1971 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

1971 Chicago Bears Roster
1971 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1971 season with a record of 6 wins and 8 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Chicago labored to change the scoreboard with just 185 points, while the defensive squad yielded 276. Don Shy rushed for a team-leading 420 yards for the Bears.

Bobby Douglass passed for 1,164 yards. George Farmer hauled in 46 balls for 737 yards. Dick Gordon provided receiving help, too.

The opportunistic defense manufactured 45 turnovers. Charlie Ford picked off 5 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
Bobby Douglass	225	91	40.4	1164	5.2	5	2.2	15	6.7	64	30	235	37.0
Kent Nix	137	51	37.2	760	5.5	6	4.4	10	7.3	45	10	91	40.4
Jack Concannon	77	42	54.5	334	4.3	0	0.0	3	3.9	28	8	61	49.4
Don Shy	1	1	100.0	23	23.0	1	100.0	0	0.0	23	1	5	158.3
Bobby Green	2	1	50.0	13	6.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	13	0	0	70.8
Bob Wallace	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	443	186	42.0	2294	5.2	12	2.7	28	6.3	64	49	392

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Don Shy	116	420	3.6	21	2
Cyril Pinder	63	311	4.9	40	1
Bobby Douglass	39	284	7.3	30	3
Jim Grabowski	51	149	2.9	16	0
Joe Moore	29	90	3.1	12	0
Bill Tucker	32	82	2.6	11	0
Gale Sayers	13	38	2.9	9	0
Doug Buffone	1	19	19.0	19	0
Jim Harrison	5	13	2.6	12	0
Kent Nix	9	12	1.3	14	0
George Farmer	1	11	11.0	11	0
Jack Concannon	5	5	1.0	2	0
Bob Wallace	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	365	1434	3.9	40	6

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
George Farmer	46	737	16.0	64	5
Dick Gordon	43	610	14.2	45	5
Bob Wallace	27	400	14.8	58	2
Don Shy	19	163	8.6	25	0
Jim Grabowski	17	100	5.9	25	0
Bill Tucker	11	65	5.9	21	0
Cyril Pinder	10	51	5.1	14	0
Jim Seymour	5	75	15.0	21	0
Earl Thomas	3	40	13.3	28	0
Joe Moore	2	22	11.0	18	0
Jim Harrison	2	18	9.0	12	0
Cecil Turner	1	13	13.0	13	0
Totals	186	2294	12.3	64	12

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Mac Percival	18	18	100.0	33	15	45.5	63
Bobby Douglass	1	1	100.0				1
Dick Butkus	1	1	100.0				1
Totals	20	20	100.0	33	15	45.5	65

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bobby Green	77	3095	40.2	60
Totals	77	3095	40.2	60

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Smith	26	194	7.5	43
Cecil Turner	9	63	7.0	21
Garry Lyle	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	36	262	7.3	43

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Ron Smith	26	671	25.8	41
Cecil Turner	31	639	20.6	40
Dick Butkus	2	15	7.5	12
Totals	59	1325	22.5	41

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Charlie Ford	5	46	9.2	24
Dick Butkus	4	9	2.2	9
Joe Taylor	3	69	23.0	39
Ron Smith	3	48	16.0	27
Ross Brupbacher	2	34	17.0	34
Doug Buffone	2	27	13.5	18
Garry Lyle	1	29	29.0	29
Jimmy Gunn	1	5	5.0	5
Bob Jeter	1	0	0.0	0
Totals	22	267	12.1	39

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD
Ron Smith		0	6	4	0	0
Ross Brupbacher		0	1	3	49	1
Tony McGee			0	3	0	0
Dick Butkus		0	0	3	0	0
Glen Holloway			0	3	1	0
Jerry Moore			0	2	11	0
Willie Holman			0	2	0	0
Ed O'Bradovich			0	1	1	0
Earl Thomas			0	1	0	0
Cecil Turner			1	1	0	0
Charlie Ford		0	1	1	0	0
Kent Nix			3	1	-6	0
Rich Coady			1	1	-17	0
Garry Lyle		0	0	1	0	0
Bill Staley			0	1	0	0
Bobby Green			0	1	0	0
Joe Taylor		0	0	1	0	0
George Seals			0	1	0	1
Doug Buffone		0	0	1	0	0
Jimmy Gunn		0	0	1	0	0
Jack Concannon			1	0	0	0
Joe Moore			2	0	0	0
Bobby Douglass			4	0	0	0
Don Shy			3	0	0	0
Bill Tucker			1	0	0	0
Jim Grabowski			3	0	0	0
George Farmer			1	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	28	33	39	2

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	15	18	0			63
George Farmer	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Dick Gordon	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
Bobby Douglass	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			19
Bob Wallace	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Don Shy	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Ross Brupbacher	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Cyril Pinder	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
George Seals	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0			6
Dick Butkus	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0			1
Totals	6	12	0	0	0	0	2	0	15	20	0	0	0	185