1972 Chicago Bears 4-9-1 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Chicago 20 47 63 63 0 193 Opponent 78 90 30 72 0 270 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 193 270 0-1 10 Atlanta 21 First Downs 209 238 0-1 1 17 Los Angeles 17 Rush 137 109 1-1 1 37 Detroit 24 Pass 56 118 1-2 1 7 @Green Bay 23 Pen 16 11 1-3 1 19 @Cleveland 26 Penalties 67 65 1-4 1 7 Minnesota 28 Yards 533 543 2-4 1 23 @St. Louis 6 2-5 1 3 @Detroit 16 Rushing Att 529 512 2-6 1 7 Green Bay 20 Yards 2693 2073 2-7 1 6 San Francisco 17 Ave 5.1 4.0 2-8 1 3 Cincinnati 17 TD 13 10 3-8 1 14 @Minnesota 13 4-8 1 30 @Philadelphia 22 Passing Att 206 299 4-9 1 10 @Oakland 20 Comp 70 160 % 34.0 53.5 Int 21 14 % 10.2 4.7 TD 6 16 % 2.9 5.4 Yards 1097 2137 Sacked 34 26 Punt Return 38 35 Yards 178 138 Ave 4.7 3.9 Kick Return 67 49 Yards 1603 1104 Ave 23.9 22.5 Punts 58 55 Yards 2466 2245 Ave 42.5 40.8 FG Att 30 33 Made 17 25 % 56.7 75.8 Third Downs 166 175 Made 53 66 % 31.9 37.7 Fourth Downs 11 10 Made 3 6 % 27.3 60.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 37 29 Lost 15 13 Turnovers 36 27 Net Offense 3550 4013 Per Play 4.6 4.8 1972 Chicago Bears Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Douglass 127 1085 8.5 62 58 49 10 Thomas,E 22 3 392 17.8 4 19 45 4 Harrison 183 751 4.1 16 43 19 1 Farmer 15 0 243 16.2 1 11 65 1 Shy 95 368 3.9 3 10 22 0 Shy 9 1 124 13.8 1 7 34 0 Pinder 83 356 4.3 6 17 19 2 Seymour 8 2 126 15.8 1 7 34 0 Lawson 28 129 4.6 3 5 17 0 Lawson 6 1 89 14.8 1 4 35 0 Turner,C 2 7 3.5 0 0 7 0 Harrison 4 0 46 11.5 0 3 24 1 Butkus 1 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Turner,C 3 2 49 16.3 0 3 17 0 Kosins 1 5 5.0 0 1 5 0 Parsons 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 Parsons 1 3 3.0 0 1 3 0 Pinder 1 0 11 11.0 0 1 11 0 Thomas,E 5 -5 -1.0 0 1 9 0 Kosins 1 0 6 6.0 0 0 6 0 Seymour 1 -6 -6.0 0 0 0 0 70 10 1097 15.7 8 56 65 6 Farmer 2 -6 -3.0 0 0 0 0 529 2693 5.1 90 137 49 13 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Douglass 206 70 34.0 1097 15.7 65 31 8 21 10.2 34 6 2.9 22.7 206 70 34.0 1097 15.7 65 31 8 21 10.2 34 6 2.9 22.7 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts Percival 20 20 100.0 30 17 56.7 33.3 50.0 52 71 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross Green 58 2466 55 7 0 14 35 138 37.7 42.5 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Smith,R 35 1037 29.6 80 0 Smith,R 32 2 150 4.7 17 0 Holloway 2 37 18.5 27 0 Clemons 6 0 28 4.7 8 0 Turner,C 22 403 18.3 36 0 38 2 178 4.7 17 0 Clemons 7 124 17.7 29 0 Coady 1 2 2.0 2 0 67 1603 23.9 80 0 Fumbles Douglass 13 Shy 4 Turner,C 3 Lawson 1 Clemons 1 Kosins 1 Smith,R 6 Harrison 4 Pinder 2 Farmer 1 Holloway 1 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec McGee 8 McGee 12 Butkus 19 Buffone 9 Buffone 6 Buffone 5 Rice 5 Osborne 7 Buffone 11 Smith,R 6 McGee 3 DeLong 5 Osborne 4 Rice 4 Rice 11 Taylor,J 6 Osborne 3 Harrison 3 DeLong 4 Osborne 9 Ford 5 Butkus 2 Butkus 2 Butkus 3 McGee 9 McGee 3 DeLong 2 Douglass 2 Buffone 1 Brupbach 5 Moore,Je 3 Rice 2 Ford 2 Brupbach 1 DeLong 3 Rice 2 Smith,R 2 Coady 2 Osborne 1 Taylor,J 2 Holloway 2 Brupbach 1 Holman 1 Newton 2 Butkus 1 Pifferin 1 Rice 2 DeLong 1 Line 1 Farmer 1 Rowden 1 Clemons 1 Brupbach 1 Osborne 1 McKinney 1 Parsons 1 Turner,C 1 Pinder 1 Asher 1 Seymour 1 Thomas,E 1 Tackles Butkus 117 McGee 61 Ford 39 Rowden 15 McKinney 9 Farmer 4 Buffone 114 Rice 50 Taylor,J 32 Pifferin 12 Line 8 Holman 2 Brupbach 76 Osborne 48 Moore,Je 26 Lyle 11 Jeter 7 Turner,C 2 Smith,R 70 DeLong 45 Staley 15 Clemons 10 Gunn 5 Horton 1 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Ford 5 52 10.4 32 0 Taylor,J 4 0 0.0 0 0 Moore,Je 2 1 0.5 1 0 Brupbache 1 6 6.0 6 0 Buffone 1 0 0.0 0 0 Clemons 1 0 0.0 0 0 14 59 4.2 32 0 1972 Chicago Bears Coach:Abe Gibron Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Douglass,Bobby 5 B 2 5 QB Huarte,John 2 O 2 1 Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Butkus,Dick 1 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Harrison,Jim 1 0 5 B 4 2 RB Kosins,Gary 1 0 5 B 3 3 RB Lawson,Odell 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Pinder,Cyril 1 0 4 B 4 2 KR RB Shy,Don 1 0 5 B 4 2 WR Farmer,George 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Seymour,Jim 0 0 5 O 1 1 WR Turner,Cecil 0 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Parsons,Bob 2 0 4 O 1 1 TE Thomas,Earl 2 0 5 O 1 1 KR TE Wallace,Bob 2 0 5 O 1 1 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Cadile,Jim 4 3 2 G Holloway,Glen 6 5 5 KR G Janet Ernie 3 3 2 G Newton,Bob 5 4 5 T Antoine,Lionel 4 3 2 T Buzin,Rich 3 3 2 T Jackson,Randy 5 4 5 C Coady,Rich 6 5 5 G-T Asher,Bob 5 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Line,Bill 3 2 0 1 4 DT Osborne,Jim 6 5 0 1 5 DT Rice,Andy 5 4 0 1 5 DT Staley,Bill 3 2 0 1 2 DL Horton,Larry 4 3 0 1 3 KR DL McGee,Tony 6 4 0 2 5 DE DeLong,Steve 5 4 0 1 5 DE Holman,Willie 3 2 0 1 2 ILB Butkus,Dick 10 6 3 1 5 KR ILB Rowden,Larry 4 3 1 0 4 LB McKinney,Bill 3 2 1 0 5 LB Pifferini,Bob 3 2 1 0 5 OLB Brupbacher,Ross 5 2 3 0 5 OLB Buffone,Doug 8 4 4 0 5 OLB Gunn,Jimmy 4 3 1 0 5 CB Ford,Charlie 6 0 6 0 5 CB Jeter,Bob 4 0 4 0 3 CB Taylor,Joe 6 0 6 0 5 S Clemons,Craig 4 1 3 0 5 RET S Lyle,Garry 3 1 2 0 2 S Moore,Jerry 5 1 4 0 4 S Smith,Ron 5 1 4 0 5 RET Special Teams P Green,BobbyJo K Percival,Mac