0	0	0	0
John Johnson	0	0	0	1	1	0
Rudy Kuechenberg	0	0	0	1	1	0
Ralph Kurek	2		1	0	1	0
Andy Livingston	1		0	0	0	0
Garry Lyle	1		0	0	0	0
Ed O'Bradovich	0	0	0	1	1	0
Brian Piccolo	0	0	1	0	1	0
Jim Purnell	0	0	0	2	2	0
Larry Rakestraw	3		0	0	0	0
Gale Sayers	7		0	0	0	0
Joe Taylor	0	0	0	1	1	0
Cecil Turner	3		2	0	2	0
Bob Wallace	1		1	1	2	0
Team Totals	28	16	12	12	24	0
Opponents Totals	20	12	8	16	24