1968 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Jim Dooley (7-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1968 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 7-7
Finishing 2nd in the NFL's Central Division
Coach: Jim Dooley (7-7)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1968 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1968 season with a record of 7 wins and 7 losses, finishing second in the NFL's Central Division.
The Bears scored 250 points, but the defense surrendered 333. Gale Sayers rushed for a team-leading 856 yards for Chicago.
Virgil Carter threw for 769 yards, and Jack Concannon threw the ball also. Dick Gordon topped pass catchers, hauling in 29 passes for 477 yards. Austin Denney and Brian Piccolo contributed to the receiving game, too.
Bennie McRae picked off 4 opponent throws.
Jim Dooley coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating | Virgil Carter | 122 | 55 | 45.1 | 769 | 6.3 | 4 | 3.3 | 5 | 4.1 | 50 | 59.8 | Jack Concannon | 143 | 71 | 49.7 | 715 | 5.0 | 5 | 3.5 | 9 | 6.3 | 51 | 49.7 | Larry Rakestraw | 67 | 30 | 44.8 | 361 | 5.4 | 1 | 1.5 | 7 | 10.4 | 80 | 27.2 | Rudy Bukich | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 23 | 3.3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 13 | 40.8 | Jon Kilgore | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Gale Sayers | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 | Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 343 | 158 | 46.1 | 1868 | 5.4 | 10 | 2.9 | 21 | 6.1 | 80 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 138 | 856 | 6.2 | 63 | 2 | Ronnie Bull | 107 | 472 | 4.4 | 24 | 3 | Brian Piccolo | 123 | 450 | 3.7 | 19 | 2 | Virgil Carter | 48 | 265 | 5.5 | 31 | 4 | Jack Concannon | 28 | 104 | 3.7 | 16 | 2 | Ralph Kurek | 17 | 95 | 5.6 | 23 | 1 | Bob Wallace | 3 | 29 | 9.7 | 18 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 4 | 28 | 7.0 | 26 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 7 | 25 | 3.6 | 8 | 0 | Mike Hull | 12 | 22 | 1.8 | 12 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 14 | 0 | Larry Rakestraw | 9 | 12 | 1.3 | 7 | 0 | Bobby Green | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Austin Denney | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 500 | 2377 | 4.8 | 63 | 14 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick Gordon | 29 | 477 | 16.4 | 51 | 4 | Brian Piccolo | 28 | 291 | 10.4 | 44 | 0 | Austin Denney | 23 | 247 | 10.7 | 46 | 2 | Bob Wallace | 19 | 281 | 14.8 | 27 | 2 | Ronnie Bull | 17 | 145 | 8.5 | 24 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 15 | 117 | 7.8 | 21 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 14 | 208 | 14.9 | 80 | 2 | Garry Lyle | 5 | 32 | 6.4 | 13 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 4 | 50 | 12.5 | 23 | 0 | Mike Hull | 4 | 20 | 5.0 | 9 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 158 | 1868 | 11.8 | 80 | 10 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Mac Percival | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 25 | 25 | 100.0 | 36 | 25 | 69.4 | 100 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Jon Kilgore | 35 | 1231 | 35.2 | 50 | Bobby Green | 27 | 1142 | 42.3 | 58 | Garry Lyle | 4 | 134 | 33.5 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 66 | 2507 | 38.0 | 58 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 18 | 0 | Bob Wallace | 6 | 27 | 4.5 | 9 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 9 | 19 | 2.1 | 12 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Major Hazelton | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 19 | 81 | 4.3 | 18 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Gale Sayers | 17 | 461 | 27.1 | 48 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 20 | 363 | 18.2 | 33 | 0 | Clarence Childs | 8 | 291 | 36.4 | 88 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 3 | 97 | 32.3 | 37 | 0 | Bob Wallace | 3 | 80 | 26.7 | 42 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 4 | 48 | 12.0 | 20 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 28 | 0 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 58 | 1370 | 23.6 | 88 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bennie McRae | 4 | 41 | 10.2 | 22 | 0 | Rosey Taylor | 3 | 96 | 32.0 | 96 | 1 | Dick Butkus | 3 | 14 | 4.7 | 14 | 0 | Loyd Phillips | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 0 | Richie Petitbon | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 1 | 21 | 21.0 | 21 | 0 | Curt Gentry | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Dick Evey | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Joe Taylor | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 18 | 226 | 12.6 | 96 | 1 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Virgil Carter | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Purnell | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Major Hazelton | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Wallace | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Frank Cornish | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Holman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cadile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Brian Piccolo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rudy Kuechenberg | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Johnson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Andy Livingston | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jack Concannon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Rakestraw | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 28 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mac Percival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 100 | Dick Gordon | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Virgil Carter | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Jack Concannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob Wallace | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Austin Denney | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Brian Piccolo | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Cecil Turner | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Gale Sayers | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ralph Kurek | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 14 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 250 |
