1975 Chicago Bears season

1975 Chicago Bears season
Head coach	Jack Pardee
General manager	Jim Finks
Owner	George Halas
Home field	Soldier Field
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	3rd NFC Central
Playoff finish	did not qualify

The 1975 Chicago Bears season was their 56th regular season in the National Football League. The club posted another 4–10 record, in the first season under head coach Jack Pardee.

The 1975 Bears are one of only two NFL teams^[1] to have been outscored by 25 points six different times during the season.^[2]

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1975 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club team
1	4	Walter Payton	Running back	Jackson State University
2	31	Mike Hartenstine	Defensive end	Penn State

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 21, 1975	Baltimore Colts	L 35–7	54,152
2	September 28, 1975	Philadelphia Eagles	W 15–13	48,071
3	October 5, 1975	at Minnesota Vikings	L 28–3	47,578
4	October 12, 1975	at Detroit Lions	L 27–7	74,032
5	October 19, 1975	at Pittsburgh Steelers	L 34–3	47,579
6	October 27, 1975	Minnesota Vikings	L 13–9	51,259
7	November 2, 1975	Miami Dolphins	L 46–13	57,455
8	November 9, 1975	Green Bay Packers	W 27–14	48,738
9	November 16, 1975	at San Francisco 49ers	L 31–3	41,726
10	November 23, 1975	at Los Angeles Rams	L 38–10	64,979
11	November 30, 1975	at Green Bay Packers	L 28–7	56,267
12	December 7, 1975	Detroit Lions	W 25–21	37,772
13	December 14, 1975	St. Louis Cardinals	L 34–20	35,052
14	December 21, 1975	at New Orleans Saints	W 42–17	33,371

Season summary

Week 2

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	3	3	0	7	13
• Bears	0	9	0	6	15

Date: September 28
Location: Soldier Field • Chicago, Illinois
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 56°F, wind 6 mph

Scoring summary

1		PHI	Horst Muhlmann 44-yard field goal	Eagles 3–0

2		CHI	Bob Thomas 44-yard field goal	Tie 3–3

2		CHI	Cid Edwards 7-yard pass from Gary Huff (kick failed)	Bears 9–3

2		PHI	Horst Muhlmann 43-yard field goal	Bears 9–6

4		CHI	Bob Thomas 24-yard field goal	Bears 12–6

4	4:09	PHI	Harold Carmichael 14-yard pass from Roman Gabriel (Horst Muhlmann kick)	Eagles 13–12

4	:08	CHI	Bob Thomas 26-yard field goal	Bears 15–12

^[3]

Week 8

	1	2	3	4	Total
Packers	0	7	0	7	14
• Bears	10	7	10	0	27

Date: November 9
Location: Soldier Field, Chicago
Game start: 1:00 p.m.
Game weather: 58°F, wind 12 mph

Scoring summary

1	CHI	Bob Thomas 34 yard field goal	Bears 3–0

1	CHI	Bob Parsons 12 yard pass from Gary Huff (Bob Thomas kick)	Bears 10–0

2	GB	Steve Odom 42 yard pass from Don Milan (Joe Danelo kick)	Bears 10–7

2	CHI	Walter Payton 5 yard run (Bob Thomas kick)	Bears 17–7

3	CHI	Bob Thomas 48 yard field goal	Bears 20–7

3	CHI	Craig Clemons 76 yard interception return (Bob Thomas kick)	Bears 27–7

4	GB	Barry Smith 18 yard pass from Carlos Brown (Joe Danelo kick)	Bears 27–14

^[4]

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings⁽¹⁾	12	2	0	.857	5–1	8–2	377	180	W1
Detroit Lions	7	7	0	.500	4–2	6–5	245	262	L1
Chicago Bears	4	10	0	.286	2–4	4–7	191	379	W1
Green Bay Packers	4	10	0	.286	1–5	4–7	226	285	W1

^[5]

References

↑ 1984 Bills
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com: In a single season, from 1940 to 2011, in the NFL, in the regular season, requiring Points Differential <= -25, sorted by most games in season matching criteria.
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
↑ Pro-Football-Reference.com
↑ NFL 2001 Record and Fact Book, Workman Publishing Co, New York,NY, ISBN 0-7611-2480-2, p. 296

Chicago Bears

Founded in 1919 Formerly the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Staleys Based in Chicago, Illinois Headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois

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Records	Records and statistics Franchise records All-time record versus NFL Team awards and honors Players Head coaches Pro Football Hall of Famers First-round draft picks Starting quarterbacks

Stadiums	Staley Field Wrigley Field Soldier Field Memorial Stadium Soldier Field II

Lore	Fog Bowl 1932 Playoff Game First NFL Championship Game "The Sneakers Game" Monsters of the Midway T formation 46 defense 15–1 Super Bowl XX Bears 73, Redskins 0 Staley Swindle Cardiac Kids George S. Halas Trophy Brian Piccolo Award 75th Anniversary League Team NFL All-Time Team 2006 game vs. Arizona Cardinals

Culture	Brian's Song 1971 2001 "Bear Down, Chicago Bears" "The Super Bowl Shuffle" Bill Swerski's Superfans Chuck Swirsky Staley Da Bear Logos and uniforms Halas Hall A. E. Staley Jack Brickhouse Papa Bear Mike Ditka Roosevelt/Wabash 85386 Payton Chicago Honey Bears Jim Cornelison

Rivalries	Detroit Lions Green Bay Packers Minnesota Vikings

Retired numbers	3 5 7 28 34 40 41 42 51 56 61 66 77 89

Key personnel	Chairman: George McCaskey President/CEO: Ted Phillips General Manager: Ryan Pace Head Coach: John Fox

Division championships (18)	1933 1934 1937 1940 1941 1942 1943 1946 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1990 2001 2005 2006 2010

Conference championships (4)	1956 1963 1985 2006

League championships (9)	1921 1932 1933 1940 1941 1943 1946 1963 1985 (XX)

Media	Radio: WBBM (AM) WCFS-FM (FM simulcast of WBBM) Personnel: Jeff Joniak (play-by-play) Tom Thayer (analyst) Zach Zaidman (sideline reporter and radio coach's show host) Television: WFLD (pre-season and most regular season games through Fox, official pre-game and post-game) Comcast SportsNet Chicago (in-season team programming) Personnel: Lou Canellis (gameday television host, pre-season sideline reporter) Sam Rosen (pre-season play-by-play) Jim Miller (pre-season analyst)

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1975 NFL season

East	Central	West	East	Central	West
Baltimore	Cincinnati	Denver	Dallas	Chicago	Atlanta
Buffalo	Cleveland	Kansas City	NY Giants	Detroit	Los Angeles
Miami	Houston	Oakland	Philadelphia	Green Bay	New Orleans
New England	Pittsburgh	San Diego	St. Louis	Minnesota	San Francisco
NY Jets			Washington

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