
1961 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 8-6
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (8-6)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1961 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1961 season with a record of 8 wins and 6 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division. George Halas coached the team.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Billy Wade | 250 | 139 | 55.6 | 2258 | 9.0 | 22 | 8.8 | 13 | 5.2 | 98 | 93.7 | Ed Brown | 98 | 46 | 46.9 | 742 | 7.6 | 4 | 4.1 | 11 | 11.2 | 84 | 46.8 | John Adams | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 11 | 11.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 11 | 112.5 |
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Totals | 349 | 186 | 53.3 | 3011 | 8.6 | 26 | 7.4 | 24 | 6.9 | 98 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Galimore | 153 | 707 | 4.6 | 60 | 4 | Rick Casares | 135 | 588 | 4.4 | 23 | 8 | Billy Wade | 45 | 255 | 5.7 | 29 | 2 | Charlie Bivins | 43 | 188 | 4.4 | 24 | 1 | Bill Brown | 22 | 81 | 3.7 | 20 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 8 | 49 | 6.1 | 21 | 0 | Ed Brown | 13 | 18 | 1.4 | 13 | 0 | J.D. Smith | 3 | 6 | 2.0 | 5 | 0 | John Adams | 14 | -2 | -0.1 | 10 | 1 |
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Totals | 436 | 1890 | 4.3 | 60 | 16 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Ditka | 56 | 1076 | 19.2 | 76 | 12 | Johnny Morris | 36 | 548 | 15.2 | 80 | 4 | Willie Galimore | 33 | 502 | 15.2 | 84 | 3 | Bo Farrington | 21 | 349 | 16.6 | 98 | 4 | Angelo Coia | 12 | 249 | 20.8 | 64 | 3 | Rick Casares | 8 | 69 | 8.6 | 31 | 0 | Jim Dooley | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 25 | 0 | John Adams | 5 | 80 | 16.0 | 36 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 4 | -9 | -2.2 | 4 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 3 | 51 | 17.0 | 23 | 0 | Bill Brown | 2 | 6 | 3.0 | 13 | 0 |
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Totals | 186 | 3011 | 16.2 | 98 | 26 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Roger LeClerc | 41 | 40 | 97.6 | 24 | 10 | 41.7 | 70 | Ed Brown | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 4 | Bill George | 1 | 0.0 | 0 |
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Totals | 42 | 41 | 97.6 | 27 | 11 | 40.7 | 74 |
Punting:
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 23 | 155 | 6.7 | 16 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 7 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Larry Morris | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
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Totals | 27 | 170 | 6.3 | 16 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Charlie Bivins | 25 | 668 | 26.7 | 78 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 14 | 379 | 27.1 | 60 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 5 | 82 | 16.4 | 25 | 0 | Bill Brown | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 19 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 2 | 46 | 23.0 | 25 | 0 | J.D. Smith | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 |
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Totals | 51 | 1247 | 24.5 | 78 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Whitsell | 6 | 123 | 20.5 | 52 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 5 | 71 | 14.2 | 43 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 24 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 3 | 48 | 16.0 | 28 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 3 | 34 | 11.3 | 16 | 0 | Bill George | 3 | 18 | 6.0 | 13 | 0 | Larry Morris | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 |
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Totals | 24 | 371 | 15.5 | 52 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Roger LeClerc | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Bill George | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Adams | 1 | 2 | 36 | 0 | Willie Galimore | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Ed Brown | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Mellekas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harlon Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | Bill Brown | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Stan Fanning | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bo Farrington | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Ditka | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wade | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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Totals | 0 | 0 | 23 | 22 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mike Ditka | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 72 | Roger LeClerc | 10 | 40 | 0 | 70 | Rick Casares | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | Willie Galimore | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Johnny Morris | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Bo Farrington | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Angelo Coia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | John Adams | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ed Brown | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
Totals | 16 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 326 |