1971 Chicago Bears (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 6-8-0 .429

Head Coach: Jim Dooley

Bill Austin	Offense
Abe Gibron	Defensive Line
Perry Moss	Offense/Quarterbacks
Jim Ringo	Offensive Line
Bob Shaw	Receivers
Don Shinnick	Linebackers

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/7/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	2-0	W	Milwaukee, WI	County Stadium	47248
Sat	8/14/1971	A	Baltimore Colts	13-21	L	Baltimore, MD	Memorial Stadium	13013
Sat	8/21/1971	A	Minnesota Vikings	14-34	L	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sat	8/28/1971	H	Cleveland Browns	20-19	W	South Bend, IN	Notre Dame Stadium	43568
Sat	9/4/1971	A	Houston Oilers	17-37	L	Houston, TX	Astrodome	42223
Sun	9/12/1971	H	Denver Broncos	33-17	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	47215
Sun	9/19/1971	H	Pittsburgh Steelers	17-15	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	9/26/1971	A	Minnesota Vikings	20-17	W	Bloomington, MN	Metropolitan Stadium	47900
Sun	10/3/1971	A	Los Angeles Rams	3-17	L	Los Angeles, CA	Memorial Coliseum	66957
Sun	10/10/1971	H	New Orleans Saints	35-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	10/17/1971	A	San Francisco 49ers	0-13	L	San Francisco, CA	Candlestick Park	44133
Sun	10/24/1971	A	Detroit Lions	28-23	W	Detroit, MI	Tiger Stadium	54418
Sun	10/31/1971	H	Dallas Cowboys	23-19	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	11/7/1971	H	Green Bay Packers	14-17	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	11/14/1971	H	Washington Redskins	16-15	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Sun	11/21/1971	H	Detroit Lions	3-28	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049
Mon	11/29/1971	A	Miami Dolphins	3-34	L	Miami, FL	Orange Bowl	75312
Sun	12/5/1971	A	Denver Broncos	3-6	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	51200
Sun	12/12/1971	A	Green Bay Packers	10-31	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	56263
Sun	12/19/1971	H	Minnesota Vikings	10-27	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55049

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
31	Ross Brupbacher	RLB	6-3	215	23	Texas A&M	14	0
55	Doug Buffone	LLB	6-3	230	27	Louisville	14	14
51	Dick Butkus	MLB	6-3	244	29	Illinois	14	14
72	Jim Cadile	ROG	6-3	239	31	San Jose CC; San Jose State	13	13
52	Rich Coady	C	6-3	245	27	Memphis	14	14
11	Jack Concannon	QB	6-3	203	28	Boston College	3	3
70	Jeff Curchin	ROT	6-6	255	24	Florida State	12	0
10	Bobby Douglass	QB	6-3	223	24	Kansas	12	7
43	George Farmer	WR	6-4	214	23	UCLA	14	13
32	Charlie Ford	LCB-RCB	6-3	185	23	Houston	14	14
45	Dick Gordon	WR	5-11	190	27	Michigan State	13	12
33	Jim Grabowski	RB	6-2	220	27	Illinois	12	9
88	Bobby Joe Green	P	5-11	175	35	Northeastern Oklahoma A&M JC; Florida	14	0
30	Jimmy Gunn	LLB-MLB	6-1	220	23	Southern California	14	0
75	Dave Hale	LDT-RDT	6-8	255	24	Ottawa (Kansas)	12	0
50	Gene Hamlin	C	6-3	245	25	Western Michigan	7	0
17	Cliff Hardy	CB	6-0	187	24	Michigan State	1	0
35	Jim Harrison	RB	6-4	236	23	Missouri	2	0
79	John Hoffman	DE	6-7	260	28	Southern California; Hawaii	1	0
61	Glen Holloway	LOG	6-2	253	23	North Texas	14	14
85	Willie Holman	LDE	6-4	250	26	South Carolina State	14	14
65	Randy Jackson	LOT	6-5	246	27	Florida	14	14
29	Bob Jeter	RCB	6-1	203	34	Iowa	9	2
44	Garry Lyle	RS-LS	6-2	197	26	George Washington	14	3
71	Tony McGee	RDT-RDE-LDE	6-3	249	22	Wyoming; Bishop	14	4
18	Jerry Moore	RS	6-3	208	22	Arkansas	11	11
49	Joe Moore	RB	6-1	205	22	Missouri	9	1
78	Bob Newton	ROG-LOT	6-5	260	22	Cerritos JC; Nebraska	12	1
16	Kent Nix	QB	6-1	195	27	Texas Christian	8	4
87	Ed O'Bradovich	RDE	6-3	255	31	Illinois	14	14
38	Ray Ogden	TE	6-5	225	29	Alabama	6	0
83	Mac Percival	K	6-4	219	31	Texas Tech	14	0
22	Cyril Pinder	RB	6-2	220	25	Illinois	12	3
53	Larry Rowden	LB	6-2	220	22	Houston	14	0
40	Gale Sayers	RB	6-0	199	28	Kansas	2	2
67	George Seals	LDT	6-3	260	29	Missouri	14	14
84	Jim Seymour	WR	6-4	210	25	Notre Dame	10	2
24	Don Shy	RB	6-1	208	26	Mount San Antonio JC; San Diego State	11	9
48	Ron Smith	LS	6-1	191	28	Wisconsin	14	14
76	Bill Staley	RDT	6-3	249	25	Utah State	11	10
20	Joe Taylor	RCB-LCB	6-2	189	32	North Carolina A&T State	13	12
82	Earl Thomas	TE	6-2	215	23	Houston	11	0
34	Bill Tucker	RB	6-2	221	28	Tennessee State	14	4
21	Cecil Turner	WR	5-10	170	27	Cal Poly (San Luis Obispo)	14	1
89	Bob Wallace	TE	6-3	211	26	Texas-El Paso	14	14
73	Steve Wright	ROT	6-6	250	29	Alabama	14	14

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	11	Joe Moore	RB	Missouri
2	28	Jim Harrison	RB	Missouri
2	36	Charlie Ford	DB	Houston
3	64	Tony McGee	DE	Bishop
3	71	Bob Newton	T	Nebraska
4	89	Jerry Moore	DB	Arkansas
6	135	Earl Thomas	TE	Houston
7	167	Buddy Lee	QB	Louisiana State
7	176	Denny Ferris	RB	Pittsburgh
8	192	Karl Weiss	T	Vanderbilt
9	220	Lester McClain	WR	Tennessee
10	245	Larry Rowden	LB	Houston
11	270	Cliff Hardy	DB	Michigan State
12	298	Steve Booras	DE	Mesa JC
13	323	Ed Nicholas	T	North Carolina State
14	347	Willie Lewis	RB	Arizona
15	376	Ron Maciejowski	QB	Ohio State
16	401	Sid Bailey	DE	Texas-Arlington
17	426	Ray Garganes	LB	Millersville

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
Team Totals	34	57	25	69
Opponents Totals	63	96	57	60

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals		189	75	99	15	/ %	/ %	78	746
Opponents Totals		234	99	117	18	/ %	/ %	78	819

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Mac Percival	0	18	18	100.0	15	33	45.5	0	63
George Farmer	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Dick Gordon	5	0	0		0	0		0	30
Bobby Douglass	3	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	19
Don Shy	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Bob Wallace	2	0	0		0	0		0	12
Ross Brupbacher	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Cyril Pinder	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
George Seals	1	0	0		0	0		0	6
Dick Butkus	0	1	1	100.0	0	0		0	1
Team Totals	20	20	20	100.0	15	33	45.5	0	185
Opponents Totals	29	28	29	96.6	24	41	58.5	1	276

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Mac Percival	15	33	45.5	4/6	1/3	5/11	5/11	0/2
Team Totals	15	33	45.5	4/6	1/3	5/11	5/11	0/2
Opponents Totals	24	41	58.5	6/	9/	6/	3/	0/

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Don Shy	116	420	3.6	21t	2
Cyril Pinder	63	311	4.9	40t	1
Bobby Douglass	39	284	7.3	30	3
Jim Grabowski	51	149	2.9	16	0
Joe Moore	29	90	3.1	12	0
Bill Tucker	32	82	2.6	11	0
Gale Sayers	13	38	2.9	9	0
Doug Buffone	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jim Harrison	5	13	2.6	12	0
Kent Nix	9	12	1.3	14	0
George Farmer	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jack Concannon	5	5	1.0	2	0
Bob Wallace	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	365	1434	3.9	40t	6
Opponents Totals	509	2116	4.2	52	14

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	RTG
Bobby Douglass	225	91	40.4	119	1164	5.2	12.8	64	5	2.2	15	6.7	30	235	929	37.0
Kent Nix	137	51	37.2	76	760	5.5	14.9	45	6	4.4	10	7.3	10	91	669	40.4
Jack Concannon	77	42	54.5	32	334	4.3	8.0	28	0	0.0	3	3.9	8	61	273	49.4
Don Shy	1	1	100.0	0	23	23.0	23.0	23t	1	100.0	0	0.0	1	5	18	158.3
Bobby Joe Green	2	1	50.0	1	13	6.5	13.0	13	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	13	70.8
Bob Wallace	1	0	0.0	1	0	0.0			0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Team Totals	443	186	42.0	229	2294	5.2	12.3	64	12	2.7	28	6.3	49	392	1902	41.3
Opponents Totals	362	192	53.0	148	2607	7.2	13.6	77	12	3.3	22	6.1	28	203	2404	62.0

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
George Farmer	46	737	16.0	64	5
Dick Gordon	43	610	14.2	45	5
Bob Wallace	27	400	14.8	58	2
Don Shy	19	163	8.6	25	0
Jim Grabowski	17	100	5.9	25	0
Bill Tucker	11	65	5.9	21	0
Cyril Pinder	10	51	5.1	14	0
Jim Seymour	5	75	15.0	21	0
Earl Thomas	3	40	13.3	28	0
Joe Moore	2	22	11.0	18	0
Jim Harrison	2	18	9.0	12	0
Cecil Turner	1	13	13.0	13	0
Team Totals	186	2294	12.3	64	12
Opponents Totals	192	2607	13.6	77	12

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Charlie Ford	5	46	9.2	24	0
Dick Butkus	4	9	2.3	9	0
Joe Taylor	3	69	23.0	39	0
Ron Smith	3	48	16.0	27	0
Ross Brupbacher	2	34	17.0	34	0
Doug Buffone	2	27	13.5	18	0
Garry Lyle	1	29	29.0	29	0
Jimmy Gunn	1	5	5.0	5	0
Bob Jeter	1	0	0.0	0	0
Team Totals	22	267	12.1	39	0
Opponents Totals	28	465	16.6	89	1

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	RYDS
Bobby Joe Green	77	3095	40.2	60	172
Team Totals	77	3095	40.2	60	172
Opponents Totals	67	2693	40.2	60	262

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG
Ron Smith	26	4	194	7.5	43
Cecil Turner	9	5	63	7.0	21
Garry Lyle	1	0	5	5.0	5
Team Totals	36	9	262	7.3	43
Opponents Totals	31	22	172	5.5	38

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Ron Smith	26	671	25.8	41	0
Cecil Turner	31	639	20.6	40	0
Dick Butkus	2	15	7.5	12	0
Team Totals	59	1325	22.5	41	0
Opponents Totals	32	817	25.5	102t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Willie Holman	9.0
George Seals	8.0
Ed O'Bradovich	7.0
Tony McGee	2.0
Doug Buffone	1.0
Dick Butkus	1.0
Team Totals	28.0	203.0
Opponents Totals	49.0	392.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Ross Brupbacher	1		0	3	3	49	1
Doug Buffone	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Dick Butkus	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Rich Coady	1		1	0	1	-17	0
Jack Concannon	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Douglass	4		0	0	0	0	0
George Farmer	1		0	0	0	0	0
Charlie Ford	1		0	1	1	0	0
Jim Grabowski	3		0	0	0	0	0
Bobby Joe Green	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Gunn	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Glen Holloway	0	0	2	1	3	1	0
Willie Holman	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
Garry Lyle	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony McGee	0	0	0	3	3	0	0
Jerry Moore	0	0	1	1	2	11	0
Joe Moore	2		0	0	0	0	0
Kent Nix	3		1	0	1	-6	0
Ed O'Bradovich	0	0	0	1	1	1	0
George Seals	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Don Shy	3		0	0	0	0	0
Ron Smith	6		3	1	4	0	0
Bill Staley	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Joe Taylor	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Earl Thomas	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Bill Tucker	1		0	0	0	0	0
Cecil Turner	1		0	1	1	0	0
Team Totals	28	18	10	23	33	39	2
Opponents Totals	36	23	13	18	31		1