1961 Chicago Bears 5-9 Score By Quarter 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Tot Chicago 64 110 47 78 0 299 Opponent 73 131 93 102 0 399 Team Opp W/L Game Scores Points 299 399 0-1 24 @Minnesota 31 First Downs 255 279 0-2 23 @Los Angeles 31 Rush 115 124 0-3 3 @Green Bay 35 Pass 131 132 0-4 13 @Detroit 35 Pen 9 23 0-5 14 Baltimore 20 Penalties 72 72 0-6 14 San Francisco 48 Yards 622 571 0-7 7 @Baltimore 28 1-7 45 @Philadelphia 34 Rushing Att 489 482 1-8 30 Green Bay 52 Yards 2103 2427 2-8 42 @San Francisco 21 Ave 4.3 5.0 3-8 34 Los Angeles 27 TD 16 24 4-8 17 Detroit 14 4-9 20 Cleveland 23 Passing Att 316 355 5-9 13 Minnesota 0 Comp 172 200 % 54.4 56.3 Int 18 23 % 5.7 6.5 TD 18 25 % 5.7 7.0 Yards 2533 2909 Sacked 31 17 Punt Return 9 22 Yards 30 311 Ave 3.3 14.1 Kick Return 50 28 Yards 1279 793 Ave 25.6 28.3 Punts 65 51 Yards 2855 2159 Ave 43.9 42.3 FG Att 24 24 Made 12 12 % 50.0 50.0 Third Downs 172 154 Made 59 66 % 34.3 42.9 Fourth Downs 9 2 Made 10 1 % 111.1 50.0 Safeties 0 0 Fumbles 19 16 Lost 12 9 Turnovers 30 32 Net Offense 4436 5235 Per Play 5.3 6.1 1961 Chicago Bears Rushing Att Yds Ave 10 FD Lg TD Receiving Rec Dp Yds Ave 25 FD Lg TD Galimore 182 898 4.9 26 38 60 6 Ditka 48 3 555 11.6 1 36 25 5 Casares 134 640 4.8 22 41 23 9 J.Morris 38 2 651 17.1 8 31 63 6 Bivins 55 218 4.0 3 13 11 1 Galimore 25 1 293 11.7 0 19 22 1 Wade 46 135 2.9 1 11 18 0 Farrington 25 0 547 21.9 6 20 66 2 B.Brown 32 132 4.1 4 8 20 0 Casares 13 2 145 11.2 2 9 28 1 E.Brown 15 35 2.3 1 1 11 0 Coia 9 0 210 23.3 3 6 55 2 Smith 10 25 2.5 0 1 7 0 Bivins 6 0 35 5.8 0 3 12 1 Adams 12 15 1.3 1 1 14 0 B.Brown 3 0 39 13.0 0 3 16 0 J.Morris 1 12 12.0 1 1 12 0 Dooley 3 0 30 10.0 0 2 16 0 Farrington 2 -7 -3.5 0 0 0 0 Adams 1 1 15 15.0 0 1 15 0 489 2103 4.3 59 115 60 16 Hill 1 0 13 13.0 0 1 13 0 172 9 2533 14.7 20131 66 18 Passing Att Cmp C% Yds Ave Lg Bd 25 In I% Sk TD TD% Rate Wade 235 139 59.1 2075 14.9 63 21 19 10 4.3 24 18 7.7 96.0 E.Brown 81 33 40.7 458 13.9 66 7 1 8 9.9 7 0 0.0 20.0 316 172 54.4 2533 14.7 66 28 20 18 5.7 31 18 5.7 76.1 Kicking XPA XPM XP% FGA FGM FG% 40+ 50+ Lg Pts LeClerc 38 35 92.1 24 12 50.0 33.3 0.0 49 71 Punting No Yards Lg TB BK 20 Ret Yds Net Gross E.Brown 65 2855 78 7 0 15 22 311 37.0 43.9 Kick Returns No Yards Ave Lg TD Punt Returns No FC Yards Ave Lg TD Taylor 7 235 33.6 54 0 J.Morris 9 21 30 3.3 6 0 Bivins 38 952 25.1 44 0 9 23 30 3.3 6 0 Galimore 3 67 22.3 25 0 B.Brown 2 25 12.5 19 0 Ditka 1 0 0.0 0 0 50 1279 25.6 54 0 Fumbles Galimore 6 LeClerc 3 B.Brown 2 Casares 1 Bivins 2 Ditka 3 Wade 2 Bivins 2 Sacks Hurries Stuffs Deflections Forced Fmb Fumble Rec Atkins 8 Atkins 12 Atkins 14 Whitsell 16 George 6 Williams 2 Williams 5 Williams 6 George 9 Atkins 8 Jones 2 Karras 1 George 2 Youmans 4 Williams 9 Hill 8 Atkins 2 Anderson 1 Mellekas 1 Fortunat 8 Petitbon 6 Mellekas 1 Ditka 1 L.Morris 1 L.Morris 4 Caroline 5 Youmans 1 Galimore 1 Mellekas 4 Williams 4 Petitbon 1 J.Morris 1 Youmans 2 George 1 Kilculle 1 Bivins 1 Jones 1 Fortunat 1 Youmans 1 Caroline 1 Pyle 1 George 1 Mellekas 1 Atkins 1 L.Morris 1 Fortunat 1 Whitsell 1 Tackles George 112 Whitsell 67 Atkins 63 Mellekas 30 Taylor 13 Dooley 5 Petitbon 89 Williams 65 Caroline 46 Youmans 22 Manning 7 Jones 3 Hill 83 Fortunat 64 L.Morris 45 Kilculle 18 Coia 6 Jackson 2 Ints No Yds Ave Lg TD Whitsell 6 162 27.0 45 2 Petitbon 5 44 8.8 19 0 Hill 4 39 9.8 39 1 George 3 35 11.7 22 0 Caroline 3 56 18.7 23 0 L.Morris 1 25 25.0 25 1 Fortunato 1 2 2.0 2 0 23 363 15.8 45 4 1961 Chicago Bears Coach:George Halas Quarterbacks Dur Run Sho Bkwy QB Wade, Billy 4 B 2 3 QB Brown, Ed 5 B 2 3 K-P Offense Bk-R Bk-P Dur Run Sho Bkwy RB Galimore, Willile 0 0 5 B 3 3 KR RB Casares, Rick 1 0 4 B 3 3 RB Brown, Bill 1 0 5 B 2 3 KR RB Bivins, Charlie 0 0 5 B 2 3 KR RB Adams, John 0 0 4 B 2 3 RB Smith, J.D. 0 0 2 B 3 3 KR WR Farrington, John 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Morris, Johnny 0 0 5 O 2 3 RET WR Coia, Angelo 0 0 4 O 2 3 WR Hill, Harlon 0 0 5 O 2 3 WR Dooley, Jim 0 0 2 O 2 3 TE Ditka, Mike 3 0 5 O 2 3 Lineman Bk-R Bk-P Dur G Karras, Ted 6 6 5 T Lee, Herman 6 6 5 T Anderson, Art 5 5 5 T Fanning, Stan 3 3 5 C Pyle, Mike 5 6 5 G-T Jones, Stan 9 9 5 C-T Mellekas, John 4 4 5 G-T Davis, Roger 6 6 5 C-G Wetoska, Bob 4 4 5 Defense Total Run Pass Rush Dur DT Jones, Stan 5 4 0 1 5 DT Karras, Ted 5 5 0 0 5 DT LeCllerc, Roger 2 2 0 0 5 K DT Mellekas, John 4 4 0 0 5 DT Davis, Roger 4 4 0 0 5 DL Youmans, Maury 3 2 0 1 5 DL Williams, Fred 8 6 0 2 5 DE Atkins, Doug 9 6 0 3 5 DE Kilcullen, Bob 5 4 0 1 5 ILB Lee, Herman 4 2 1 1 5 ILB George, Bill 9 5 1 3 5 LB Morris, Larry 5 3 0 2 5 LB Fortunato, Joe 6 5 1 0 5 LB Kirk, Ken 5 4 0 1 4 DB Taylor, Roosevelt 2 0 2 0 5 RET DB Whitsell, Dave 6 0 6 0 5 DB Petibone, Richie 7 0 7 0 5 PR DB Hill, Harlon 5 0 5 0 5 DB Caroline, J.C. 6 0 6 0 5 DB Manning, Pete 4 0 4 0 2 DB Jackson, Bobby 5 0 5 0 3 Special Teams