1970 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Dooley (6-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1970 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 6-8
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jim Dooley (6-8)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1970 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1970 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears racked up 256 points, and the defense allowed 261. Jack Concannon tossed for 2,130 yards. Dick Gordon hauled in 71 balls for 1,026 yards.
Ross Montgomery rushed for a team-leading 229 yards for Chicago, while Ronnie Bull and Don Shy also aided the ground game.
Doug Buffone 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 | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Jack Concannon | 385 | 194 | 50.4 | 2130 | 5.5 | 16 | 4.2 | 18 | 4.7 | 69 | 24 | 206 | 61.5 | Bobby Douglass | 30 | 12 | 40.0 | 218 | 7.3 | 4 | 13.3 | 3 | 10.0 | 53 | 7 | 46 | 65.7 | Ronnie Bull | 4 | 2 | 50.0 | 46 | 11.5 | 1 | 25.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 91.7 | Bobby Green | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 37 | 18.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.0 | Kent Nix | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 39.6 |
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| Totals | 422 | 210 | 49.8 | 2431 | 5.8 | 21 | 5.0 | 22 | 5.2 | 69 | 33 | 258 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ross Montgomery | 62 | 229 | 3.7 | 38 | 0 | Don Shy | 79 | 227 | 2.9 | 45 | 1 | Ronnie Bull | 68 | 214 | 3.1 | 28 | 0 | Jack Concannon | 42 | 136 | 3.2 | 16 | 2 | Mike Hull | 32 | 99 | 3.1 | 13 | 0 | Craig Baynham | 26 | 68 | 2.6 | 9 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 23 | 52 | 2.3 | 15 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 6 | 24 | 4.0 | 11 | 0 | Bobby Douglass | 7 | 22 | 3.1 | 7 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 4 | 17 | 4.2 | 7 | 0 | Bobby Green | 1 | 7 | 7.0 | 7 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 3 | -3 | -1.0 | 1 | 0 |
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| Totals | 353 | 1092 | 3.1 | 45 | 3 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dick Gordon | 71 | 1026 | 14.5 | 69 | 13 | George Farmer | 31 | 496 | 16.0 | 60 | 2 | Bob Wallace | 15 | 160 | 10.7 | 33 | 0 | Ross Montgomery | 14 | 75 | 5.4 | 17 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 13 | 60 | 4.6 | 17 | 0 | Mike Hull | 13 | 44 | 3.4 | 17 | 0 | Craig Baynham | 12 | 43 | 3.6 | 13 | 0 | Don Shy | 10 | 149 | 14.9 | 64 | 0 | Jimmy Hester | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 16 | 0 | Jim Seymour | 6 | 145 | 24.2 | 53 | 4 | Rich Coady | 6 | 44 | 7.3 | 14 | 1 | Linzy Cole | 3 | 47 | 15.7 | 34 | 0 | Ralph Kurek | 3 | 11 | 3.7 | 5 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 2 | 53 | 26.5 | 34 | 0 | Mac Percival | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 | Ray Ogden | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 1 | Garry Lyle | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 1 | -6 | -6.0 | -6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 210 | 2431 | 11.6 | 69 | 21 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Green | 83 | 3395 | 40.9 | 56 | Garry Lyle | 1 | 29 | 29.0 | 29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 84 | 3424 | 40.8 | 56 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ron Smith | 33 | 126 | 3.8 | 15 | 0 | Linzy Cole | 14 | 83 | 5.9 | 15 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 9 | 37 | 4.1 | 13 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 57 | 246 | 4.3 | 15 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Cecil Turner | 23 | 752 | 32.7 | 96 | 4 | Ron Smith | 28 | 651 | 23.2 | 46 | 0 | Ross Montgomery | 4 | 69 | 17.2 | 21 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 56 | 1472 | 26.3 | 96 | 4 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Doug Buffone | 4 | 33 | 8.2 | 16 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Daniels | 2 | 29 | 14.5 | 16 | 0 | Joe Taylor | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Ross Brupbacher | 2 | 17 | 8.5 | 10 | 0 | Phil Clark | 1 | 32 | 32.0 | 32 | 0 | George Seals | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Butch Davis | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 17 | 129 | 7.6 | 32 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Jack Concannon | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Smith | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lee Caffey | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Glen Holloway | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Phil Clark | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Craig Baynham | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Harry Gunner | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ross Montgomery | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Willie Holman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Joe Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Cadile | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Seals | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Randy Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Douglass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ronnie Bull | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gale Sayers | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Shy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimmy Hester | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Hyland | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Linzy Cole | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dick Gordon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 29 | 29 | 20 | 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 | Mac Percival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 88 | Dick Gordon | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 78 | Cecil Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Seymour | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | George Farmer | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jack Concannon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Don Shy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ray Ogden | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Rich Coady | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 3 | 21 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 256 |
