1975 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (4-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1975 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 4-10
Finishing 3rd in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Jack Pardee (4-10)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1975 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1975 season with a record of 4 wins and 10 losses, finishing third in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.
The Bears labored to change the scoreboard with just 191 points, and the shaky defensive squad gave up 379. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 679 yards for Chicago.
Gary Huff passed for 1,083 yards. Bo Rather topped the receiving corps, hauling in 39 balls for 685 yards. Walter Payton contributed to the receiving game, too.
Allan Ellis, Doug Plank, Virgil Livers and Craig Clemons each snatched 2 opponent throws.
Jack Pardee coached the team.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Gary Huff | 205 | 114 | 55.6 | 1083 | 5.3 | 3 | 1.5 | 9 | 4.4 | 49 | 16 | 168 | 57.0 | Bob Avellini | 126 | 67 | 53.2 | 942 | 7.5 | 6 | 4.8 | 11 | 8.7 | 57 | 13 | 144 | 57.0 | Bobby Douglass | 20 | 8 | 40.0 | 87 | 4.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 2 | 10.0 | 34 | 2 | 13 | 14.0 | Mike Adamle | 2 | 2 | 100.0 | 57 | 28.5 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 44 | 1 | 5 | 118.8 | Bob Grim | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Bob Parsons | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.6 | Walter Payton | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 100.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 356 | 191 | 53.7 | 2169 | 6.1 | 9 | 2.5 | 23 | 6.5 | 57 | 32 | 330 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Walter Payton | 196 | 679 | 3.5 | 54 | 7 | Roland Harper | 100 | 453 | 4.5 | 32 | 1 | Mike Adamle | 94 | 353 | 3.8 | 21 | 1 | Cid Edwards | 27 | 73 | 2.7 | 16 | 0 | Bobby Douglass | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 18 | 1 | Johnny Musso | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 | Bo Rather | 4 | 24 | 6.0 | 18 | 0 | Gary Huff | 5 | 7 | 1.4 | 10 | 0 | Bob Avellini | 4 | -3 | -0.8 | 1 | 1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 441 | 1653 | 3.7 | 54 | 11 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Bo Rather | 39 | 685 | 17.6 | 54 | 2 | Walter Payton | 33 | 213 | 6.5 | 40 | 0 | Bob Grim | 28 | 374 | 13.4 | 57 | 2 | Roland Harper | 27 | 191 | 7.1 | 27 | 0 | Greg Latta | 16 | 202 | 12.6 | 34 | 3 | Mike Adamle | 15 | 111 | 7.4 | 25 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 13 | 184 | 14.2 | 38 | 1 | Cid Edwards | 11 | 86 | 7.8 | 14 | 1 | Steve Schubert | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 16 | 0 | George Farmer | 2 | 32 | 16.0 | 17 | 0 | Noah Jackson | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Jeff Sevy | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 191 | 2169 | 11.4 | 57 | 9 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bob Parsons | 93 | 3625 | 39.0 | 60 | Walter Payton | 1 | 39 | 39.0 | 39 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 94 | 3664 | 39.0 | 60 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Virgil Livers | 42 | 456 | 10.9 | 39 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 6 | 33 | 5.5 | 16 | 0 | Doug Plank | 3 | 23 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 | Bill Knox | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 52 | 512 | 9.8 | 39 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Virgil Livers | 26 | 529 | 20.3 | 40 | 0 | Walter Payton | 14 | 444 | 31.7 | 70 | 0 | Earl Douthitt | 13 | 333 | 25.6 | 64 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 9 | 146 | 16.2 | 25 | 0 | Bill Knox | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 21 | 0 | Roland Harper | 4 | 67 | 16.8 | 18 | 0 | Mike Adamle | 1 | 27 | 27.0 | 27 | 0 | Ted Vactor | 1 | 25 | 25.0 | 25 | 0 | Bo Rather | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Jim Osborne | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 74 | 1644 | 22.2 | 70 | 0 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Craig Clemons | 2 | 109 | 54.5 | 76 | 1 | Doug Plank | 2 | 50 | 25.0 | 29 | 0 | Virgil Livers | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 40 | 1 | Allan Ellis | 2 | 4 | 2.0 | 4 | 0 | John Babinecz | 1 | 15 | 15.0 | 15 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 1 | 12 | 12.0 | 12 | 0 | Jimmy Gunn | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Carl Gersbach | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 | Larry Ely | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 241 | 18.5 | 76 | 2 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Waymond Bryant | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Greg Latta | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Craig Clemons | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Virgil Livers | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Parsons | 2 | 2 | -34 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hartenstine | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | Jeff Sevy | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Roland Harper | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bob Avellini | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Earl Douthitt | 1 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | Noah Jackson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Larry Ely | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bill Knox | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Schubert | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Peiffer | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mark Nordquist | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Harris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Payton | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Bo Rather | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Doug Buffone | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Adamle | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Cid Edwards | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Huff | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 0 | 0 | 35 | 31 | -9 | 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 | Bob Thomas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 57 | Walter Payton | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Greg Latta | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Bo Rather | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob Grim | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bob Avellini | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bobby Douglass | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Adamle | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Cid Edwards | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Craig Clemons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Bob Parsons | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Roland Harper | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Virgil Livers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Hartenstine | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 11 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 191 |
