1974 Chicago Bears season

1974 Chicago Bears season
Owner	George Halas
General manager	Jim Finks
Head coach	Abe Gibron
Home field	Soldier Field
Results
Record	4–10
Division place	4th NFC Central
Playoff finish	Did not qualify

The 1974 Chicago Bears season was their 55th regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 4–10 record, which led to the ouster of Abe Gibron as head coach.

Offseason

NFL Draft

Main article: 1974 NFL Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	School/Club Team

Roster

1974 Chicago Bears roster

Quarterbacks (QB) 18 Joe Barnes 10 Bobby Douglass 19 Gary Huff Running backs (RB) 26 Carl Garrett 47 Ken Grandberry 35 Jim Harrison FB 33 Gary Kosins 36 Perry Williams FB Wide receivers (WR) 43 George Farmer 17 Ike Hill 84 Bo Rather 83 Charlie Wade 85 Wayne Wheeler Tight ends (TE) 88 Jim Kelly 82 Fred Pagac

Offensive linemen (OL) 79 Lionel Antoine T 74 Bob Asher T 52 Rich Coady C 62 Tom Forrest G 69 Mike Hoban G 65 Randy Jackson T 64 Ernie Janet G 78 Bob Newton G Defensive linemen (DL) 60 Wally Chambers DT 76 Dave Gallagher DE 84 Richard Harris DE 72 Gary Hrivnak DE 71 Tony McGee DE 68 Jim Osborne DT 89 Mel Tom DE

Linebackers (LB) 50 Waymond Bryant 55 Doug Buffone 30 Jimmy Gunn 58 Bob Pifferini 57 Don Rives Defensive backs (DB) 45 Craig Clemons FS 48 Allan Ellis CB 31 Bill Knox 44 Garry Lyle FS 20 Joe Taylor CB Special teams 86 Bob Parsons P 15 Mirro Roder K

Rookies in italics

Regular season

Schedule

Week	Date	Opponent	Result	Attendance
1	September 15, 1974	Detroit Lions	W 17–9	48,134
2	September 22, 1974	New York Jets	L 21-23	50,213
3	September 29, 1974	at Minnesota Vikings	L 7-11	46,217
4	October 6, 1974	New Orleans Saints	W 24–10	45,818
5	October 13, 1974	at Atlanta Falcons	L 10-13	47,835
6	October 21, 1974	Green Bay Packers	W 10–9	50,623
7	October 27, 1974	at Buffalo Bills	L 6-16	78,084
8	November 3, 1974	Minnesota Vikings	L 0-17	33,343
9	November 10, 1974	at Green Bay Packers	L 3-20	46,567
10	November 17, 1974	San Francisco 49ers	L 0-34	42,686
11	November 24, 1974	at Detroit Lions	L 17-34	40,930
12	December 1, 1974	New York Giants	W 16–13	18,802
13	December 8, 1974	at San Diego Chargers	L 21-28	33,662
14	December 15, 1974	at Washington Redskins	L 0-42	52,085

Game summaries

Week 1: vs. Detroit Lions

Gary Huff hit Charlie Wade with two long passes, one from 73 yards and another from 43, setting up Chicago touchdowns that beat Detroit. Carl Garrett ran in from one yard for the Bears first touchdown and Huff threw a nine yard touchdown pass for a 14-0 lead. It would be though the high mark for the Bears that season.

Week 6: vs. Green Bay Packers

1 2 3 4 Total Packers 0 0 6 3 9 • Bears 10 0 0 0 10 Date: October 21 Location: Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois Game start: 8:00 p.m. CST Game weather: 39°F, wind 13 mph Television network: ABC Source: Pro-Football-Reference.com

Scoring summary 1 Bears Mirro Roder 23-yard field goal Bears 3–0 1 Bears Charlie Wade 57-yard pass from Gary Huff (Mirro Roder kick) Bears 10–0 3 Packers Chester Marcol 34-yard field goal Bears 10–3 3 Packers Chester Marcol 33-yard field goal Bears 10–6 4 Packers Chester Marcol 36-yard field goal Bears 10–9

Standings

NFC Central
	W	L	T	PCT	DIV	CONF	PF	PA	STK
Minnesota Vikings	10	4	0	.714	4–2	8–3	310	195	W3
Detroit Lions	7	7	0	.500	3–3	6–5	256	270	L1
Green Bay Packers	6	8	0	.429	3–3	4–7	210	206	L3
Chicago Bears	4	10	0	.286	2–4	4–7	152	279	L2