1971 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Dooley (6-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1971 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Dooley (6-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1971 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears labored to change the scoreboard with just 185 points, and the defensive squad yielded 276. Don Shy rushed for a team-leading 420 yards for Chicago.
Bobby Douglass passed for 1,164 yards. George Farmer hauled in 46 balls for 737 yards, while Dick Gordon contributed to the receiving game, too.
The opportunistic defense manufactured 45 turnovers. Charlie Ford picked off 5 opponent throws.
Jim Dooley coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Douglass | 225 | 91 | 40.4 | 1164 | 5.2 | 5 | 2.2 | 15 | 6.7 | 64 | 30 | 235 | 37.0 |
| Kent Nix | 137 | 51 | 37.2 | 760 | 5.5 | 6 | 4.4 | 10 | 7.3 | 45 | 10 | 91 | 40.4 |
| Jack Concannon | 77 | 42 | 54.5 | 334 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 3 | 3.9 | 28 | 8 | 61 | 49.4 |
| Don Shy | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 23 | 23.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 23 | 1 | 5 | 158.3 |
| Bobby Green | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 13 | 6.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 70.8 |
| Bob Wallace | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 |
| Totals | 443 | 186 | 42.0 | 2294 | 5.2 | 12 | 2.7 | 28 | 6.3 | 64 | 49 | 392 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Don Shy | 116 | 420 | 3.6 | 21 | 2 |
| Cyril Pinder | 63 | 311 | 4.9 | 40 | 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 |
| Totals | 365 | 1434 | 3.9 | 40 | 6 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Totals | 186 | 2294 | 12.3 | 64 | 12 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mac Percival | 18 | 18 | 100.0 | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 63 |
| Bobby Douglass | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Dick Butkus | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 1 | |||
| Totals | 20 | 20 | 100.0 | 33 | 15 | 45.5 | 65 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bobby Green | 77 | 3095 | 40.2 | 60 |
| Totals | 77 | 3095 | 40.2 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 26 | 194 | 7.5 | 43 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 9 | 63 | 7.0 | 21 | 0 |
| Garry Lyle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
| Totals | 36 | 262 | 7.3 | 43 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 26 | 671 | 25.8 | 41 | 0 |
| Cecil Turner | 31 | 639 | 20.6 | 40 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 12 | 0 |
| Totals | 59 | 1325 | 22.5 | 41 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Ford | 5 | 46 | 9.2 | 24 | 0 |
| Dick Butkus | 4 | 9 | 2.2 | 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 |
| Totals | 22 | 267 | 12.1 | 39 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ron Smith | 0 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ross Brupbacher | 0 | 1 | 3 | 49 | 1 | 0 | |
| Tony McGee | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Glen Holloway | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jerry Moore | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Willie Holman | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Earl Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cecil Turner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Charlie Ford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kent Nix | 3 | 1 | -6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Rich Coady | 1 | 1 | -17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bill Staley | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| George Seals | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Gunn | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jack Concannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Joe Moore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bobby Douglass | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Don Shy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Bill Tucker | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Jim Grabowski | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| George Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 33 | 39 | 2 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
| Mac Percival | 15 | 18 | 0 | 63 | ||||||||||
| George Farmer | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | ||||||||
| Dick Gordon | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||||
| Bobby Douglass | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | |||||||||
| Bob Wallace | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Don Shy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | ||||||||
| Ross Brupbacher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| Cyril Pinder | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
| George Seals | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
| Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Totals | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 185 |
