1982 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 3-6
Finishing 5th in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Coach: Mike Ditka (3-6)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1982 Chicago Bears Roster
1982 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1982 season with a record of 3 wins and 6 losses, finishing fifth in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference.

Chicago scored 141 points, while the defensive squad surrendered 174. Jim McMahon tossed for 1,501 yards. Matt Suhey topped all receivers, hauling in 36 balls, while Emery Moorehead added 363 receiving yards. Walter Payton was targeted regularly, too.

Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 596 yards for the Bears.

Terry Schmidt intercepted 4 opponent throws. Dan Hampton blasted opposing passers 9 times, leading the way for a team which created 30 sacks.

Mike Ditka coached the team.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim McMahon	210	120	57.1	1501	7.1	9	4.3	7	3.3	50	27	196	79.9
Vince Evans	28	12	42.9	125	4.5	0	0.0	4	14.3	19	2	17	16.8
Bob Avellini	20	8	40.0	84	4.2	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	4	31	52.9
Walter Payton	3	1	33.3	39	13.0	1	33.3	0	0.0	39	0	0	121.5
Brian Baschnagel	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	39.6
Totals	262	141	53.8	1749	6.7	10	3.8	11	4.2	50	33	244

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Walter Payton	148	596	4.0	26	1
Matt Suhey	70	206	2.9	15	3
Jim McMahon	24	105	4.4	11	1
Willie McClendon	17	47	2.8	13	0
Dennis Gentry	4	21	5.2	9	0
Roland Harper	3	7	2.3	8	0
Calvin Thomas	5	4	0.8	3	0
Emery Moorehead	2	3	1.5	6	0
Vince Evans	2	0	0.0	6	0
Rickey Watts	1	-1	-1.0	-1	0
Totals	276	988	3.6	26	5

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Matt Suhey	36	333	9.2	45	0
Walter Payton	32	311	9.7	40	0
Emery Moorehead	30	363	12.1	50	5
Ken Margerum	14	207	14.8	28	3
Brian Baschnagel	12	194	16.2	39	2
Rickey Watts	8	217	27.1	40	0
Robin Earl	4	56	14.0	18	0
James Scott	2	44	22.0	27	0
Dennis Gentry	1	9	9.0	9	0
Roland Harper	1	8	8.0	8	0
Willie McClendon	1	7	7.0	7	0
Totals	141	1749	12.4	50	10

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Bob Thomas	6	6	100.0	7	5	71.4	21
John Roveto	10	10	100.0	13	4	30.8	22
Totals	16	16	100.0	20	9	45.0	43

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bob Parsons	58	2394	41.3	81
Jim McMahon	1	59	59.0	59
Totals	59	2453	41.6	81

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Dennis Gentry	17	89	5.2	16
Jeff Fisher	7	53	7.6	17
Totals	24	142	5.9	17

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Rickey Watts	14	330	23.6	36
Dennis Gentry	9	161	17.9	23
Jeff Fisher	7	102	14.6	20
Todd Bell	1	14	14.0	14
Roland Harper	2	10	5.0	10
Jerry Muckensturm	1	5	5.0	5
Totals	34	622	18.3	36

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Terry Schmidt	4	39	9.8	29	0
Jeff Fisher	3	19	6.3	19	0
Otis Wilson	2	39	19.5	39	1
Gary Fencik	2	2	1.0	2	0
Leslie Frazier	2	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	13	99	7.6	39	1

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Dan Hampton	9.0
Jim Osborne	4.5
Al Harris	3.5
Mike Hartenstine	3.0
Otis Wilson	2.5
Steve McMichael	2.5
Gary Campbell	1.0
Mike Singletary	1.0
Todd Bell	1.0
Leslie Frazier	1.0
Bruce Herron	1.0
Totals	30.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds
Steve McMichael	18	18	0		0	1	64
Gary Campbell					0	2	0
Matt Suhey					2	1	0
Dennis Gentry					4	1	0
Rickey Watts					1	1	0
Mike Singletary					0	1	0
Walter Payton					3	1	0
Keith Van Horne					0	1	0
Roland Harper					0	1	0
Jay Hilgenberg					0	1	5
Len Walterscheid					0	1	0
Leslie Frazier				0	0	1	7
Vince Evans					1	0	-24
Jim McMahon					1	0	0
Calvin Thomas					1	0	0
Ken Margerum					1	0	0
Jeff Fisher				0	2	0	0
Totals	18	18	0	0	16	13	52

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Emery Moorehead	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			30
John Roveto	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	0			22
Bob Thomas	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	0			21
Ken Margerum	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Matt Suhey	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			18
Brian Baschnagel	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			12
Jim McMahon	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Walter Payton	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0			6
Otis Wilson	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0			6
Jim Osborne	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	2
Totals	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	9	16	0	0	1	141