Chicago Bears

10-6-0 • 2nd in NFC Central •
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PPG

19.1

18th

OPP PPG

15.6

3rd

RUSH YDS/G

155.4

5th

PASS YDS/G

151.8

26th

Overview Stats Scores & Schedule Roster Splits History

Team Regular Season

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 16 306 4,637 1,031 4.5 2,486 627 4.0 2,429 373 6.5 31 278 262 140 98 24 100 816
Team Rank 18th 24th 20th 23rd 5th 2nd 15th 26th 26th 19th 7th 15th 24th 6th 27th 14th 12th 10th
Opponent 16 249 4,506 1,024 4.4 1,978 519 3.8 2,908 458 6.3 47 380 272 100 148 24 103 859
Opponent Rank 3rd 6th 10th 5th 9th 9th 9th 7th 11th 5th 5th 24th 8th 3rd 15th 13th 14th 16th
Net +57 +131 +7 +0.1 +508 +108 +0.2 -479 -85 +0.2 -16 -102 -10 +40 -50 0 -3 -43
Net Rank 6th 11th 14th 11th 4th 3rd 10th 21st 26th 11th 5th 21st 17th 3rd 25th 15th 11th 9th

Player Regular Season

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Mike Phipps Mike Phipps 12 134 255 52.5 21.3 1,535 6.0 127.9 9 3.5 8 3.1 68 15 145 69.6
Vince Evans Vince Evans 4 32 63 50.8 15.8 508 8.1 127.0 4 6.3 5 7.9 65 8 75 66.1
Bob Avellini Bob Avellini 7 27 51 52.9 7.3 310 6.1 44.3 2 3.9 3 5.9 54 8 58 60.1
Bob Parsons Bob Parsons 16 1 2 50.0 0.1 22 11.0 1.4 0 0.0 0 0.0 22 0 0 89.6
Walter Payton Walter Payton 16 1 1 100.0 0.1 54 54.0 3.4 1 100.0 0 0.0 54 0 0 158.3
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 16 0 1 0.0 0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 39.6

Team Playoffs

GP PTS YDS PLY AVG RUSH YDS RUSH ATT RUSH AVG PASS YDS PASS ATT PASS AVG SCK SCKY 1DWN RUSH 1DWN PASS 1DWN PEN 1DWN PEN PEN YDS
Team 1 17 241 60 4.0 99 29 3.4 142 30 4.7 1 0 15 4 35
Team Rank 7th 9th 10th 7th 8th 8th 7th 9th 8th 9th 1st 9th 10th 1st 2nd
Opponent 1 27 316 63 5.0 140 37 3.8 204 23 8.9 3 28 18 4 46
Opponent Rank 5th 3rd 3rd 8th 2nd 1st 7th 3rd 4th 9th 3rd 7th 4th 9th 6th
Net -10 -75 -3 -1.0 -41 -8 -0.4 -62 +7 -4.1 -2 -28 -3 0 -11
Net Rank 9th 6th 6th 7th 7th 6th 7th 7th 5th 9th 3rd 8th 7th 5th 5th

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Walter Payton Walter Payton 16 369 23.1 1,610 4.4 100.6 14 43 400 1,923
Dave Williams Dave Williams 14 127 9.1 401 3.2 28.6 1 16 169 755
Willie McClendon Willie McClendon 16 37 2.3 160 4.3 10.0 1 33 43 187
Robin Earl Robin Earl 13 35 2.7 132 3.8 10.2 0 12 43 188
Mike Phipps Mike Phipps 12 27 2.3 51 1.9 4.3 0 12 27 51
Vince Evans Vince Evans 4 12 3.0 72 6.0 18.0 1 17 12 72
Jack Deloplaine Jack Deloplaine 5 7 1.4 18 2.6 3.6 0 6 9 31
Lonnie Perrin Lonnie Perrin 9 5 0.6 14 2.8 1.6 0 5 6 41
Bob Avellini Bob Avellini 7 3 0.4 10 3.3 1.4 0 5 3 10
John Skibinski John Skibinski 1 3 3.0 10 3.3 10.0 0 4 4 14
Doug Buffone Doug Buffone 16 1 0.1 14 14.0 0.9 0 14 2 36
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 16 1 0.1 -6 -6.0 -0.4 0 -6 25 415

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Dave Williams Dave Williams 14 42 3.0 354 8.4 25.3 5 54 169 755
Walter Payton Walter Payton 16 31 1.9 313 10.1 19.6 2 65 400 1,923
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 16 30 1.9 452 15.1 28.3 2 54 30 452
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 16 24 1.5 421 17.5 26.3 3 68 25 415
James Scott James Scott 10 21 2.1 382 18.2 38.2 3 64 21 382
Greg Latta Greg Latta 15 15 1.0 131 8.7 8.7 0 25 15 131
Robin Earl Robin Earl 13 8 0.6 56 7.0 4.3 0 19 43 188
Mike Cobb Mike Cobb 16 6 0.4 91 15.2 5.7 0 38 6 91
Willie McClendon Willie McClendon 16 6 0.4 27 4.5 1.7 0 13 43 187
Golden Richards Golden Richards 5 5 1.0 107 21.4 21.4 1 52 5 107
Steve Schubert Steve Schubert 14 2 0.1 29 14.5 2.1 0 15 2 29
Jack Deloplaine Jack Deloplaine 5 2 0.4 13 6.5 2.6 0 15 9 31
Lonnie Perrin Lonnie Perrin 9 1 0.1 27 27.0 3.0 0 27 6 41
Doug Buffone Doug Buffone 16 1 0.1 22 22.0 1.4 0 22 2 36
John Skibinski John Skibinski 1 1 1.0 4 4.0 4.0 0 4 4 14

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Terry Schmidt Terry Schmidt 16 6 44 7.3 1 20
Gary Fencik Gary Fencik 14 6 31 5.2 0 17
Tom Hicks Tom Hicks 15 3 85 28.3 1 66
Allan Ellis Allan Ellis 8 3 67 22.3 0 24
Doug Plank Doug Plank 16 3 33 11 0 22
Virgil Livers Virgil Livers 13 2 41 20.5 0 30
Doug Buffone Doug Buffone 16 2 11 5.5 0 11
Wentford Gaines Wentford Gaines 16 1 38 38 0 38
Gary Campbell Gary Campbell 16 1 32 32 0 32
Len Walterscheid Len Walterscheid 15 1 15 15 0 15
Jerry Muckensturm Jerry Muckensturm 16 1 5 5 0 5

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Walter Payton Walter Payton 16 14 2 0 16 0 0 0 96
Bob Thomas Bob Thomas 16 0 0 0 0 16 34 0 82
Dave Williams Dave Williams 14 1 5 0 6 0 0 0 36
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 16 0 3 1 4 0 0 0 24
James Scott James Scott 10 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 18
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 16 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 12
Vince Evans Vince Evans 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Tom Hicks Tom Hicks 15 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Willie McClendon Willie McClendon 16 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 6
Golden Richards Golden Richards 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 6
Terry Schmidt Terry Schmidt 16 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6
Steve Schubert Steve Schubert 14 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 6

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Len Walterscheid Len Walterscheid 15 19 427 22.5 0 14 96 6.9 0 14
Steve Schubert Steve Schubert 14 2 45 22.5 0 25 238 9.5 1 77
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 16 14 289 20.6 1 0 0 0
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 16 12 260 21.7 0 0 0 0 0
Lonnie Perrin Lonnie Perrin 9 1 13 13.0 0 0 0 0
Willie McClendon Willie McClendon 16 1 12 12.0 0 0 0 0
Greg Latta Greg Latta 15 1 8 8.0 0 0 0 0
Bruce Herron Bruce Herron 16 1 0 0.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Bob Thomas Bob Thomas 16 16 27 59.3 1-1 4-7 9-11 2-7 0-1 34 37 91.9 82

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Bob Parsons Bob Parsons 16 92 3,486 37.9 54 1

Player Playoffs

Passing GP CMP ATT PCT ATT/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD TD% INT INT% LNG SCK SCKY RATE
Mike Phipps Mike Phipps 1 13 30 43.3 30.0 142 4.7 142.0 0 0.0 2 6.7 31 1 0 30.1

Rushing GP ATT ATT/G YDS YPC YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Walter Payton Walter Payton 1 16 16.0 67 4.2 67.0 2 12 19 119
Dave Williams Dave Williams 1 10 10.0 23 2.3 23.0 0 12 12 27
Willie McClendon Willie McClendon 1 2 2.0 6 3.0 6.0 0 3 2 6
Mike Phipps Mike Phipps 1 1 1.0 3 3.0 3.0 0 3 1 3

Receiving GP REC TRG REC/G YDS AVG YDS/G TD LNG PLY SCM YDS SCM
Walter Payton Walter Payton 1 3 3.0 52 17.3 52.0 0 31 19 119
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 1 3 3.0 42 14.0 42.0 0 19 3 42
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 1 3 3.0 38 12.7 38.0 0 15 3 38
Greg Latta Greg Latta 1 2 2.0 6 3.0 6.0 0 4 2 6
Dave Williams Dave Williams 1 2 2.0 4 2.0 4.0 0 4 12 27

Defense GP TKL AST COMB TFL SCK PDEF INT YDS AVG TD LNG
Allan Ellis Allan Ellis 1 1 25 25 0 25

Scoring GP RUSH REC RET TOT FGM XPM XP2 SFTY PTS
Walter Payton Walter Payton 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 12
Bob Thomas Bob Thomas 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 5

Returns GP KR KR YDS KR AVG KR TD KR LNG PR PR YDS PR AVG PR TD PR LNG
Len Walterscheid Len Walterscheid 1 3 66 22.0 0 0 0 0 0
Rickey Watts Rickey Watts 1 2 31 15.5 0 0 0 0
Brian Baschnagel Brian Baschnagel 1 1 27 27.0 0 0 0 0

Kicking GP FGM FGA FG% FG 1-19 FG 20-29 FG 30-39 FG 40-49 FG 50+ XPM XPA XP% PTS
Bob Thomas Bob Thomas 1 1 2 50.0 2 2 100.0 5

Punting GP PUNT YDS AVG LNG BLK
Bob Parsons Bob Parsons 1 6 234 39.0 47 0

NFL 2023 Leaders

Playoff Pass Yards Leaders

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1,051

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

837

Goff

Jared Goff

774

Purdy

Brock Purdy

Playoff Rush Yards Leaders

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313

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

268

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

226

Jones

Aaron Jones

Playoff Rec Yards Leaders

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355

Kelce

Travis Kelce

274

Brown

Amon-Ra St. Brown

262

Rice

Rashee Rice

Playoff Pass TD Leaders

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6

Mayfield

Baker Mayfield

6

Mahomes

Patrick Mahomes

5

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Rush TD Leaders

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4

McCaffrey

Christian McCaffrey

3

Gibbs

Jahmyr Gibbs

3

Pacheco

Isiah Pacheco

Playoff Rec TD Leaders

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3

Ferguson

Jake Ferguson

3

Kelce

Travis Kelce

2

Shakir

Khalil Shakir

Playoff QB Rating Leaders

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120.9

Stafford

Matthew Stafford

109.3

Stroud

C.J. Stroud

108.6

Love

Jordan Love

Playoff Sack Leaders

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3.0

Hutchinson

Aidan Hutchinson

3.0

Karlaftis

George Karlaftis

2.0

Hinish

Kurt Hinish

NFL 2023 Rankings

Playoff PPG Rankings

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Packers

34.5

Cowboys

32.0

Lions

28.7

Texans

27.5

Buccaneers

27.5

Bills

27.5

Playoff Opp PPG Rankings

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Ravens

13.5

Chiefs

15.8

Buccaneers

20.0

Bills

22.0

Texans

24.0

Rams

24.0

Playoff Total Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

510.0

Rams

425.0

Buccaneers

417.0

Lions

389.0

Chiefs

386.0

49ers

383.7

Playoff Rush Yards Rankings

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Bills

180.5

Ravens

155.0

Packers

139.5

Chiefs

128.0

49ers

125.3

Lions

125.0

Playoff Pass Yards Rankings

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Cowboys

403.0

Rams

367.0

Buccaneers

343.0

Browns

307.0

Lions

279.0

49ers

265.0

Playoff Sack Leaders

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Lions

8.0

Texans

7.0

Chiefs

7.0

Buccaneers

5.0

49ers

5.0

Packers

5.0

NFL 2023 Betting

Best Record ATS

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Lions

14-6

Chiefs

13-7-1

Rams

11-6-1

Ravens

12-7

Buccaneers

12-7

Raiders

10-6-1

Worst Record ATS

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Falcons

5-12

Panthers

5-11-1

Patriots

5-11-1

Chargers

6-11

Saints

6-10-1

Jets

6-10-1

NFL 2023 Division Standings

AFC North W L T PCT
1
Ravens Ravens
13 4 0 .765
2
Browns Browns
11 6 0 .647
AFC East W L T PCT
1
Bills Bills
11 6 0 .647
2
Dolphins Dolphins
11 6 0 .647
AFC West W L T PCT
1
Chiefs Chiefs
11 6 0 .647
2
Raiders Raiders
8 9 0 .471
AFC South W L T PCT
1
Texans Texans
10 7 0 .588
2
Jaguars Jaguars
9 8 0 .529
NFC North W L T PCT
1
Lions Lions
12 5 0 .706
2
Packers Packers
9 8 0 .529
NFC West W L T PCT
1
49ers 49ers
12 5 0 .706
2
Rams Rams
10 7 0 .588
NFC East W L T PCT
1
Cowboys Cowboys
12 5 0 .706
2
Eagles Eagles
11 6 0 .647
NFC South W L T PCT
1
Buccaneers Buccaneers
9 8 0 .529
2
Saints Saints
9 8 0 .529

NFL 2023 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE MATCHUP SCORE
Sat
2/10
SF SF
@
KC KC
22-25
Sat
1/27
KC KC
@
BAL BAL
17-10
Sat
1/27
DET DET
@
SF SF
31-34
Sat
1/20
TB TB
@
DET DET
23-31
Sat
1/20
KC KC
@
BUF BUF
27-24

Schedule

DATE MATCHUP TIME (ET)
Fri
9/6
GB GB
@
PHI PHI
1:00 PM