1987 Chicago Bears Statistics
National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Mike Ditka (11-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1987 Chicago Bears RosterTeam Record: 11-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Mike Ditka (11-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1987 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 11 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.
Chicago racked up 356 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 282. Jim McMahon threw for 1,639 yards, and Mike Tomczak threw the ball, too. Neal Anderson hauled in 47 passes, while Willie Gault added 705 receiving yards.
Neal Anderson rushed for a team-leading 586 yards for the Bears, and Walter Payton also contributed to the rushing attack.
Dave Duerson picked off 3 opponent throws. Richard Dent topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 69 sacks.
Mike Ditka coached the team. The 1987 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 | Jim McMahon | 210 | 125 | 59.5 | 1639 | 7.8 | 12 | 5.7 | 8 | 3.8 | 59 | 22 | 136 | 87.4 | Mike Tomczak | 178 | 97 | 54.5 | 1220 | 6.9 | 5 | 2.8 | 10 | 5.6 | 56 | 9 | 59 | 62.0 | Mike Hohensee | 52 | 28 | 53.8 | 343 | 6.6 | 4 | 7.7 | 1 | 1.9 | 28 | 3 | 19 | 92.1 | Sean Payton | 23 | 8 | 34.8 | 79 | 3.4 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 4.3 | 20 | 7 | 47 | 27.3 | Steve Bradley | 18 | 6 | 33.3 | 77 | 4.3 | 2 | 11.1 | 3 | 16.7 | 18 | 3 | 24 | 45.1 | Jim Harbaugh | 11 | 8 | 72.7 | 62 | 5.6 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 21 | 4 | 45 | 86.2 | 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 | 493 | 272 | 55.2 | 3420 | 6.9 | 23 | 4.7 | 24 | 4.9 | 59 | 48 | 330 |
Rushing:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Neal Anderson | 129 | 586 | 4.5 | 38 | 3 | Walter Payton | 146 | 533 | 3.7 | 17 | 4 | Lakei Heimuli | 34 | 128 | 3.8 | 12 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 23 | 122 | 5.3 | 17 | 1 | Jim McMahon | 22 | 88 | 4.0 | 13 | 2 | Calvin Thomas | 25 | 88 | 3.5 | 18 | 0 | Anthony Mosley | 18 | 80 | 4.4 | 16 | 0 | Mike Hohensee | 9 | 56 | 6.2 | 26 | 0 | Chris Brewer | 24 | 55 | 2.3 | 16 | 2 | Mike Tomczak | 18 | 54 | 3.0 | 10 | 1 | Dennis Gentry | 6 | 41 | 6.8 | 12 | 0 | Sean Payton | 1 | 28 | 28.0 | 28 | 0 | Matt Suhey | 7 | 24 | 3.4 | 6 | 0 | Frank Harris | 6 | 23 | 3.8 | 18 | 0 | Willie Gault | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 9 | 0 | Jim Harbaugh | 4 | 15 | 3.8 | 9 | 0 | Darryl Clark | 5 | 11 | 2.2 | 5 | 0 | Al Wolden | 2 | 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 0 | Wilber Marshall | 1 | 1 | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | Kevin Brown | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | William Perry | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Steve Bradley | 1 | -3 | -3.0 | -3 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 485 | 1954 | 4.0 | 38 | 13 |
Receiving:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Neal Anderson | 47 | 467 | 9.9 | 59 | 3 | Willie Gault | 35 | 705 | 20.1 | 56 | 7 | Walter Payton | 33 | 217 | 6.6 | 16 | 1 | Dennis McKinnon | 27 | 406 | 15.0 | 33 | 1 | Emery Moorehead | 24 | 269 | 11.2 | 27 | 1 | Ron Morris | 20 | 379 | 19.0 | 42 | 1 | Cap Boso | 17 | 188 | 11.1 | 31 | 2 | Dennis Gentry | 17 | 183 | 10.8 | 38 | 1 | Glen Kozlowski | 15 | 199 | 13.3 | 28 | 3 | Matt Suhey | 7 | 54 | 7.7 | 12 | 0 | Chris Brewer | 5 | 56 | 11.2 | 19 | 1 | Lakei Heimuli | 5 | 51 | 10.2 | 17 | 1 | Don Kindt | 5 | 34 | 6.8 | 11 | 1 | Ken Knapczyk | 4 | 62 | 15.5 | 22 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 3 | 53 | 17.7 | 25 | 0 | Gary Mullen | 2 | 33 | 16.5 | 20 | 0 | Brian Glasgow | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 11 | 0 | Anthony Mosley | 2 | 16 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Al Wolden | 1 | 26 | 26.0 | 26 | 0 | Sam Bowers | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
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| Totals | 272 | 3420 | 12.6 | 59 | 23 |
Kicking:
| Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. | Kevin Butler | 30 | 28 | 93.3 | 28 | 19 | 67.9 | 85 | Tim Lashar | 10 | 10 | 100.0 | 4 | 3 | 75.0 | 19 |
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| Totals | 40 | 38 | 95.0 | 32 | 22 | 68.8 | 104 |
Punting:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | Bryan Wagner | 36 | 1461 | 40.6 | 71 | Kevin Brown | 18 | 742 | 41.2 | 58 | Tommy Barnhardt | 6 | 236 | 39.3 | 50 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 60 | 2439 | 40.6 | 71 |
Punt Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis McKinnon | 40 | 405 | 10.1 | 94 | 2 | George Duarte | 8 | 64 | 8.0 | 16 | 0 | Dave Duerson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Eric Jeffries | 1 | 5 | 5.0 | 5 | 0 |
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| Totals | 50 | 484 | 9.7 | 94 | 2 |
Kick Returns:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dennis Gentry | 25 | 621 | 24.8 | 88 | 1 | Thomas Sanders | 20 | 349 | 17.4 | 42 | 0 | Glen Kozlowski | 3 | 72 | 24.0 | 31 | 0 | Lorenzo Lynch | 3 | 66 | 22.0 | 37 | 0 | Todd Bell | 1 | 18 | 18.0 | 18 | 0 | Anthony Mosley | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Lawrence White | 1 | 17 | 17.0 | 17 | 0 | Ken Knapczyk | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 | Eldridge Milton | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 | Matt Suhey | 1 | 9 | 9.0 | 9 | 0 |
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| Totals | 57 | 1193 | 20.9 | 88 | 1 |
Interceptions:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs | Dave Duerson | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Ron Rivera | 2 | 19 | 9.5 | 15 | 0 | Reggie Phillips | 2 | 1 | 0.5 | 1 | 0 | Maurice Douglass | 2 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | Bruce McCray | 1 | 23 | 23.0 | 23 | 1 | Shaun Gayle | 1 | 20 | 20.0 | 20 | 1 | Jon Norris | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | Vestee Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 13 | 69 | 5.3 | 23 | 2 |
Sacks:
| Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Richard Dent | 12.5 | 0.0 | Steve McMichael | 7.0 | 0.0 | Sean McInerney | 6.5 | 0.0 | Otis Wilson | 6.5 | 0.0 | Wilber Marshall | 5.0 | 0.0 | Jay Norvell | 4.0 | 0.0 | Bobby Bell | 3.5 | 0.0 | Jim Althoff | 3.5 | 0.0 | Dan Hampton | 3.5 | 0.0 | William Perry | 3.0 | 0.0 | Dave Duerson | 3.0 | 0.0 | Jon Norris | 2.0 | 0.0 | Mike Singletary | 2.0 | 0.0 | Guy Teafatiller | 1.5 | 0.0 | Al Harris | 1.5 | 0.0 | Ron Rivera | 1.0 | 0.0 | Todd Bell | 1.0 | 0.0 | Raymond Morris | 1.0 | 0.0 | Mike January | 1.0 | 0.0 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 69.0 | 0 | 0.0 |
Defense and Fumbles:
| Player | Tackle | Solo | Ast | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF | Wilber Marshall | 93 | 93 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Steve McMichael | 57 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | William Perry | 55 | 55 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Richard Dent | 34 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 4 | Maurice Douglass | 13 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Shaun Gayle | 9 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lorenzo Lynch | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Dennis McKinnon | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Hohensee | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Egypt Allen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jimbo Covert | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Willie Gault | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Tomczak | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sean Smith | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Dave Duerson | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Bobby Bell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | John Wojciechowski | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike Singletary | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mike January | 0 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Todd Bell | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim Althoff | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Calvin Thomas | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | George Duarte | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Sean Payton | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Kevin Brown | 1 | 0 | -6 | 0 | 0 | Dennis Gentry | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Lakei Heimuli | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Thomas Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Emery Moorehead | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Jim McMahon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Walter Payton | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Neal Anderson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Totals | 267 | 267 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 8 |
Total Scoring:
| Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 85 | Willie Gault | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 42 | Neal Anderson | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | Walter Payton | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | Tim Lashar | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 19 | Chris Brewer | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Glen Kozlowski | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Dennis McKinnon | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | Cap Boso | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Dennis Gentry | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Jim McMahon | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | Bruce McCray | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Mike Tomczak | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Ron Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Lakei Heimuli | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Don Kindt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Thomas Sanders | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Shaun Gayle | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Anthony Mosley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | Emery Moorehead | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Totals | 13 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
