1973 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Abe Gibron (3-11)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1973 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 3-11
Finishing 4th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Abe Gibron (3-11)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1973 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1973 season with a record of 3 wins and 11 losses, finishing fourth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
Chicago floundered, tallying only 195 points, while the defensive unit surrendered 334. Carl Garrett rushed for a team-leading 655 yards for the Bears, and Bobby Douglass also contributed to the rushing attack.
Bobby Douglass threw for 1,057 yards. Earl Thomas hauled in 24 balls for 343 yards. Jim Harrison and Carl Garrett provided receiving help as well.
Garry Lyle picked off 5 opponent throws.
Abe Gibron 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 | 174 | 81 | 46.6 | 1057 | 6.1 | 5 | 2.9 | 7 | 4.0 | 63 | 27 | 215 | 59.0 | Gary Huff | 126 | 54 | 42.9 | 525 | 4.2 | 3 | 2.4 | 8 | 6.3 | 29 | 22 | 180 | 36.6 | Ike Hill | 1 | 1 | 100.0 | 35 | 35.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 118.8 | Carl Garrett | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Earl Thomas | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 303 | 136 | 44.9 | 1617 | 5.3 | 8 | 2.6 | 16 | 5.3 | 63 | 49 | 395 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Carl Garrett | 175 | 655 | 3.7 | 35 | 5 | Bobby Douglass | 94 | 525 | 5.6 | 42 | 5 | Jim Harrison | 100 | 370 | 3.7 | 17 | 1 | Joe Moore | 58 | 191 | 3.3 | 25 | 0 | Roger Lawson | 24 | 70 | 2.9 | 12 | 0 | Gary Kosins | 24 | 65 | 2.7 | 7 | 0 | Gary Huff | 11 | 22 | 2.0 | 8 | 0 | George Farmer | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Reggie Sanderson | 3 | 8 | 2.7 | 6 | 0 | Earl Thomas | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 5 | 0 | Ike Hill | 3 | -14 | -4.7 | 5 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 496 | 1907 | 3.8 | 42 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Earl Thomas | 24 | 343 | 14.3 | 38 | 4 | Carl Garrett | 23 | 292 | 12.7 | 39 | 0 | Jim Harrison | 21 | 200 | 9.5 | 44 | 2 | George Farmer | 15 | 219 | 14.6 | 25 | 1 | Craig Cotton | 13 | 186 | 14.3 | 63 | 0 | Ike Hill | 10 | 119 | 11.9 | 18 | 0 | Roger Lawson | 9 | 60 | 6.7 | 21 | 0 | Tom Reynolds | 7 | 127 | 18.1 | 30 | 0 | Reggie Sanderson | 5 | 23 | 4.6 | 9 | 0 | Gary Kosins | 4 | 8 | 2.0 | 10 | 0 | Joe Moore | 3 | 17 | 5.7 | 6 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 2 | 23 | 11.5 | 17 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 136 | 1617 | 11.9 | 63 | 8 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Mirro Roder | 12 | 11 | 91.7 | 16 | 8 | 50.0 | 35 | Mac Percival | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 8 | 6 | 75.0 | 28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 22 | 21 | 95.5 | 24 | 14 | 58.3 | 63 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bobby Green | 82 | 3321 | 40.5 | 62 | Bob Parsons | 4 | 106 | 26.5 | 33 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 86 | 3427 | 39.8 | 62 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Ike Hill | 27 | 637 | 23.6 | 95 | 1 | Carl Garrett | 16 | 486 | 30.4 | 67 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 8 | 127 | 15.9 | 28 | 0 | Reggie Sanderson | 2 | 44 | 22.0 | 25 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 | Craig Cotton | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 13 | 0 | Glen Holloway | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 | Jim Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 59 | 1332 | 22.6 | 95 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Garry Lyle | 5 | 62 | 12.4 | 24 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 22 | 0 | Charlie Ford | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 41 | 0 | Craig Clemons | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 30 | 0 | Allan Ellis | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 14 | 176 | 12.6 | 41 | 0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Tony McGee | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Ike Hill | 6 | 3 | 24 | 0 | 0 | Wally Chambers | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Clemons | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Randy Jackson | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cecil Turner | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Pifferini | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Thomas | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Garry Lyle | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Andy Rice | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Douglass | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Charlie Ford | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Don Rives | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Rich Coady | 4 | 1 | -26 | 0 | 0 | Carl Garrett | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Holman | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Osborne | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Asher | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gail Clark | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mel Tom | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Craig Cotton | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Green | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Joe Moore | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roger Lawson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Farmer | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Huff | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Harrison | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 40 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points | Mirro Roder | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 35 | Bobby Douglass | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Carl Garrett | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Mac Percival | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 28 | Earl Thomas | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | Jim Harrison | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Ike Hill | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dick Butkus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | George Farmer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Parsons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 195 |
