1962 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (9-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1962 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 9-5
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (9-5)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1962 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1962 season with a record of 9 wins and 5 losses, finishing third in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored 321 points, while the defensive squad conceded 287. Billy Wade passed for 3,172 yards. Mike Ditka topped the receiving corps, hauling in 58 balls for 904 yards.
Joe Marconi rushed for a team-leading 406 yards for the Bears, and Ronnie Bull also contributed to the rushing attack.
The sticky-fingered defense pounced on 47 turnovers. Richie Petitbon intercepted 6 opponent throws.
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 | 412 | 225 | 54.6 | 3172 | 7.7 | 18 | 4.4 | 24 | 5.8 | 73 | 70.0 | Rudy Bukich | 13 | 3 | 23.1 | 79 | 6.1 | 1 | 7.7 | 4 | 30.8 | 65 | 38.5 | Rick Casares | 2 | 1 | 50.0 | 35 | 17.5 | 1 | 50.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 135.4 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 430 | 229 | 53.3 | 3286 | 7.6 | 20 | 4.7 | 28 | 6.5 | 73 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Joe Marconi | 89 | 406 | 4.6 | 57 | 5 | Ronnie Bull | 113 | 363 | 3.2 | 24 | 1 | Rick Casares | 75 | 255 | 3.4 | 18 | 2 | Willie Galimore | 43 | 233 | 5.4 | 77 | 2 | Billy Wade | 40 | 146 | 3.6 | 21 | 5 | Charlie Bivins | 14 | 44 | 3.1 | 15 | 1 | Billy Martin | 9 | 28 | 3.1 | 12 | 1 | Art Anderson | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 2 | 7 | 3.5 | 7 | 0 |
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| Totals | 386 | 1489 | 3.9 | 77 | 17 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Ditka | 58 | 904 | 15.6 | 69 | 5 | Johnny Morris | 58 | 889 | 15.3 | 73 | 5 | Ronnie Bull | 31 | 331 | 10.7 | 52 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 23 | 306 | 13.3 | 63 | 1 | Angelo Coia | 22 | 361 | 16.4 | 71 | 4 | Bo Farrington | 13 | 197 | 15.2 | 51 | 1 | Rick Casares | 10 | 71 | 7.1 | 24 | 1 | John Adams | 5 | 111 | 22.2 | 59 | 3 | Willie Galimore | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 29 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 3 | 52 | 17.3 | 28 | 0 | Billy Martin | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 229 | 3286 | 14.3 | 73 | 20 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Green | 69 | 3018 | 43.7 | 72 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 3018 | 43.7 | 72 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 20 | 208 | 10.4 | 33 | 0 | Billy Martin | 17 | 62 | 3.6 | 19 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 2 | 11 | 5.5 | 11 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 39 | 281 | 7.2 | 33 | 1 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Martin | 25 | 515 | 20.6 | 47 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 12 | 243 | 20.2 | 37 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 9 | 235 | 26.1 | 35 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 4 | 98 | 24.5 | 33 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 21 | 0 | Ed O'Bradovich | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 53 | 1129 | 21.3 | 47 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Richie Petitbon | 6 | 212 | 35.3 | 101 | 1 | Dave Whitsell | 5 | 45 | 9.0 | 26 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 3 | 44 | 14.7 | 36 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 2 | 64 | 32.0 | 43 | 1 | Bill George | 2 | 26 | 13.0 | 15 | 0 | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 21 | 10.5 | 21 | 0 | Larry Morris | 2 | 9 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 1 | 47 | 47.0 | 47 | 0 |
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| Totals | 23 | 468 | 20.3 | 101 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Leggett | 0 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Billy Martin | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Ditka | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 5 | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | Stan Jones | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Kilcullen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Atkins | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wade | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Morris | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Art Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Fred Williams | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Mike Pyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Bob Wetoska | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Mullins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Green | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 37 | 55 | 1 | 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 | Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 75 | Mike Ditka | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Joe Marconi | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Johnny Morris | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Billy Wade | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Angelo Coia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Rick Casares | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | John Adams | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Willie Galimore | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Billy Martin | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bo Farrington | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 17 | 20 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 321 |
