1987 Chicago Bears Statistics

National Football League (NFL)
Team Record: 11-4
Finishing 1st in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference
Postseason: 0-1 Lost Division Playoff
Coach: Mike Ditka (11-4)
Location: Chicago, Illinois

1987 Chicago Bears Roster
1987 Chicago Bears Results

The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1987 season with a record of 11 wins and 4 losses, finishing first in the NFL's Central Division of the National Football Conference. The team compiled a postseason mark of 0-1.

Chicago racked up 356 points, while the rigid defensive squad allowed 282. Jim McMahon threw for 1,639 yards, and Mike Tomczak threw the ball, too. Neal Anderson hauled in 47 passes, while Willie Gault added 705 receiving yards.

Neal Anderson rushed for a team-leading 586 yards for the Bears, and Walter Payton also contributed to the rushing attack.

Dave Duerson picked off 3 opponent throws. Richard Dent topped the defensive unit with 12.5 quarterback sacks, helping propel the defense to an overall total of 69 sacks.

Mike Ditka coached the team. The 1987 Chicago Bears lost in the Division Playoff.

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Passing:

Player	Att	Comp	Comp %	Yds	Yds/Att	TDs	TD %	Ints	Int %	Long	Sacked	Yds Lost	Rating
Jim McMahon	210	125	59.5	1639	7.8	12	5.7	8	3.8	59	22	136	87.4
Mike Tomczak	178	97	54.5	1220	6.9	5	2.8	10	5.6	56	9	59	62.0
Mike Hohensee	52	28	53.8	343	6.6	4	7.7	1	1.9	28	3	19	92.1
Sean Payton	23	8	34.8	79	3.4	0	0.0	1	4.3	20	7	47	27.3
Steve Bradley	18	6	33.3	77	4.3	2	11.1	3	16.7	18	3	24	45.1
Jim Harbaugh	11	8	72.7	62	5.6	0	0.0	0	0.0	21	4	45	86.2
Walter Payton	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	1	100.0	0	0	0	0.0
Totals	493	272	55.2	3420	6.9	23	4.7	24	4.9	59	48	330

Rushing:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Neal Anderson	129	586	4.5	38	3
Walter Payton	146	533	3.7	17	4
Lakei Heimuli	34	128	3.8	12	0
Thomas Sanders	23	122	5.3	17	1
Jim McMahon	22	88	4.0	13	2
Calvin Thomas	25	88	3.5	18	0
Anthony Mosley	18	80	4.4	16	0
Mike Hohensee	9	56	6.2	26	0
Chris Brewer	24	55	2.3	16	2
Mike Tomczak	18	54	3.0	10	1
Dennis Gentry	6	41	6.8	12	0
Sean Payton	1	28	28.0	28	0
Matt Suhey	7	24	3.4	6	0
Frank Harris	6	23	3.8	18	0
Willie Gault	2	16	8.0	9	0
Jim Harbaugh	4	15	3.8	9	0
Darryl Clark	5	11	2.2	5	0
Al Wolden	2	8	4.0	7	0
Wilber Marshall	1	1	1.0	1	0
Kevin Brown	1	0	0.0	0	0
William Perry	1	0	0.0	0	0
Steve Bradley	1	-3	-3.0	-3	0
Totals	485	1954	4.0	38	13

Receiving:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Neal Anderson	47	467	9.9	59	3
Willie Gault	35	705	20.1	56	7
Walter Payton	33	217	6.6	16	1
Dennis McKinnon	27	406	15.0	33	1
Emery Moorehead	24	269	11.2	27	1
Ron Morris	20	379	19.0	42	1
Cap Boso	17	188	11.1	31	2
Dennis Gentry	17	183	10.8	38	1
Glen Kozlowski	15	199	13.3	28	3
Matt Suhey	7	54	7.7	12	0
Chris Brewer	5	56	11.2	19	1
Lakei Heimuli	5	51	10.2	17	1
Don Kindt	5	34	6.8	11	1
Ken Knapczyk	4	62	15.5	22	0
Thomas Sanders	3	53	17.7	25	0
Gary Mullen	2	33	16.5	20	0
Brian Glasgow	2	16	8.0	11	0
Anthony Mosley	2	16	8.0	16	0
Al Wolden	1	26	26.0	26	0
Sam Bowers	1	6	6.0	6	0
Totals	272	3420	12.6	59	23

Kicking:

Player	X/CA	X/CM	X/CP %	FGA	FGM	FG %	Pts.
Kevin Butler	30	28	93.3	28	19	67.9	85
Tim Lashar	10	10	100.0	4	3	75.0	19
Totals	40	38	95.0	32	22	68.8	104

Punting:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long
Bryan Wagner	36	1461	40.6	71
Kevin Brown	18	742	41.2	58
Tommy Barnhardt	6	236	39.3	50
Totals	60	2439	40.6	71

Punt Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dennis McKinnon	40	405	10.1	94	2
George Duarte	8	64	8.0	16	0
Dave Duerson	1	10	10.0	10	0
Eric Jeffries	1	5	5.0	5	0
Totals	50	484	9.7	94	2

Kick Returns:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dennis Gentry	25	621	24.8	88	1
Thomas Sanders	20	349	17.4	42	0
Glen Kozlowski	3	72	24.0	31	0
Lorenzo Lynch	3	66	22.0	37	0
Todd Bell	1	18	18.0	18	0
Anthony Mosley	1	17	17.0	17	0
Lawrence White	1	17	17.0	17	0
Ken Knapczyk	1	14	14.0	14	0
Eldridge Milton	1	10	10.0	10	0
Matt Suhey	1	9	9.0	9	0
Totals	57	1193	20.9	88	1

Interceptions:

Player	No.	Yds	Avg.	Long	TDs
Dave Duerson	3	0	0.0	0	0
Ron Rivera	2	19	9.5	15	0
Reggie Phillips	2	1	0.5	1	0
Maurice Douglass	2	0	0.0	0	0
Bruce McCray	1	23	23.0	23	1
Shaun Gayle	1	20	20.0	20	1
Jon Norris	1	6	6.0	6	0
Vestee Jackson	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals	13	69	5.3	23	2

Sacks:

Player	No.	Yds
Richard Dent	12.5
Steve McMichael	7.0
Sean McInerney	6.5
Otis Wilson	6.5
Wilber Marshall	5.0
Jay Norvell	4.0
Bobby Bell	3.5
Jim Althoff	3.5
Dan Hampton	3.5
William Perry	3.0
Dave Duerson	3.0
Jon Norris	2.0
Mike Singletary	2.0
Guy Teafatiller	1.5
Al Harris	1.5
Ron Rivera	1.0
Todd Bell	1.0
Raymond Morris	1.0
Mike January	1.0
Totals	69.0	0

Defense and Fumbles:

Player	Tackle	Solo	Ast	Brup	Fum	FRec	FYds	FTD	FF
Wilber Marshall	93	93	0		0	1	0	0	2
Steve McMichael	57	57	0		0	0	0	0	2
William Perry	55	55	0		1	0	0	0	0
Richard Dent	34	34	0		0	2	11	0	4
Maurice Douglass	13	13	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
Shaun Gayle	9	9	0	0
Lorenzo Lynch	6	6	0
Dennis McKinnon					6	3	0		0
Mike Hohensee					2	2	0	0	0
Egypt Allen					0	2	0	0	0
Jimbo Covert					0	1	0	0	0
Willie Gault					0	1	0		0
Mike Tomczak					6	1	0		0
Sean Smith					0	1	0	0	0
Dave Duerson				0	0	1	10	0	0
Bobby Bell					0	1	0	0	0
John Wojciechowski					0	1	0	0	0
Mike Singletary					0	1	0	0	0
Mike January					0	1	7	0	0
Todd Bell					1	1	0	0	0
Jim Althoff					0	1	0	0	0
Calvin Thomas					0	1	0	0	0
George Duarte					1	1	0	0	0
Sean Payton					1	0	0	0	0
Kevin Brown					1	0	-6	0	0
Dennis Gentry					2	0	0		0
Lakei Heimuli					1	0	0		0
Thomas Sanders					1	0	0		0
Emery Moorehead					1	0	0		0
Jim McMahon					2	0	0		0
Walter Payton					5	0	0		0
Neal Anderson					2	0	0		0
Totals	267	267	0	0	33	24	22	0	8

Total Scoring:

	Touchdowns								Other					Total
Player	Rush	Rec	Punt	Kick	MFG	Int	Fum	Other	FG	X/C	Single	2Pt	Saf	Points
Kevin Butler									19	28	0			85
Willie Gault	0	7							0	0	0			42
Neal Anderson	3	3							0	0	0			36
Walter Payton	4	1							0	0	0			30
Tim Lashar									3	10	0			19
Chris Brewer	2	1							0	0	0			18
Glen Kozlowski		3		0					0	0	0			18
Dennis McKinnon		1	2						0	0	0			18
Cap Boso		2							0	0	0			12
Dennis Gentry	0	1		1					0	0	0			12
Jim McMahon	2								0	0	0			12
Bruce McCray						1			0	0	0			6
Mike Tomczak	1								0	0	0			6
Ron Morris		1							0	0	0			6
Lakei Heimuli	0	1							0	0	0			6
Don Kindt		1							0	0	0			6
Thomas Sanders	1	0		0					0	0	0			6
Shaun Gayle						1			0	0	0			6
Anthony Mosley	0	0		0				1	0	0	0			6
Emery Moorehead		1							0	0	0			6
Totals	13	23	2	1	0	2	0	1	22	38	0	0	0	356