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1985 Chicago Bears

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Record: 15-1-0, Finished 1st in NFC Central Division
NFL Season Summary

1985 Super Bowl Champions

Scored 456 points (28.5/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
 Allowed 198 points (12.4/g), 1st.
 Differential of 258 points (16.1/g), 1st.
 Expected W-L: 14.1-1.9.

 Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +23 (1.4/g), 1st.

Coached by Mike Ditka (15-1-0)

1985 Statistics / Starters & Roster / Games & Schedule / Team Draftees

Team Games & Schedule

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Score Offense Defense
Week Date Rec Opp Tm Opp 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO 1stD TotYd PassY RushY TO
1 Sun September 8 box W 1-0 Tampa Bay Buccaneers 38 28 27 436 251 185 3 17 307 141 166 2
2 Sun September 15 box W 2-0 New England Patriots 20 7 18 369 209 160 2 10 206 179 27 4
3 Thu September 19 box W 3-0 @ Minnesota Vikings 33 24 21 480 353 127 1 23 445 411 34 5
4 Sun September 29 box W 4-0 Washington Redskins 45 10 16 250 159 91 1 19 376 184 192 3
5 Sun October 6 box W 5-0 @ Tampa Bay Buccaneers 27 19 22 433 286 147 3 19 373 346 27 3
6 Sun October 13 box W 6-0 @ San Francisco 49ers 26 10 22 372 183 189 1 11 183 116 67 2
7 Mon October 21 box W 7-0 Green Bay Packers 23 7 24 342 167 175 4 16 319 223 96 5
8 Sun October 27 box W 8-0 Minnesota Vikings 27 9 24 413 211 202 2 16 236 206 30 5
9 Sun November 3 box W 9-0 @ Green Bay Packers 16 10 16 253 65 188 1 15 242 155 87 1
10 Sun November 10 box W 10-0 Detroit Lions 24 3 26 360 110 250 2 8 106 38 68 4
11 Sun November 17 box W 11-0 @ Dallas Cowboys 44 0 18 378 162 216 1 12 171 119 52 5
12 Sun November 24 box W 12-0 Atlanta Falcons 36 0 24 379 183 196 1 10 119 -22 141 3
13 Mon December 2 box L 12-1 @ Miami Dolphins 24 38 23 343 176 167 4 17 335 245 90 2
14 Sun December 8 box W 13-1 Indianapolis Colts 17 10 22 328 137 191 10 232 133 99
15 Sat December 14 box W 14-1 @ New York Jets 19 6 20 319 203 116 1 11 159 89 70 3
16 Sun December 22 box W 15-1 @ Detroit Lions 37 17 20 382 221 161 4 22 326 253 73 7
Playoffs
Division Sun January 5 box W 16-1 New York Giants 21 0
ConfChamp Sun January 12 box W 17-1 Los Angeles Rams 24 0
SuperBowl Sun January 26 box W 18-1 N New England Patriots 46 10

Team Stats and Rankings

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Passing Rushing
Pts Yds Ply Y/P 1stD Cmp Att Yds TD Int NY/A 1stD Att Yds TD Y/A 1stD TO FL 1stPy
Team Offense 456 5837 1085 5.4 343 237 432 3076 17 16 6.5 145 610 2761 27 4.5 176 31 15 22
Team Defense 198 4135 945 4.4 398 249 522 2816 16 34 4.8 141 359 1319 6 3.7 236 54 20 21
Lg Rank Offense 2 7 6 26 20 22 6 3 1 1 1 5 4 9
Lg Rank Defense 1 1 2 18 3 3 1 2 1 1 1 6 1 5

Passing

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Age Pos G GS QBrec Cmp Att Cmp% Yds TD TD% Int Int% Lng Y/A AY/A Y/C Y/G Rate Sk Yds NY/A ANY/A Sk%
Jim McMahon* 26 QB 13 11 11-0-0 178 313 56.9 2392 15 4.8 11 3.5 70 7.6 6.5 13.4 184.0 82.6 26 125 6.7 5.7 7.7
Steve Fuller 28 qb 16 5 4-1-0 53 107 49.5 777 1 0.9 5 4.7 69 7.3 5.3 14.7 48.6 57.3 17 102 5.4 3.7 13.7
Mike Tomczak 23 6 0 2 6 33.3 33 0 0.0 0 0.0 24 5.5 5.5 16.5 5.5 52.8 0 0 5.5 5.5 0.0
Walter Payton*+ 31 RB 16 16 3 5 60.0 96 1 20.0 0 0.0 50 19.2 21.2 32.0 6.0 143.7 0 0 19.2 21.2 0.0
Maury Buford 25 P 16 0 1 1 100.0 5 0 0.0 0 0.0 5 5.0 5.0 5.0 0.3 87.5 0 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
Team Total 25.7 16 15-1-0 237 432 54.9 3303 17 3.9 16 3.7 70 7.6 6.4 13.9 206.4 77.3 43 227 6.5 5.3 9.1
Opp Total 16 249 522 47.7 2816 16 3.1 34 6.5 5.4 2.8 11.3 176.0 47.4 64 483 4.8 1.6

Rushing & Receiving

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Rushing Receiving
Age Pos G GS Att Yds TD Lng Y/A Y/G A/G Rec Yds Y/R TD Lng R/G Y/G YScm RRTD Fmb
Walter Payton*+ 31 RB 16 16 324 1551 9 40 4.8 96.9 20.3 49 483 9.9 2 65 3.1 30.2 2034 11 6
Matt Suhey 27 FB 16 16 115 471 1 17 4.1 29.4 7.2 33 295 8.9 1 35 2.1 18.4 766 2 2
Jim McMahon* 26 QB 13 11 47 252 3 19 5.4 19.4 3.6 1 13 13.0 1 13 0.1 1.0 265 4 4
Calvin Thomas 25 14 0 31 125 4 17 4.0 8.9 2.2 5 45 9.0 0 15 0.4 3.2 170 4 0
Dennis Gentry 26 16 0 30 160 2 21 5.3 10.0 1.9 5 77 15.4 0 30 0.3 4.8 237 2 0
Thomas Sanders 23 15 0 25 104 1 28 4.2 6.9 1.7 1 9 9.0 0 9 0.1 0.6 113 1 1
Steve Fuller 28 qb 16 5 24 77 5 13 3.2 4.8 1.5 77 5 3
Willie Gault 25 WR 16 16 5 18 0 11 3.6 1.1 0.3 33 704 21.3 1 70 2.1 44.0 722 1 0
William Perry 23 RDT 16 9 5 7 2 2 1.4 0.4 0.3 1 4 4.0 1 4 0.1 0.3 11 3 0
Mike Tomczak 23 6 0 2 3 0 3 1.5 0.5 0.3 3 0 1
Dennis McKinnon 24 WR 14 13 1 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.1 31 555 17.9 7 48 2.2 39.6 555 7 1
Ken Margerum 27 16 2 1 -7 0 -7 -7.0 -0.4 0.1 17 190 11.2 2 20 1.1 11.9 183 2 1
Emery Moorehead 31 TE 15 14 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 35 481 13.7 1 25 2.3 32.1 481 1 0
Tim Wrightman 25 16 3 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 24 407 17.0 1 49 1.5 25.4 407 1 0
Brad Anderson 24 14 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 6 6.0 0 6 0.1 0.4 6 0 0
James Maness 22 8 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 1 34 34.0 0 34 0.1 4.3 34 0 0
Team Total 25.7 16 610 2761 27 40 4.5 172.6 38.1 237 3303 13.9 17 70 14.8 206.4 6064 44 24
Opp Total 16 359 1319 6 3.7 82.4 22.4 249 2816 11.3 16 15.6 176.0 4135 22 30

Kick & Punt Returns

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Punt Returns Kick Returns
Age Pos G GS Ret Yds TD Lng Y/R Rt Yds TD Lng Y/Rt APYd
Ken Taylor 22 RET 16 1 25 198 0 21 7.9 1 18 0 18 18.0 216
Willie Gault 25 WR 16 16 22 577 1 99 26.2 1299
Dennis Gentry 26 16 0 18 466 1 94 25.9 750
Keith Ortego 22 7 0 17 158 0 23 9.3 158
Dave Duerson* 25 SS 15 15 6 47 0 11 7.8 47
Dennis McKinnon 24 WR 14 13 4 44 0 17 11.0 1 16 0 16 16.0 615
James Maness 22 8 0 2 9 0 5 4.5 43
Thomas Sanders 23 15 0 1 10 0 10 10.0 123
Team Total 25.7 16 54 503 0 47 9.3 43 1089 2 99 25.3 7656
Opp Total 16 23 0 78 1827 0 23.4

Kicking & Punting

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
0--19 20--29 30--39 40--49 50+ Tot PAT Punting
Age Pos G GS FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FGA FGM FG% XPA XPM XP% Pnt Yds Lng Blck Y/P
Kevin Butler 23 K 16 0 2 2 13 13 14 13 6 3 2 37 31 83.8% 51 51 100.0%
Maury Buford 25 P 16 0 68 2870 69 1 42.2
Team Total 25.7 16 2 2 13 13 14 13 6 3 2 37 31 83.8% 51 51 100.0% 68 2870 69 1 42.2
Opp Total 16 19 12 63.2% 23 22 95.7% 90 3636 40.4

Defense & Fumbles

Glossary · ProBowl(*), 1st-team All-Pro(+), · CSV · PRE
Def Interceptions Fumbles Tackles
Age Pos G GS Sk Int Yds TD Lng PD FF Fmb FR Yds TD Tkl Ast Sfty
Richard Dent*+ 25 RDE 16 16 17.0 2 10 1 9 7 0 2 0 0 38
Otis Wilson* 28 LLB 16 16 10.5 3 35 1 23 0 2 0 0 1
Wilber Marshall 23 RLB 16 15 6.0 4 23 0 14 2 0 1 8 0 78
Dan Hampton* 28 LDE/rdt 16 15 6.5 0 3 0 0
Dave Duerson* 25 SS 15 15 2.0 5 53 0 20 1 1 0 0
Steve McMichael+ 28 LDT 16 16 8.0 0 0 1 0 0 44 1
Walter Payton*+ 31 RB 16 16 6 1 0 0
William Perry 23 RDT 16 9 5.0 0 0 2 66 0 31
Mike Singletary*+ 27 MLB 16 16 3.0 1 23 0 23 0 3 11 0
Ken Taylor 22 RET 16 1 3 28 0 18 3 1 0 0
Gary Fencik 31 FS 16 16 5 43 0 22 0 1 0 0
Leslie Frazier 26 RCB 16 16 6 119 1 33
Mike Richardson 24 LCB 14 14 4 174 1 90 1 1 4 0
Steve Fuller 28 qb 16 5 3 1 -15 0
Jim McMahon* 26 QB 13 11 4 0 0 0
Matt Suhey 27 FB 16 16 2 1 0 0
Ron Rivera 23 16 0 0.5 1 4 0 4 0 1 5 1
Henry Waechter 26 13 0 2.5 1
Mike Hartenstine 32 lde 16 8 1.0 0 1 0 0
Tyrone Keys 26 16 0 2.0
Mike Tomczak 23 6 0 1 1 -13 0
Shaun Gayle 23 16 0 0 0 1 0 0 18
Jay Hilgenberg* 26 C 16 16 0 1 0 0
Ken Margerum 27 16 2 1 0 0 0
Dennis McKinnon 24 WR 14 13 1 0 0 0
Reggie Phillips 25 16 1 0 1 0 0
Thomas Sanders 23 15 0 1 0 0 0
Team Total 25.7 16 64.0 34 512 4 90 9 24 27 66 1 209 3
Opp Total 16 43 30 10 1

Scoring Summary

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Age Pos G GS RshTD RecTD PR TD KR TD FblTD IntTD OthTD 2PM XPM FGM Sfty Pts
Kevin Butler 23 K 16 0 51 31 144
Walter Payton*+ 31 RB 16 16 9 2 66
Dennis McKinnon 24 WR 14 13 7 42
Steve Fuller 28 qb 16 5 5 30
Jim McMahon* 26 QB 13 11 3 1 24
Calvin Thomas 25 14 0 4 24
Dennis Gentry 26 16 0 2 1 18
William Perry 23 RDT 16 9 2 1 18
Willie Gault 25 WR 16 16 1 1 12
Ken Margerum 27 16 2 2 12
Matt Suhey 27 FB 16 16 1 1 12
Otis Wilson* 28 LLB 16 16 1 1 8
Richard Dent*+ 25 RDE 16 16 1 6
Leslie Frazier 26 RCB 16 16 1 6
Emery Moorehead 31 TE 15 14 1 6
Mike Richardson 24 LCB 14 14 1 6
Ron Rivera 23 16 0 1 6
Thomas Sanders 23 15 0 1 6
Tim Wrightman 25 16 3 1 6
Steve McMichael+ 28 LDT 16 16 1 2
Henry Waechter 26 13 0 1 2
Team Total 25.7 16 27 17 2 1 4 51 31 3 456
Opp Total 16 6 16 22 12 1 198