1963 Chicago Bears Rosters, Stats, Schedule, Team Draftees

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Record: 11-1-2, 1st in NFL West Division (Schedule and Results)

Coach: George Halas (11-1-2)

Points For: 301 (21.5/g) 10th of 14

Points Against: 144 (10.3/g) 1st of 14

Expected W-L: 11.9-2.1

SRS: 9.41 (3rd of 14), SOS: -1.80

Playoffs:
Won Championship 14-10 vs. New York Giants

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

Stadium: Wrigley Field

Principal Owner: George Halas

President/General Manager: George Halas Jr.

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	301	4172	911	4.6	25	11	257	221	404	2493	18	14	5.9	117	487	1679	15	3.4	108	92	804	32
Opp. Stats	144	3176	801	4.0	54	18	196	164	353	1734	10	36	4.5	96	412	1442	7	3.5	82	78	718	18
Lg Rank Offense	10	10			1	2	4		6	8	10	2	11		3	8	4	13
Lg Rank Defense	1	1			1	5	3		2	1	2	1	1		4	1	1	1

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 15	boxscore	W		1-0	@	Green Bay Packers	10	3	15	231	124	107	2	9	150	73	77	5
2	Sun	September 22	boxscore	W		2-0	@	Minnesota Vikings	28	7	24	359	253	106	1	20	326	174	152	5
3	Sun	September 29	boxscore	W		3-0	@	Detroit Lions	37	21	22	307	203	104	2	10	278	238	40	4
4	Sun	October 6	boxscore	W		4-0		Baltimore Colts	10	3	15	281	134	147	1	11	210	165	45	2
5	Sun	October 13	boxscore	W		5-0	@	Los Angeles Rams	52	14	22	286	201	85	3	14	203	137	66	8
6	Sun	October 20	boxscore	L		5-1	@	San Francisco 49ers	14	20	20	314	243	71	4	22	326	134	192	1
7	Sun	October 27	boxscore	W		6-1		Philadelphia Eagles	16	7	17	354	241	113	1	11	211	123	88	6
8	Sun	November 3	boxscore	W		7-1	@	Baltimore Colts	17	7	18	276	112	164		14	192	90	102	3
9	Sun	November 10	boxscore	W		8-1		Los Angeles Rams	6	0	18	276	168	108	1	10	88	29	59
10	Sun	November 17	boxscore	W		9-1		Green Bay Packers	26	7	19	317	69	248		16	232	161	71	7
11	Sun	November 24	boxscore	T		9-1-1	@	Pittsburgh Steelers	17	17	19	328	241	87	3	19	291	125	166	1
12	Sun	December 1	boxscore	T		9-1-2		Minnesota Vikings	17	17	15	221	154	67	3	9	202	86	116	4
13	Sun	December 8	boxscore	W		10-1-2		San Francisco 49ers	27	7	17	301	130	171	2	15	246	105	141	5
14	Sun	December 15	boxscore	W		11-1-2		Detroit Lions	24	14	16	321	220	101	2	16	221	94	127	3
		Playoffs
Championship	Sun	December 29	boxscore	W		12-1-2		New York Giants	14	10	14	222	129	93	2	17	268	140	128	6

Passing

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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	33	QB	14	14	11-1-2	192	356	53.9	2301	15	4.2	12	3.4	63	6.5	5.8	12.0	164.4	74.0	19	164	5.07	5.70	5.1	2	0	PB
2	Rudy Bukich	33	QB	6	0		29	43	67.4	369	3	7.0	2	4.7	44	8.6	7.9	12.7	61.5	97.9	1	13	2.27	8.09	7.4	1	1
3	Ronnie Bull	23	HB	13	8		0	3	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
4	Bobby Joe Green	27	P	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
5	Roger LeClerc	27	K	14	0		0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0	39.6	0	0	0.00	0.00	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	11-1-2	221	404	54.7	2493	18	4.5	14	3.5	63	6.6	5.9	12.1	178.1	75.6	20	177	4.72	5.88	5.24	3	1

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	33	QB	1	1	1-0-0	10	28	35.7	138	0	0.0	0	0.0	34	4.9	4.9	13.8	138.0	52.4	1	9	3.45	4.45	4.4	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	1-0-0	10	28	35.7	129	0	0.0	0	0.0	34	4.9	4.9	13.8	129.0	52.4	1	9	3.45	4.45	4.45	0	0

Rushing & Receiving

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						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	Mike Ditka	24	TE	14	14	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	59	794	13.5	8	63	4.2	56.7	59	13.5	794	8	0	PB,AP-1
2	Joe Marconi	29	FB	14	6	118	446	2	19	3.8	31.9	8.4	28	335	12.0	2	63	2.0	23.9	146	5.3	781	4	1	PB
3	Johnny Morris	28	FL	13	13	1	10	0	10	10.0	0.8	0.1	47	705	15.0	2	51	3.6	54.2	48	14.9	715	2	2
4	Ronnie Bull	23	HB	13	8	117	404	1	18	3.5	31.1	9.0	19	132	6.9	2	44	1.5	10.2	136	3.9	536	3	0
5	Willie Galimore	28	HB	13	6	85	321	5	51	3.8	24.7	6.5	13	131	10.1	0	44	1.0	10.1	98	4.6	452	5	5
6	Rick Casares	32	FB	10	8	65	277	0	30	4.3	27.7	6.5	19	94	4.9	1	25	1.9	9.4	84	4.4	371	1	2
7	Bo Farrington	27	LE	14	9	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	21	335	16.0	2	58	1.5	23.9	21	16.0	335	2	0
8	Billy Wade	33	QB	14	14	45	132	6	17	2.9	9.4	3.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	45	2.9	132	6	5	PB
9	Charlie Bivins	25	FB	14	0	44	104	0	17	2.4	7.4	3.1	3	22	7.3	0	19	0.2	1.6	47	2.7	126	0	0
10	Angelo Coia	25	SE	12	6	2	2	0	4	1.0	0.2	0.2	11	116	10.5	1	18	0.9	9.7	13	9.1	118	1	0
11	Bob Jencks	22	TE	14	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	6	6.0	0	6	0.1	0.4	1	6.0	6	0	0
12	Rudy Bukich	33	QB	6	0	7	1	1	2	0.1	0.2	1.2	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	0.1	1	1	0
13	Dave Whitsell	27	RCB	14	14	1	-8	0	-8	-8.0	-0.6	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	1	-8.0	-8	0	1
14	Bobby Joe Green	27	P	14	0	2	-10	0	-4	-5.0	-0.7	0.1	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	2	-5.0	-10	0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	487	1679	15	51	3.4	119.9	34.8	221	2670	12.1	18	63	15.8	190.7	708	6.1	4349	33	16

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	Joe Marconi	29	FB	1	1	3	5	0	3	1.7	5.0	3.0	3	64	21.3	0	34	3.0	64.0	6	11.5	69	0	0
2	Mike Ditka	24	TE	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	3	38	12.7	0	15	3.0	38.0	3	12.7	38	0	0
3	Ronnie Bull	23	HB	1	0	13	42	0	12	3.2	42.0	13.0	1	-5	-5.0	0	-5	1.0	-5.0	14	2.6	37	0	0
4	Billy Wade	33	QB	1	1	8	34	2	12	4.3	34.0	8.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	8	4.3	34	2	1
5	Angelo Coia	25	SE	1	0	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	1	22	22.0	0	22	1.0	22.0	1	22.0	22	0	0
6	Johnny Morris	28	FL	1	1	0	0	0			0.0	0.0	2	19	9.5	0	11	2.0	19.0	2	9.5	19	0	0
7	Willie Galimore	28	HB	1	1	7	12	0	7	1.7	12.0	7.0	0	0		0		0.0	0.0	7	1.7	12	0	1
	Team Totals			1	1	31	93	2	12	3.0	93.0	31.0	10	138	13.8	0	34	10.0	138.0	41	5.6	231	2	2

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Defense & Fumbles

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						Def Interceptions				Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Sfty	Awards
1	Doug Atkins	33	RDE	14	14	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12.0	1	PB,AP-1
2	Joe Fortunato	33	LLB	14	14	2	30	0	19	0	3	7	0	2.0	0	PB,AP-1
3	Bill George	34	MLB	14	14	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	3.5	0	AP-1
4	Ted Karras	29	LG	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
5	Bob Kilcullen	27	LDE	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
6	Bennie McRae	24	LCB	14	14	6	90	1	44	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
7	Larry Morris	30	RLB	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4.0	0	AP-2
8	Richie Petitbon	25	SS	14	14	8	161	1	66	0	2	0	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
9	Rosey Taylor	26	FS	14	14	9	172	1	46	0	3	29	0	0.0	0	PB,AP-1
10	Billy Wade	33	QB	14	14	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0.0	0	PB
11	Bob Wetoska	26	RT	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
12	Dave Whitsell	27	RCB	14	14	6	61	1	39	1	1	21	0	0.0	0
13	Stan Jones	32	LDT	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
14	Johnny Morris	28	FL	13	13	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0.0	0
15	Earl Leggett	30	RDT	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.0	0
16	Rick Casares	32	FB	10	8	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0.0	0
17	Willie Galimore	28	HB	13	6	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	0.0	0
18	Joe Marconi	29	FB	14	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	PB
19	Ed O'Bradovich	23	DE	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2.0	0
20	J.C. Caroline	30	DB	14	1	1	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
21	Charlie Bivins	25	FB	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
22	Larry Glueck	22	DB	14	0	1	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	0.0	0
23	Roger LeClerc	27	K	14	0	1	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0.0	0
	Team Totals			14	14	36	537	4	66	16	23	57	0	31.5	1

Defense & Fumbles Table
						Def Interceptions					Fumbles
Rk	Player	Age	Pos	G	GS	Int	Yds	IntTD	Lng	PD	Fmb	FR	Yds	FRTD	Sk	Comb	Sfty	Awards
1	Willie Galimore	28	HB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
2	Bennie McRae	24	LCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
3	Larry Morris	30	RLB	1	1	1	61	0	61	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0
4	Ed O'Bradovich	23	DE	1	1	1	10	0	10	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
5	Richie Petitbon	25	SS	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
6	Billy Wade	33	QB	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
7	Dave Whitsell	27	RCB	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
8	Billy Martin	25	HB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.0	0	0
	Team Totals			1	1	5	71	0	61	0	3	2	0	0	1.0	0	0

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