1996 Chicago Bears (NFL)

3rd place National Football Conference Central Division 7-9-0 .438

Danny Abramowicz	Special Teams
Clarence Brooks	Defensive Line
Ivan Fears	Wide Receivers
Carlos Mainord	Defensive Backs
Willie Peete	Running Backs
Ted Plumb	Receivers-Tight Ends
Greg Schiano	Defensive Assistant
Bob Slowik	Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
Ron Turner	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
Tony Wise	Assistant Head Coach/Offensive Line

SCORES
Day	Date		Opponent	Score		Location	Venue	Attendance
Sat	8/3/1996	A	Carolina Panthers	12-30	L	Charlotte, NC	Ericsson Stadium	65350
Sun	8/11/1996	H	Miami Dolphins	24-21	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	50761
Sat	8/17/1996	A	New Orleans Saints	21-31	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	35246
Thu	8/22/1996	H	Kansas City Chiefs	10-14	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	51111
Mon	9/2/1996	H	Dallas Cowboys	22-6	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	66944
Sun	9/8/1996	A	Washington Redskins	3-10	L	Washington, DC	RFK Stadium	52711
Sun	9/15/1996	H	Minnesota Vikings	14-20	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	61301
Sun	9/22/1996	A	Detroit Lions	16-35	L	Pontiac, MI	Pontiac Silverdome	70022
Sun	9/29/1996	H	Oakland Raiders	19-17	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	57062
Sun	10/6/1996	H	Green Bay Packers	6-37	L	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	65480
Sun	10/13/1996	A	New Orleans Saints	24-27	L	New Orleans, LA	Louisiana Superdome	43512
Mon	10/28/1996	A	Minnesota Vikings	15-13	W	Minneapolis, MN	Metrodome	58143
Sun	11/3/1996	H	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	13-10	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	58727
Sun	11/10/1996	A	Denver Broncos	12-17	L	Denver, CO	Mile High Stadium	75555
Sun	11/17/1996	A	Kansas City Chiefs	10-14	L	Kansas City, MO	Arrowhead Stadium	76752
Sun	11/24/1996	H	Detroit Lions	31-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	55864
Sun	12/1/1996	A	Green Bay Packers	17-28	L	Green Bay, WI	Lambeau Field	59682
Sun	12/8/1996	H	St. Louis Rams	35-9	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	45075
Sat	12/14/1996	H	San Diego Chargers	27-14	W	Chicago, IL	Soldier Field	49763
Sun	12/22/1996	A	Tampa Bay Buccaneers	19-34	L	Tampa, FL	Houlihan's Stadium	51572

Exhibition game. Playoff game. A=Away game. H=Home game. N=Neutral site game. W=Win. L=Loss. T=Tie. OT=Overtime.

Game Score Notes
8/22/1996	Kansas City Chiefs	Stopped at 4:20 3rd Quarter

ROSTER
No	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	Age	College	GP	GS
48	Clifton Abraham	CB	5-9	184	25	Florida State	2	0
54	Gregg Briggs	LB	6-3	212	28	Copiah-Lincoln CC; Arkansas-Pine Bluff; Texas Southern	14	0
63	Todd Burger	ROG	6-3	303	26	Penn State	11	8
35	James Burton	RCB-LCB	5-9	184	25	Hawaii; Fresno State	16	3
59	Joe Cain	WLB	6-1	234	31	Stanford; Oregon Tech	16	15
20	Mark Carrier	FS	6-1	191	28	Southern California	13	13
23	Marty Carter	SS	6-1	212	27	Middle Tennessee State	16	16
30	Tony Carter	FB	6-0	234	24	Minnesota	16	11
84	Kerry Cash	TE	6-4	252	27	Texas	4	2
72	Jon Clark	OT	6-6	345	23	Temple	1	0
80	Curtis Conway	WR	6-1	195	25	El Camino JC; Southern California	16	16
52	Bryan Cox	MLB	6-4	248	28	Western Illinois	9	9
91	Rob Davis	DT-LONG	6-3	284	28	Shippensburg	16	0
38	Mike Dulaney	RB	6-0	237	26	North Carolina	16	0
81	Bobby Engram	WR	5-10	189	23	Penn State	16	2
99	Jim Flanigan	LDT	6-2	289	25	Notre Dame	14	14
96	Al Fontenot	LDE	6-4	265	26	Navarro JC; Baylor	16	15
67	Jerry Fontenot	C	6-3	300	30	Texas A&M	16	16
46	Marlon Forbes	CB-S	6-1	212	25	Penn State	15	0
93	Paul Grasmanis	LDT-NT	6-3	298	22	Notre Dame	14	3
22	Robert Green	RB	5-8	212	26	William & Mary	10	3
29	Raymont Harris	RB-FB	6-0	228	26	Ohio State	12	10
57	Sean Harris	LB	6-3	250	24	Arizona	15	0
27	Walt Harris	RCB	5-11	193	22	Mississippi State	15	13
64	Andy Heck	LOT	6-6	296	29	Notre Dame	16	16
44	Michael Hicks	RB	6-0	190	23	South Carolina State	4	0
95	Dana Howard	LB	6-0	238	24	Illinois	3	0
8	Carlos Huerta	K	5-7	185	27	Miami (Florida)	3	0
88	Jack Jackson	WR	5-8	174	24	Florida	12	0
82	John Jackson	WR	5-10	175	29	Southern California	5	0
1	Jeff Jaeger	K	5-11	188	32	Washington	13	0
85	Keith Jennings	TE	6-4	265	30	Clemson	6	5
73	Marcus Keyes	DT	6-3	310	23	Jones County JC; North Alabama	2	0
12	Erik Kramer	QB	6-1	199	32	Los Angeles Pierce JC; North Carolina State	4	4
17	Dave Krieg	QB	6-1	200	38	Milton	13	12
53	Michael Lowery	LB	6-0	224	22	Mississippi	16	0
26	John Mangum	S	5-10	187	29	Alabama	16	2
36	Anthony Marshall	FS	6-1	212	26	Louisiana State	13	3
25	Chris Martin	CB	5-9	181	22	Northwestern	1	0
9	Shane Matthews	QB	6-3	197	26	Florida	2	0
24	Kevin Miniefield	RCB	5-9	180	26	Arizona State	13	3
92	Barry Minter	MLB	6-2	244	26	Tulsa	16	7
87	Bobby Neely	TE	6-3	255	22	Virginia	11	5
75	Todd Perry	LOG	6-5	309	26	Kentucky	16	16
65	Evan Pilgrim	OG	6-4	303	24	Brigham Young	6	0
68	Carl Reeves	DE	6-4	267	25	North Carolina State	5	0
31	Rashaan Salaam	RB	6-1	220	22	Colorado	12	6
16	Todd Sauerbrun	P	5-10	210	23	West Virginia	16	0
98	Carl Simpson	RDT	6-2	292	26	Florida State	16	16
55	Vinson Smith	SLB	6-2	243	31	East Carolina	15	12
76	Marcus Spears	OG-OT	6-4	316	25	Northwestern State (Louisiana)	9	0
90	Alonzo Spellman	RDE	6-4	290	25	Ohio State	16	15
18	Steve Stenstrom	QB	6-2	205	25	Stanford	1	0
94	John Thierry	LDE-RDE	6-4	263	25	Alcorn State	16	2
83	Michael Timpson	WR	5-10	182	29	Penn State	15	15
58	Chris Villarrial	ROG-C	6-4	311	23	Indiana (Pennsylvania)	14	8
89	Ryan Wetnight	TE	6-2	236	26	Fresno CC; Stanford	11	5
71	James Williams	ROT	6-7	335	28	Cheyney	16	16
21	Donnell Woolford	LCB	5-9	194	30	Clemson	15	15

DRAFT LIST
Round	Overall	Player	Pos	College
1	13	Walt Harris	DB	Mississippi State
2	52	Bobby Engram	WR	Penn State
4	116	Paul Grasmanis	DT	Notre Dame
5	152	Chris Villarrial	G	Indiana (Pennsylvania)
6	187	Jon Clark	T	Temple
7	233	Marcus Keyes	DT	North Alabama
7	253	Michael Hicks	RB	South Carolina State

SCORING BY QUARTERS	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	OT
Team Totals	70	89	57	67
Opponents Totals	48	140	62	55

TEAM STATS	TOP	1ST DOWNS	FDR	FDP	FDX	3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY	4TH DOWN EFFICIENCY	PEN	PENY
Team Totals	30:51	300	104	176	20	78/231 33.8%	20/28 71.4%	103	808
Opponents Totals	29:09	295	87	183	25	79/206 38.3%	8/14 57.1%	113	849

SCORING	TD	X1	X1A	PCT	X2A	FG	FGA	PCT	SAF	PTS
Jeff Jaeger	0	23	23	100.0	0	19	23	82.6	0	80
Curtis Conway	7	0	0		0	0	0		0	42
Bobby Engram	6	0	0		0	0	0		0	36
Raymont Harris	5	0	0		0	0	0		0	30
Rashaan Salaam	4	0	0		0	0	0		0	24
Carlos Huerta	0	3	3	100.0	0	4	7	57.1	0	15
Bryan Cox	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Mike Dulaney	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Jim Flanigan	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Dave Krieg	1	0	0		1	0	0		0	6
Michael Lowery	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Shane Matthews	1	0	0		2	0	0		0	6
Marcus Spears	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Ryan Wetnight	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Donnell Woolford	1	0	0		0	0	0		0	6
Erik Kramer	0	0	0		2	0	0		0	0
(Team)	0	0	0		0	0	0		1	2
Team Totals	31	26	26	100.0	5	23	30	76.7	1	283
Opponents Totals	37	35	35	100.0	1	16	23	69.6	0	305

FIELD GOALS	MADE	ATT	PCT	1-19	20-29	30-39	40-49	50+
Carlos Huerta	4	7	57.1	0/0	0/0	3/5	1/2	0/0
Jeff Jaeger	19	23	82.6	0/0	4/4	3/4	12/15	0/0
Team Totals	23	30	76.7	0/0	4/4	6/9	13/17	0/0
Opponents Totals	16	23	69.6	0/0	6/7	4/4	3/9	3/3

RUSHING	ATT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Raymont Harris	194	748	3.9	23	4	40	5	0	3
Rashaan Salaam	143	496	3.5	32	3	27	2	0	2
Robert Green	60	249	4.2	19	0	10	0	0	3
Michael Hicks	27	92	3.4	23	0	5	1	0	1
Curtis Conway	8	50	6.3	19	0	2	0	0	0
Tony Carter	11	43	3.9	23	0	5	1	0	0
Michael Timpson	3	21	7.0	13	0	1	0	0	0
Dave Krieg	16	12	0.8	2	1	9	0	0	3
Erik Kramer	8	4	0.5	3	0	3	0	0	1
Todd Sauerbrun	1	3	3.0	3	0	1	0	0	0
Shane Matthews	1	2	2.0	2t	1	1	0	0	0
Team Totals	472	1720	3.6	32	9	104	9	0	13
Opponents Totals	427	1617	3.8	63	13	87	10	1	10

PASSING	ATT	COM	PCT	INC	YDS	Y/ATT	Y/COM	LG	TD	TD%	INT	INT%	TS	YL	NYP	FD	G20+	G40+	RTG
Dave Krieg	377	226	59.9	139	2278	6.0	10.1	53t	14	3.7	12	3.2	14	104	2174	127	22	2	76.3
Shane Matthews	17	13	76.5	4	158	9.3	12.2	26	1	5.9	0	0.0	1	3	155	8	2	0	124.1
Erik Kramer	150	73	48.7	71	781	5.2	10.7	58t	3	2.0	6	4.0	7	53	728	37	8	1	54.3
Curtis Conway	1	1	100.0	0	33	33.0	33.0	33t	1	100.0	0	0.0	0	0	33	1	1	0	158.3
Todd Sauerbrun	2	2	100.0	0	63	31.5	31.5	47	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	63	2	1	1	118.8
Steve Stenstrom	4	3	75.0	1	37	9.3	12.3	28	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	5	32	1	1	0	103.1
Team Totals	551	318	57.7	215	3350	6.1	10.5	58t	19	3.4	18	3.3	23	165	3185	176	35	4	73.4
Opponents Totals	524	314	59.9	193	3476	6.6	11.1	62t	21	4.0	17	3.2	30	209	3267	183	31	5	79.5

RECEIVING	REC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	FD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Curtis Conway	81	1049	13.0	58t	7	51	13	2	1
Michael Timpson	62	802	12.9	49	0	45	8	1	2
Tony Carter	41	233	5.7	29	0	8	2	0	1
Bobby Engram	33	389	11.8	24	6	28	3	0	2
Raymont Harris	32	296	9.3	47	1	14	4	1	0
Ryan Wetnight	21	223	10.6	38	1	11	3	0	0
Robert Green	13	78	6.0	18	0	2	0	0	0
Bobby Neely	9	92	10.2	21	0	6	1	0	0
Rashaan Salaam	7	44	6.3	11t	1	1	0	0	1
Keith Jennings	6	56	9.3	20	0	3	1	0	0
Kerry Cash	4	42	10.5	14	0	2	0	0	0
Jack Jackson	4	39	9.8	14	0	2	0	0	0
Dave Krieg	1	5	5.0	5	0	0	0	0	0
Mike Dulaney	1	1	1.0	1t	1	1	0	0	0
Jim Flanigan	1	1	1.0	1t	1	1	0	0	0
Marcus Spears	1	1	1.0	1t	1	1	0	0	0
Michael Hicks	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0	0	0	0	0
Team Totals	318	3350	10.5	58t	19	176	35	4	7
Opponents Totals	314	3476	11.1	62t	21	183	31	5	6

INTERCEPTIONS	INT	YDS	AVG	LG	TD
Donnell Woolford	6	37	6.2	28t	1
Marty Carter	3	34	11.3	29	0
Anthony Marshall	2	20	10.0	20	0
Mark Carrier	2	0	0.0	0	0
Walt Harris	2	0	0.0	0	0
James Burton	1	11	11.0	11	0
Barry Minter	1	5	5.0	5	0
Team Totals	17	107	6.3	29	1
Opponents Totals	18	94	5.2	27	0

PUNTING	NO	YDS	AVG	LG	BL	TB	I20	OB	DN	RYDS	NYDS	NET
Todd Sauerbrun	78	3491	44.8	72	0	12	15	3	9	527	2724	34.9
Team Totals	78	3491	44.8	72	0	12	15	3	9	527	2724	34.9
Opponents Totals	76	3047	40.1	60	1	9	25			282	2585	34.0

PUNT RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Bobby Engram	31	19	282	9.1	34	0	1	0	0
Team Totals	31	19	282	9.1	34	0	1	0	0
Opponents Totals	42	12	527	12.5	88t	2

KICKOFFS	NO	YDS	AVG	OB	TB	RET	RETY	TD	OSA	OSR
Todd Sauerbrun	61	3677	60.3	3	9	45	885	0	4	1
Jeff Jaeger	9	560	62.2	0	2	7	230	1	0	0
Team Totals	70	4237	60.5	3	11	52	1115	1	4	1
Opponents Totals						56	1337	0

KICKOFF RETURNS	NO	FC	YDS	AVG	LG	TD	G20+	G40+	FUM
Bobby Engram	25	0	580	23.2	45	0	16	1	0
Jack Jackson	27	0	619	22.9	60	0	16	1	2
Mike Dulaney	4	0	63	15.8	20	0	1	0	0
Anthony Marshall	0	0	75		75L	0	1	1	0
Team Totals	56	0	1337	23.9	88	0	34	3	2
Opponents Totals	52		1115	21.4	90t	1

SACKS	NO	YDS
Alonzo Spellman	8.0
Jim Flanigan	5.0
Al Fontenot	4.5
Bryan Cox	3.0
John Thierry	2.0
Kevin Miniefield	1.5
Barry Minter	1.5
Carl Simpson	1.5
Joe Cain	1.0
John Mangum	1.0
Vinson Smith	1.0
Team Totals	30.0	209.0
Opponents Totals	23.0	165.0

FUMBLES	NO	LOST	OWN	OPP	REC	YDS	TD
Todd Burger	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Mark Carrier	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
Tony Carter	1		1	0	1	0	0
Curtis Conway	1		0	0	0	0	0
Bryan Cox	0	0	0	3	3	0	1
Bobby Engram	2		0	0	0	0	0
Marlon Forbes	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Robert Green	3		3	0	3	0	0
Raymont Harris	3		0	0	0	0	0
Walt Harris	0	0	0	2	2	8	0
Michael Hicks	1		0	0	0	0	0
Jack Jackson	2		0	0	0	0	0
Erik Kramer	1		1	0	1	-1	0
Dave Krieg	6		3	0	3	-9	0
Michael Lowery	0	0	0	1	1	0	1
Todd Perry	0	0	1	0	1	0	0
Rashaan Salaam	3		1	0	1	0	0
Carl Simpson	0	0	0	2	2	2	0
Vinson Smith	0	0	0	2	2	34	0
Michael Timpson	2		1	0	1	0	0
James Williams	0	0	2	0	2	0	0
Team Totals	25	10	15	11	26	34	2
Opponents Totals	29	11	15	9	24		0