1986 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 14-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Mike Ditka (14-2)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1986 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1986 season with a record of 14 wins and 2 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
The defense proved to be a force, as the Bears led the circuit with just 187 points allowed. Chicago scored 352 points. Walter Payton rushed for a team-leading 1,333 yards.
Mike Tomczak passed for 1,105 yards. Willie Gault topped the receiving corps, hauling in 42 balls for 818 yards. Walter Payton was targeted regularly, too.
The sticky-fingered defense manufactured 47 turnovers. Mike Richardson intercepted 7 opponent throws. Richard Dent paced the defensive unit with 11.5 quarterback sacks, leading the way for a team which created 62 sacks.
Mike Ditka coached the team. The 1986 Chicago Bears lost in the Division Playoff.
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Passing:
| Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Sacked | Yds Lost | Rating | Mike Tomczak | 151 | 74 | 49.0 | 1105 | 7.3 | 2 | 1.3 | 10 | 6.6 | 85 | 4 | 30 | 50.2 | Jim McMahon | 150 | 77 | 51.3 | 995 | 6.6 | 5 | 3.3 | 8 | 5.3 | 58 | 6 | 40 | 61.4 | Steve Fuller | 64 | 34 | 53.1 | 451 | 7.0 | 2 | 3.1 | 4 | 6.2 | 50 | 8 | 53 | 60.1 | Doug Flutie | 46 | 23 | 50.0 | 361 | 7.8 | 3 | 6.5 | 2 | 4.3 | 58 | 6 | 30 | 80.1 | Walter Payton | 4 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 25.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
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| Totals | 415 | 208 | 50.1 | 2912 | 7.0 | 12 | 2.9 | 25 | 6.0 | 85 | 24 | 153 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Walter Payton | 321 | 1333 | 4.2 | 41 | 8 | Matt Suhey | 84 | 270 | 3.2 | 17 | 2 | Thomas Sanders | 27 | 224 | 8.3 | 75 | 5 | Calvin Thomas | 56 | 224 | 4.0 | 23 | 0 | Jim McMahon | 22 | 152 | 6.9 | 23 | 1 | Neal Anderson | 35 | 146 | 4.2 | 23 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 23 | 117 | 5.1 | 16 | 3 | Dennis Gentry | 11 | 103 | 9.4 | 29 | 1 | Willie Gault | 8 | 79 | 9.9 | 33 | 0 | Doug Flutie | 9 | 36 | 4.0 | 19 | 1 | Steve Fuller | 8 | 30 | 3.8 | 10 | 0 | William Perry | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 | Maury Buford | 1 | -13 | -13.0 | -13 | 0 |
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| Totals | 606 | 2700 | 4.5 | 75 | 21 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Willie Gault | 42 | 818 | 19.5 | 53 | 5 | Walter Payton | 37 | 382 | 10.3 | 57 | 3 | Emery Moorehead | 26 | 390 | 15.0 | 85 | 1 | Matt Suhey | 24 | 235 | 9.8 | 58 | 0 | Keith Ortego | 23 | 430 | 18.7 | 58 | 2 | Tim Wrightman | 22 | 241 | 11.0 | 29 | 0 | Dennis Gentry | 19 | 238 | 12.5 | 41 | 0 | Neal Anderson | 4 | 80 | 20.0 | 58 | 1 | Lew Barnes | 4 | 54 | 13.5 | 14 | 0 | Calvin Thomas | 4 | 18 | 4.5 | 18 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 18 | 0 | Mark Bortz | 1 | 8 | 8.0 | 8 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 208 | 2912 | 14.0 | 85 | 12 |
Kicking:
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Maury Buford | 69 | 2850 | 41.3 | 59 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69 | 2850 | 41.3 | 59 |
Punt Returns:
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Gentry | 20 | 576 | 28.8 | 91 | 1 | Thomas Sanders | 22 | 399 | 18.1 | 44 | 0 | Lew Barnes | 3 | 94 | 31.3 | 85 | 1 | Neal Anderson | 4 | 26 | 6.5 | 13 | 0 | Willie Gault | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 50 | 1115 | 22.3 | 91 | 2 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Mike Richardson | 7 | 69 | 9.9 | 32 | 0 | Dave Duerson | 6 | 139 | 23.2 | 38 | 0 | Wilber Marshall | 5 | 68 | 13.6 | 58 | 1 | Gary Fencik | 3 | 37 | 12.3 | 24 | 0 | Vestee Jackson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Otis Wilson | 2 | 31 | 15.5 | 21 | 0 | Shaun Gayle | 1 | 13 | 13.0 | 13 | 0 | Reggie Phillips | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Steve McMichael | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 | Mike Singletary | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 | Todd Bell | 1 | -1 | -1.0 | -1 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 31 | 370 | 11.9 | 58 | 1 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Richard Dent | 11.5 | 0.0 | Dan Hampton | 10.0 | 0.0 | Steve McMichael | 8.0 | 0.0 | Otis Wilson | 8.0 | 0.0 | Dave Duerson | 7.0 | 0.0 | Wilber Marshall | 5.5 | 0.0 | William Perry | 5.0 | 0.0 | Al Harris | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Singletary | 2.0 | 0.0 | Ron Rivera | 1.0 | 0.0 | Mike Hartenstine | 1.0 | 0.0 | Gary Fencik | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 62.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Wilber Marshall | 105 | 105 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 4 | Steve McMichael | 87 | 87 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | William Perry | 84 | 84 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Dent | 75 | 75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | Shaun Gayle | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Maurice Douglass | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Otis Wilson | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lew Barnes | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Vestee Jackson | 0 | 0 | 2 | -7 | 0 | 0 | Doug Flutie | 3 | 2 | -4 | 0 | 0 | Dave Duerson | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Calvin Thomas | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Hampton | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dan Rains | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Van Horne | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimbo Covert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Fuller | 2 | 1 | -3 | 0 | 0 | Emery Moorehead | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Gary Fencik | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Payton | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neal Anderson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Keith Ortego | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Gault | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jay Hilgenberg | 1 | 0 | -28 | 0 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Maury Buford | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Richardson | 0 | 3 | 0 | -5 | 0 | 0 | Matt Suhey | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Tim Wrightman | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Totals | 369 | 369 | 0 | 0 | 36 | 28 | -29 | 1 | 10 |
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 | Kevin Butler | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 120 | Walter Payton | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66 | Thomas Sanders | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Willie Gault | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Dennis Gentry | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Mike Tomczak | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Wilber Marshall | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Matt Suhey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Keith Ortego | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Neal Anderson | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lew Barnes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Jim McMahon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Emery Moorehead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Doug Flutie | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Dan Hampton | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Steve McMichael | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals | 21 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 352 |
