1964 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 5-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (5-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1964 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 5-9
Finishing 6th in the NFL's West Division
Coach: George Halas (5-9)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1964 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1964 season with a record of 5 wins and 9 losses, finishing sixth in the NFL's West Division.
Chicago scored 260 points, while the shaky defensive squad gave up 379. Billy Wade passed for 1,944 yards, and Rudy Bukich spent time under center, too. Johnny Morris topped the receiving corps, hauling in 93 balls for 1,200 yards. Mike Ditka was targeted regularly as well.
Jon Arnett rushed for a team-leading 400 yards for the Bears, while Ronnie Bull also buoyed the ground attack.
Bill George, Dave Whitsell, Rosey Taylor, J.C. Caroline and Bennie McRae each picked off 2 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 | 327 | 182 | 55.7 | 1944 | 5.9 | 13 | 4.0 | 14 | 4.3 | 68 | 68.6 | Rudy Bukich | 160 | 99 | 61.9 | 1099 | 6.9 | 12 | 7.5 | 7 | 4.4 | 63 | 89.0 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 1 | 33.3 | 13 | 4.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 47.9 | Jon Arnett | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 494 | 282 | 57.1 | 3056 | 6.2 | 25 | 5.1 | 21 | 4.3 | 68 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jon Arnett | 119 | 400 | 3.4 | 21 | 1 | Ronnie Bull | 86 | 320 | 3.7 | 50 | 1 | Rick Casares | 35 | 123 | 3.5 | 28 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 46 | 98 | 2.1 | 8 | 2 | Billy Wade | 24 | 96 | 4.0 | 31 | 1 | Charlie Bivins | 29 | 92 | 3.2 | 17 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 12 | 28 | 2.3 | 12 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Bobby Green | 2 | -2 | -1.0 | 7 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 2 | -3 | -1.5 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 356 | 1166 | 3.3 | 50 | 5 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Johnny Morris | 93 | 1200 | 12.9 | 63 | 10 | Mike Ditka | 75 | 897 | 12.0 | 34 | 5 | Jon Arnett | 25 | 223 | 8.9 | 27 | 2 | Rich Kreitling | 20 | 185 | 9.2 | 22 | 2 | Joe Marconi | 20 | 181 | 9.0 | 29 | 3 | Ronnie Bull | 15 | 35 | 2.3 | 9 | 0 | Rick Casares | 14 | 113 | 8.1 | 51 | 2 | Charlie Bivins | 11 | 59 | 5.4 | 21 | 1 | Gary Barnes | 4 | 61 | 15.2 | 33 | 0 | Bill Martin | 3 | 93 | 31.0 | 68 | 0 | Billy Martin | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 282 | 3056 | 10.8 | 68 | 25 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Roger LeClerc | 16 | 10 | 62.5 | 30 | Bob Jencks | 32 | 29 | 90.6 | 7 | 3 | 42.9 | 38 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 32 | 29 | 90.6 | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 68 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Green | 71 | 3161 | 44.5 | 62 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 71 | 3161 | 44.5 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Jon Arnett | 19 | 188 | 9.9 | 44 | 0 | Billy Martin | 11 | 31 | 2.8 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 30 | 219 | 7.3 | 44 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Billy Martin | 24 | 534 | 22.2 | 36 | 0 | Jon Arnett | 15 | 331 | 22.1 | 44 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 8 | 218 | 27.2 | 41 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 6 | 167 | 27.8 | 86 | 1 | Ronnie Bull | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 27 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 2 | 12 | 6.0 | 12 | 0 | Jim Purnell | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
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| Totals | 58 | 1314 | 22.7 | 86 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | J.C. Caroline | 2 | 84 | 42.0 | 79 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 2 | 57 | 28.5 | 41 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 2 | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 26 | 0 | Bill George | 2 | 28 | 14.0 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 10 | 258 | 25.8 | 79 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Dick Evey | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Whitsell | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Rabold | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Fortunato | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill George | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Marconi | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Mike Pyle | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Bukich | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Leggett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jon Arnett | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Martin | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Jencks | 0 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Mike Ditka | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Bivins | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rick Casares | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Johnny Morris | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Billy Wade | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 19 | 27 | 22 | 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 | Johnny Morris | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 60 | Bob Jencks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | 38 | Mike Ditka | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Joe Marconi | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Jon Arnett | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Rick Casares | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rich Kreitling | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Billy Wade | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Charlie Bivins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Andy Livingston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 5 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 260 |
