1975 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (4-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1975 Chicago Bears Roster
1975 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Chicago labored to change the scoreboard with just 191 points, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 379. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 679 yards for the Bears.

Gary Huff passed for 1,083 yards. Bo Rather topped the receiving corps, hauling in 39 balls for 685 yards, while Walter Payton was targeted regularly, too.

Virgil Livers, Craig Clemons, Doug Plank and Allan Ellis each snatched 2 opponent throws.

Jack Pardee coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Gary Huff	205	114	55.6	1083	5.3	3	1.5	9	4.4	49	16	168	57.0
Bob Avellini	126	67	53.2	942	7.5	6	4.8	11	8.7	57	13	144	57.0
Bobby Douglass	20	8	40.0	87	4.4	0	0.0	2	10.0	34	2	13	14.0
Mike Adamle	2	2	100.0	57	28.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	44	1	5	118.8
Bob Grim	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Bob Parsons	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Walter Payton	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	356	191	53.7	2169	6.1	9	2.5	23	6.5	57	32	330

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter Payton	196	679	3.5	54	7
Roland Harper	100	453	4.5	32	1
Mike Adamle	94	353	3.8	21	1
Cid Edwards	27	73	2.7	16	0
Bobby Douglass	5	34	6.8	18	1
Johnny Musso	6	33	5.5	16	0
Bo Rather	4	24	6.0	18	0
Gary Huff	5	7	1.4	10	0
Bob Avellini	4	-3	-0.8	1	1
Totals	441	1653	3.7	54	11

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Bo Rather	39	685	17.6	54	2
Walter Payton	33	213	6.5	40	0
Bob Grim	28	374	13.4	57	2
Roland Harper	27	191	7.1	27	0
Greg Latta	16	202	12.6	34	3
Mike Adamle	15	111	7.4	25	0
Bob Parsons	13	184	14.2	38	1
Cid Edwards	11	86	7.8	14	1
Steve Schubert	5	68	13.6	16	0
George Farmer	2	32	16.0	17	0
Noah Jackson	1	17	17.0	17	0
Jeff Sevy	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	191	2169	11.4	57	9

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Thomas	22	18	81.8	23	13	56.5	57
Totals	22	18	81.8	23	13	56.5	57

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Parsons	93	3625	39.0	60
Walter Payton	1	39	39.0	39
Totals	94	3664	39.0	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Virgil Livers	42	456	10.9	39
Steve Schubert	6	33	5.5	16
Doug Plank	3	23	7.7	12
Bill Knox	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	52	512	9.8	39

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Virgil Livers	26	529	20.3	40
Walter Payton	14	444	31.7	70
Earl Douthitt	13	333	25.6	64
Steve Schubert	9	146	16.2	25
Bill Knox	4	67	16.8	21
Roland Harper	4	67	16.8	18
Mike Adamle	1	27	27.0	27
Ted Vactor	1	25	25.0	25
Bo Rather	1	6	6.0	6
Jim Osborne	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	74	1644	22.2	70

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Craig Clemons	2	109	54.5	76	1
Doug Plank	2	50	25.0	29	0
Virgil Livers	2	40	20.0	40	1
Allan Ellis	2	4	2.0	4	0
John Babinecz	1	15	15.0	15	0
Doug Buffone	1	12	12.0	12	0
Jimmy Gunn	1	5	5.0	5	0
Carl Gersbach	1	4	4.0	4	0
Larry Ely	1	2	2.0	2	0
Totals	13	241	18.5	76	2

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Waymond Bryant			0	3	0	0
Greg Latta			1	3	0
Craig Clemons		0	0	3	3
Virgil Livers		0	5	3	0
Bob Parsons			2	2	-34
Mike Hartenstine			0	2	5
Jeff Sevy			0	1	0	0
Roland Harper			3	1	0
Bob Avellini			2	1	0
Earl Douthitt			1	1	17	0
Noah Jackson			0	1	0	0
Larry Ely		0	0	1	0	0
Bill Knox			0	1	0	0
Steve Schubert			1	1	0	0
Dan Peiffer			0	1	0	0
Mark Nordquist			0	1	0	0
Richard Harris			0	1	0	0
Walter Payton			9	1	0
Bo Rather			2	1	0
Doug Buffone		0	0	1	0	0
Mike Adamle			4	1	0
Cid Edwards			1	0	0
Gary Huff			4	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	35	31	-9	0

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Bob Thomas									13	18	0			57
Walter Payton	7	0		0					0	0	0			42
Greg Latta		3							0	0	0			18
Bo Rather	0	2		0					0	0	0			12
Bob Grim		2							0	0	0			12
Bob Avellini	1								0	0	0			6
Bobby Douglass	1								0	0	0			6
Mike Adamle	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Cid Edwards	0	1							0	0	0			6
Craig Clemons						1			0	0	0			6
Bob Parsons		1							0	0	0			6
Roland Harper	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Virgil Livers			0	0		1			0	0	0			6
Mike Hartenstine									0	0	0		1	2
Totals	11	9	0	0	0	2	0	0	13	18	0	0	1	191