bears leaders in passing and rushing yards in a season

Walter Payton has the most rushing yards for the Bears in a season, with 1,852 yards in 1977.

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	NAME	RUSH YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	CMP	ATT	PCT	PASS YDS	AVG	YDS/G	TD	INT	RTG	TD%	INT%	SCK	SCKY
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,852	1977	CHI	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,684	1984	CHI	16	3	8	37.5	47	5.9	2.9	2	1	57.8	25.0	12.5	0	0
3	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,610	1979	CHI	16	1	1	100.0	54	54.0	3.4	1	0	158.3	100.0	0.0	0	0
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,551	1985	CHI	16	3	5	60.0	96	19.2	6.0	1	0	143.8	20.0	0.0	0	0
5	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,460	1980	CHI	16	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
6	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,421	1983	CHI	16	3	6	50.0	95	15.8	5.9	3	2	95.8	50.0	33.3	0	0
7	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,395	1978	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,390	1976	CHI	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
9	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,339	2013	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
10	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,335	2005	CHI	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
11	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,333	1986	CHI	16	0	4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	25.0	0	0
12	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,313	2016	CHI	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
13	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,275	1989	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
14	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,238	2008	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
15	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	1,231	1966	CHI	14	2	6	33.3	58	9.7	4.1	0	1	30.6	0.0	16.7
16	Walter Payton W. Payton	1,222	1981	CHI	16	0	2	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
17	Thomas Jones T. Jones	1,210	2006	CHI	16	1	1	100.0	-4	-4.0	-0.3	0	0	79.2	0.0	0.0	1	1
18	Anthony Thomas A. Thomas	1,183	2001	CHI	14	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
19	Justin Fields J. Fields	1,143	2022	CHI	15	192	318	60.4	2,242	7.1	149.5	17	11	85.2	5.3	3.5	55	359
20	Rick Casares R. Casares	1,126	1956	CHB	12	0	3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	1	0.0	0.0	33.3
21	Jordan Howard J. Howard	1,122	2017	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
22	James Allen J. Allen	1,120	2000	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
23	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	1,106	1988	CHI	16	0	1	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0	0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0	0
24	Matt Forte M. Forte	1,094	2012	CHI	15	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0
25	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	1,087	2025	CHI	16	0	0		0		0.0	0	0				0	0

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Sun 10/11	CHI	@	GB	1:00 PM
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
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NFC East	W	L	T	PCT
Eagles	2	1	0	.667
Giants	2	1	0	.667
Cowboys	1	2	0	.333
Commanders	1	2	0	.333
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	3	0	0	1.000
Lions	2	1	0	.667
Bears	2	1	0	.667
Packers	1	2	0	.333
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	1	2	0	.333
Saints	1	2	0	.333
Falcons	1	2	0	.333
Buccaneers	0	3	0	.000
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
49ers	3	0	0	1.000
Seahawks	2	1	0	.667
Rams	1	2	0	.333
Cardinals	1	2	0	.333

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Dolphins	0	3	0	.000
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Browns	3	1	0	.750
Ravens	2	1	0	.667
Bengals	2	1	0	.667
Steelers	2	2	0	.500
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	2	1	0	.667
Colts	1	2	0	.333
Titans	0	3	0	.000
Texans	0	3	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	3	0	0	1.000
Raiders	3	0	0	1.000
Broncos	2	1	0	.667
Chargers	0	3	0	.000