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1961 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 8-6-0, 3rd in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (8-6-0)

Points For: 326 (23.3/g) 5th of 14

Points Against: 302 (21.6/g) 9th of 14

Expected W-L: 7.6-6.4

SRS: 4.26 (4th of 14), SOS: 2.54

Defensive Coordinator: Clark Shaughnessy

Other Notable Asst.: George Allen (Defensive Assistant), Phil Handler (Offensive Line) and Luke Johnsos (Assistant Coach)

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner/Head Coach/General Manager: George Halas

Defensive Alignment: 4-3

Training Camp: St. Joseph's College (Rensselaer, Indiana)

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Team Stats and Rankings

Team Stats and Rankings Table
			Tot Yds & TO					Passing							Rushing					Penalties
Player	PF	Yds	Ply	Y/P	TO	FL	1stD	Cmp	Att	Yds	TD	Int	NY/A	1stD	Att	Yds	TD	Y/A	1stD	Pen	Yds	1stPy
Team Stats	326	4562	785	5.8	38	14	239	186	349	2672	26	24	7.7	113	436	1890	16	4.3	103	81	720	23
Opp. Stats	302	4449	799	5.6	37	13	223	209	398	2797	27	24	7.0	124	401	1652	10	4.1	80	86	860	19
Lg Rank Offense	5	6			5	5	7		10	5	3	8	5		8	7	5	8
Lg Rank Defense	9	9			11	11	5		11	11	13	7	8		2	5	3	8

Schedule & Game Results

Schedule & Game Results Table
										Score		Offense					Defense
Week	Day	Date				OT	Rec		Opp	Tm	Opp	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO	1stD	TotYd	PassY	RushY	TO
1	Sun	September 17		boxscore	L		0-1	@	Minnesota Vikings	13	37	20	270	136	134	5	17	336	257	79	1
2	Sat	September 23		boxscore	W		1-1	@	Los Angeles Rams	21	17	15	328	194	134	2	13	299	219	80	3
3	Sun	October 1		boxscore	L		1-2	@	Green Bay Packers	0	24	16	255	131	124	4	18	281	83	198	3
4	Sun	October 8		boxscore	W		2-2	@	Detroit Lions	31	17	15	454	281	173	2	13	339	174	165	4
5	Sun	October 15		boxscore	W		3-2		Baltimore Colts	24	10	14	284	194	90	1	20	362	256	106	1
6	Sun	October 22		boxscore	W		4-2		San Francisco 49ers	31	0	17	305	156	149	1	6	132	40	92	6
7	Sun	October 29		boxscore	W		5-2	@	Baltimore Colts	21	20	17	341	199	142	3	19	372	292	80	2
8	Sun	November 5		boxscore	L		5-3	@	Philadelphia Eagles	14	16	9	215	89	126		19	342	237	105	3
9	Sun	November 12		boxscore	L		5-4		Green Bay Packers	28	31	15	242	169	73	2	20	322	160	162	1
10	Sun	November 19		boxscore	L		5-5	@	San Francisco 49ers	31	41	21	428	295	133	4	15	536	318	218
11	Sun	November 26		boxscore	W		6-5		Los Angeles Rams	28	24	24	371	199	172	3	19	357	287	70	4
12	Sun	December 3		boxscore	L		6-6		Detroit Lions	15	16	12	193	66	127	3	17	245	172	73	4
13	Sun	December 10		boxscore	W		7-6		Cleveland Browns	17	14	19	324	216	108	4	15	320	245	75	2
14	Sun	December 17		boxscore	W		8-6		Minnesota Vikings	52	35	25	552	347	205	4	12	206	57	149	3

Passing

Passing Table
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	QBrec	Cmp	Att	Cmp%	Yds	TD	TD%	Int	Int%	Lng	Y/A	AY/A	Y/C	Y/G	Rate	Sk	Yds	Sk%	NY/A	ANY/A	4QC	GWD	Awards
1	Billy Wade	31	QB	13	9	5-4-0	139	250	55.6	2258	22	8.8	13	5.2	98	9.0	8.5	16.2	173.7	93.7	29	251	10.39	7.19	6.7	3	3
2	Ed Brown	33	QB	14	5	3-2-0	46	98	46.9	742	4	4.1	11	11.2	84	7.6	3.3	16.1	53.0	46.8	9	88	8.41	6.11	2.2	1	2
3	John Adams	24	FB	13	3		1	1	100.0	11	0	0.0	0	0.0	11	11.0	11.0	11.0	0.8	112.5						0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	8-6-0	186	349	53.3	2672	26	7.4	24	6.9	98	8.6	7.0	16.2	190.9	78.6	38	339	9.84	7.66	6.05	4	5

Rushing & Receiving

Rushing & Receiving Table
						Rushing							Receiving							Scrimmage
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Att	Yds	TD	Lng	Y/A	Y/G	A/G	Rec	Yds	Y/R	TD	Lng	R/G	Y/G	Touch	Y/Tch	YScm	RRTD	Fmb	Awards
1	Willie Galimore	26	HB	14	13	153	707	4	60	4.6	50.5	10.9	33	502	15.2	3	84	2.4	35.9	186	6.5	1209	7	8
2	Mike Ditka	22	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	56	1076	19.2	12	76	4.0	76.9	56	19.2	1076	12	2	PB
3	Rick Casares	30	FB	13	7	135	588	8	23	4.4	45.2	10.4	8	69	8.6	0	31	0.6	5.3	143	4.6	657	8	1
4	Johnny Morris	26	FL	14	13	8	49	0	21	6.1	3.5	0.6	36	548	15.2	4	80	2.6	39.1	44	13.6	597	4	2
5	Bo Farrington	25	LE	11	8	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	349	16.6	4	98	1.9	31.7	21	16.6	349	4	1
6	Billy Wade	31	QB	13	9	45	255	2	29	5.7	19.6	3.5	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	45	5.7	255	2	3
7	Angelo Coia	23	LE	11	6	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	12	249	20.8	3	64	1.1	22.6	12	20.8	249	3	0
8	Charlie Bivins	23	HB	14	2	43	188	1	30	4.4	13.4	3.1	4	-9	-2.3	0	4	0.3	-0.6	47	3.8	179	1	1
9	Jim Dooley	31	FL	6	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	6	90	15.0	0	25	1.0	15.0	6	15.0	90	0	0
10	Bill Brown	23	RB	14	3	22	81	0	20	3.7	5.8	1.6	2	6	3.0	0	13	0.1	0.4	24	3.6	87	0	2
11	John Adams	24	FB	13	3	14	-2	1	10	-0.1	-0.2	1.1	5	80	16.0	0	36	0.4	6.2	19	4.1	78	1	1
12	Harlon Hill	29	FS	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	51	17.0	0	23	0.2	3.6	3	17.0	51	0	0
13	Ed Brown	33	QB	14	5	13	18	0	13	1.4	1.3	0.9	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	13	1.4	18	0	1
14	J.D. Smith	25	HB	3	0	3	6	0	5	2.0	2.0	1.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	3	2.0	6	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	436	1890	16	60	4.3	135.0	31.1	186	3011	16.2	26	98	13.3	215.1	622	7.9	4901	42	22

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Defense & Fumbles

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Doug Atkins	31	RDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	9.0	0	PB
2	J.C. Caroline	28	LCB	14	14	3	48	0	28	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
3	Mike Ditka	22	TE	14	14	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
4	Joe Fortunato	31	LLB	14	14	3	34	0	16	0	1	0	0	5.5	0
5	Bill George	32	MLB	14	14	3	18	0	13	0	2	0	0	11.5	0	PB,AP-1
6	Harlon Hill	29	FS	14	14	3	52	0	24	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
7	John Mellekas	28	RDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
8	Larry Morris	28	RLB	14	14	1	25	0	25	0	1	0	0	7.5	0
9	Richie Petitbon	23	SS	14	14	5	71	0	43	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
10	Dave Whitsell	25	RCB	14	14	6	123	0	52	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
11	Fred Williams	32	LDT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.5	0
12	Maury Youmans	25	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.5	0
13	Willie Galimore	26	HB	14	13	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0.0	0
14	Johnny Morris	26	FL	14	13	0	0	0	0	2	1	3	0	0.0	0
15	Billy Wade	31	QB	13	9	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.0	0
16	Bo Farrington	25	LE	11	8	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Rick Casares	30	FB	13	7	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Ed Brown	33	QB	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0.0	0
19	Rosey Taylor	24	FS	14	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0
20	John Adams	24	FB	13	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	36	0	0.0	0
21	Bill Brown	23	RB	14	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Charlie Bivins	23	HB	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Stan Fanning	24	G	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
24	Bob Kilcullen	25	DT	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0
25	Roger LeClerc	25	K	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	5.5	0
	Team Totals			14	14	24	371	0	52	23	22	39	0	43.5	0

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