1972 Chicago Bears season

NFL team season August 2023 March 2026 Chicago Bears 1972 4–9–1 4th NFC Central George Halas Abe Gibron Soldier Field Did not qualify Bears seasons The 1972 Chicago Bears season was their 53rd regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 4–9–1 record, another below .500 showing, in head coach Abe Gibron's first season. They were, however, quite successful at running the football at the quarterback position. QB Bobby Douglass ran on 143 carries for 968 yards and 8 Touchdowns. This would be later broken by Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick who became the first and only Quarterback to run over 1,000 yards in the NFL. But it would be held as a franchise record until Justin Fields broke that in the 2022 season. Only three other QBs have run for over 1,000 yards in one season, but they were all in the CFL.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1972.htm 1972 Chicago Bears Statistics & Players Pro-Football-Reference.com NFL draft 1972 NFL draft 1972 Chicago Bears 1 3 Lionel Antoine Offensive tackle Southern Illinois traded from the New York Giants yes 1 12 Craig Clemons Safety Iowa yes 3 62 Johnny Musso Running back Alabama 5 117 Bob Parsons Tight end Penn State yes 6 133 Bob Pifferini Linebacker UCLA yes 7 167 Jim Fassel Quarterback Long Beach State 7 182 Jim Osborne Defensive tackle Southern 8 192 Ralph Wirtz Wide receiver North Dakota State 9 219 Larry Horton Defensive end Iowa yes 10 247 Jack Turnbull Center Oregon State 11 272 Ed Wimberly Defensive back Jackson State 12 297 Doug Neill Running back Texas A&M 13 322 Jay Rood Tackle Southern (SD) 14 347 Bob Brown Wide receiver Rice 15 377 Roger Lawson Running back Western Michigan 16 402 Bill McKinney Linebacker West Texas A&M yes 17 427 LaVerne Dickinson Defensive back Southern no no https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1972_draft.htm 1972 Chicago Bears Draftees Pro-Football-Reference.com February 28, 2023 Roster 1972 Chicago Bears 10 Bobby Douglass  7 John Huarte 35 Jim Harrison American football 33 Gary Kosins y 36 Roger Lawson y 22 Cyril Pinder 24 Don Shy 43 George Farmer wide receiver, born 1948 46 Matt Maslowski 84 Jim Seymour American football 21 Cecil Turner 89 Bob Wallace American football 86 Bob Parsons American football y 82 Earl Thomas wide receiver 79 Lionel Antoine y T 74 Bob Asher American football T 73 Rich Buzin T 72 Jim Cadile G 52 Rich Coady center C 61 Glen Holloway G 65 Randy Jackson offensive lineman T 64 Ernie Janet G 78 Bob Newton American football G 82 Steve DeLong DE 64 Larry Horton y DE 67 Bill Line DT 71 Tony McGee defensive lineman DE/DT 68 Jim Osborne defensive tackle y DT 70 Andy Rice DT 76 Bill Staley DT 31 Ross Brupbacher OLB 55 Doug Buffone OLB 51 Dick Butkus MLB 30 Jimmy Gunn OLB 58 Bob Pifferini y OLB 53 Larry Rowden MLB 25 Craig Clemons y SS 32 Charlie Ford American football CB 29 Bob Jeter CB 18 Jerry Moore American football, born 1949 FS 48 Ron Smith defensive back SS 20 Joe Taylor cornerback CB 88 Bobby Joe Green P 83 Mac Percival K 75 Dave Hale DE IR 85 Willie Holman DE IR 44 Garry Lyle S IR 54 Bill McKinney American football y LB IR 49 Joe Moore running back RB IR 40 Gale Sayers RB (Retired) 38 Robert Holmes American football RB 15 Mirro Roder y K Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 17 Atlanta Falcons L 21–37 0–1 Soldier Field 55,701 2 September 24 Los Angeles Rams T 13–13 0–1–1 Soldier Field 55,701 3 October 1 Detroit Lions L 24–38 0–2–1 Soldier Field 55,701 4 October 8 at Green Bay Packers L 17–20 0–3–1 Lambeau Field 56,263 5 October 15 at Cleveland Browns W 17–0 1–3–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 72,339 6 October 23, 1972 Minnesota Vikings W 13–10 2–3–1 Soldier Field 55,701 7 October 29 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27–10 3–3–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,464 8 November 5 at Detroit Lions L 0–14 3–4–1 Tiger Stadium 54,418 9 November 12 Green Bay Packers L 17–23 3–5–1 Soldier Field 55,701 10 November 19 San Francisco 49ers L 21–34 3–6–1 Soldier Field 55,701 11 November 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 3–13 3–7–1 Soldier Field 55,701 12 December 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 10–23 3–8–1 Metropolitan Stadium 49,784 13 December 10 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21–12 4–8–1 Veterans Stadium 65,720 14 December 17 at Oakland Raiders L 21–28 4–9–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,711 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.https://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/chi/1972/gamelog/ Chicago Bears 1972 Games and Schedule Pro-Football-Reference.com Standings References Chicago Bears Category:Chicago Bears seasons Chicago Bears Category:1972 in Chicago