bears single-season rushing touchdown leaders

Walter Payton and Gale Sayers are tied for the most rushing touchdowns for the Bears in a season, with 14 touchdowns.

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	NAME	RUSH TD	SEASON	TM	GP	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	REC YDS	REC	TRG	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD
1	Walter Payton W. Payton	14	1979	CHI	16	1,610	369	4.4	100.6	313	31		10.1	19.6	2
2	Walter Payton W. Payton	14	1977	CHI	14	1,852	339	5.5	132.3	269	27		10.0	19.2	2
3	Gale Sayers G. Sayers	14	1965	CHI	14	867	166	5.2	61.9	507	29		17.5	36.2	6
4	Walter Payton W. Payton	13	1976	CHI	14	1,390	311	4.5	99.3	149	15		9.9	10.6	0
5	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	12	1988	CHI	16	1,106	249	4.4	69.1	371	39		9.5	23.2	0
6	Rick Casares R. Casares	12	1956	CHB	12	1,126	234	4.8	93.8	203	23		8.8	16.9	2
7	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	11	1989	CHI	16	1,275	274	4.7	79.7	434	50		8.7	27.1	4
8	Walter Payton W. Payton	11	1984	CHI	16	1,684	381	4.4	105.3	368	45		8.2	23.0	0
9	Walter Payton W. Payton	11	1978	CHI	16	1,395	333	4.2	87.2	480	50		9.6	30.0	0
10	Johnny Lujack J. Lujack	11	1950	CHB	12	397	63	6.3	33.1	16	1		16.0	1.3	0
11	Raymont Harris R. Harris	10	1997	CHI	13	1,033	275	3.8	79.5	115	28		4.1	8.8	0
12	Rashaan Salaam R. Salaam	10	1995	CHI	16	1,074	296	3.6	67.1	56	7		8.0	3.5	0
13	Neal Anderson N. Anderson	10	1990	CHI	15	1,078	260	4.1	71.9	484	42		11.5	32.3	3
14	Rick Casares R. Casares	10	1959	CHB	12	699	177	3.9	58.3	273	27		10.1	22.8	2
15	D'Andre Swift D. Swift	9	2025	CHI	16	1,087	223	4.9	67.9	299	34	48	8.8	18.7	1
16	Jordan Howard J. Howard	9	2018	CHI	16	935	250	3.7	58.4	145	20	27	7.3	9.1	0
17	Jordan Howard J. Howard	9	2017	CHI	16	1,122	276	4.1	70.1	125	23	32	5.4	7.8	0
18	Matt Forte M. Forte	9	2013	CHI	16	1,339	289	4.6	83.7	594	74	94	8.0	37.1	3
19	Thomas Jones T. Jones	9	2005	CHI	15	1,335	314	4.3	89.0	143	26	39	5.5	9.5	0
20	Walter Payton W. Payton	9	1985	CHI	16	1,551	324	4.8	96.9	483	49		9.9	30.2	2
21	Justin Fields J. Fields	8	2022	CHI	15	1,143	160	7.1	76.2	0	0	0		0.0	0
22	David Montgomery D. Montgomery	8	2020	CHI	15	1,070	247	4.3	71.3	438	54	68	8.1	29.2	2
23	Matt Forte M. Forte	8	2008	CHI	16	1,238	316	3.9	77.4	477	63	76	7.6	29.8	4
24	Walter Payton W. Payton	8	1986	CHI	16	1,333	321	4.2	83.3	382	37		10.3	23.9	3
25	Vince Evans V. Evans	8	1980	CHI	13	306	60	5.1	23.5	0	0			0.0	0

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TEAM	W	L	PCT
Vikings	5	0	1.000
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DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sun 10/18	CHI	@	ATL	1:00 PM
Thu 10/22	NE	@	CHI	8:15 PM
Mon 11/2	CHI	@	SEA	8:15 PM
Sun 11/8	TB	@	CHI	8:20 PM
Sun 11/22	NO	@	CHI	1:00 PM

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Rec Yards Leaders

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Goff

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Rush TD Leaders

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Rec TD Leaders

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QB Rating Leaders

119.6

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119.3

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Sack Leaders

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PPG Rankings

32.8

30.8

30.3

29.5

29.2

Opp PPG Rankings

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18.6

18.8

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Total Yards Rankings

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405.8

396.2

394.2

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Rush Yards Rankings

173.2

166.8

164.4

162.3

158.0

139.6

Pass Yards Rankings

317.0

297.0

281.6

280.4

276.2

Sack Leaders

20.0

18.0

17.0

16.0

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Henry

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Smith-Njigba

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Giants	3	1	1	.700
Eagles	2	3	0	.400
Cowboys	2	3	0	.400
Commanders	1	3	1	.300
NFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Vikings	5	0	0	1.000
Packers	3	2	0	.600
Lions	3	2	0	.600
Bears	3	2	0	.600
NFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Panthers	2	2	0	.500
Falcons	2	3	0	.400
Buccaneers	1	4	0	.200
Saints	1	4	0	.200
NFC West	W	L	T	PCT
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Seahawks	3	2	0	.600
Rams	2	3	0	.400
Cardinals	1	4	0	.200

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Bills	4	1	0	.800
Patriots	3	2	0	.600
Jets	2	3	0	.400
Dolphins	0	5	0	.000
AFC North	W	L	T	PCT
Ravens	4	1	0	.800
Browns	3	2	0	.600
Steelers	3	2	0	.600
Bengals	3	2	0	.600
AFC South	W	L	T	PCT
Jaguars	4	1	0	.800
Colts	2	3	0	.400
Texans	1	4	0	.200
Titans	0	5	0	.000
AFC West	W	L	T	PCT
Chiefs	4	0	0	1.000
Broncos	3	2	0	.600
Raiders	3	2	0	.600
Chargers	0	5	0	.000