1963 Chicago Bears Statistics
Team Record: 11-1-2
Finishing 1st in the NFL's West Division
Postseason: 1-0 Won Championship
Coach: George Halas (11-1-2)
Location: Chicago, Illinois
1963 Chicago Bears Results
The Chicago Bears of the National Football League ended the 1963 season with a record of 11 wins and 1 losses and 2 ties, finishing first in the NFL's West Division. The team compiled a postseason mark of 1-0.
Defensively, the Bears led the league with just 144 points allowed. Chicago scored 301 points. Billy Wade tossed for 2,301 yards. Mike Ditka topped all receivers, hauling in 59 balls for 794 yards, while Johnny Morris contributed to the receiving game, too.
Joe Marconi rushed for a team-leading 446 yards, and Ronnie Bull also contributed to the rushing attack.
The opportunistic defense pounced on 54 turnovers, topping in the league. Rosey Taylor picked off 9 opponent throws.
George Halas coached the team. The 1963 Chicago Bears won the Championship.
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Passing:
Player | Att | Comp | Comp % | Yds | Yds/Att | TDs | TD % | Ints | Int % | Long | Rating |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Billy Wade | 356 | 192 | 53.9 | 2301 | 6.5 | 15 | 4.2 | 12 | 3.4 | 63 | 74.0 |
Rudy Bukich | 43 | 29 | 67.4 | 369 | 8.6 | 3 | 7.0 | 2 | 4.7 | 44 | 97.9 |
Roger LeClerc | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Ronnie Bull | 3 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Bobby Green | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 39.6 |
Totals | 404 | 221 | 54.7 | 2670 | 6.6 | 18 | 4.5 | 14 | 3.5 | 63 |
Rushing:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Joe Marconi | 118 | 446 | 3.8 | 19 | 2 |
Ronnie Bull | 117 | 404 | 3.5 | 18 | 1 |
Willie Galimore | 85 | 321 | 3.8 | 51 | 5 |
Rick Casares | 65 | 277 | 4.3 | 30 | 0 |
Billy Wade | 45 | 132 | 2.9 | 17 | 6 |
Charlie Bivins | 44 | 104 | 2.4 | 17 | 0 |
Johnny Morris | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Angelo Coia | 2 | 2 | 1.0 | 4 | 0 |
Rudy Bukich | 7 | 1 | 0.1 | 2 | 1 |
Dave Whitsell | 1 | -8 | -8.0 | -8 | 0 |
Bobby Green | 2 | -10 | -5.0 | -6 | 0 |
Totals | 487 | 1679 | 3.4 | 51 | 15 |
Receiving:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mike Ditka | 59 | 794 | 13.5 | 63 | 8 |
Johnny Morris | 47 | 705 | 15.0 | 51 | 2 |
Joe Marconi | 28 | 335 | 12.0 | 63 | 2 |
Bo Farrington | 21 | 335 | 16.0 | 58 | 2 |
Ronnie Bull | 19 | 132 | 6.9 | 44 | 2 |
Rick Casares | 19 | 94 | 4.9 | 25 | 1 |
Willie Galimore | 13 | 131 | 10.1 | 44 | 0 |
Angelo Coia | 11 | 116 | 10.5 | 18 | 1 |
Charlie Bivins | 3 | 22 | 7.3 | 19 | 0 |
Bob Jencks | 1 | 6 | 6.0 | 6 | 0 |
Totals | 221 | 2670 | 12.1 | 63 | 18 |
Kicking:
Player | X/CA | X/CM | X/CP % | FGA | FGM | FG % | Pts. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Roger LeClerc | 23 | 13 | 56.5 | 39 | |||
Bob Jencks | 37 | 35 | 94.6 | 10 | 1 | 10.0 | 38 |
Totals | 37 | 35 | 94.6 | 33 | 14 | 42.4 | 77 |
Punting:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bobby Green | 64 | 2974 | 46.5 | 66 |
Totals | 64 | 2974 | 46.5 | 66 |
Punt Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Johnny Morris | 16 | 164 | 10.2 | 42 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 2 | 62 | 31.0 | 38 | 0 |
Rosey Taylor | 12 | 51 | 4.2 | 13 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 277 | 9.2 | 42 | 0 |
Kick Returns:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosey Taylor | 6 | 118 | 19.7 | 29 | 0 |
Ronnie Bull | 7 | 105 | 15.0 | 26 | 0 |
Billy Martin | 4 | 99 | 24.8 | 26 | 0 |
Charlie Bivins | 2 | 40 | 20.0 | 22 | 0 |
Willie Galimore | 1 | 19 | 19.0 | 19 | 0 |
Rick Casares | 2 | 18 | 9.0 | 10 | 0 |
Joe Marconi | 2 | 15 | 7.5 | 15 | 0 |
John Johnson | 1 | 10 | 10.0 | 10 | 0 |
Mike Pyle | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 26 | 424 | 16.3 | 29 | 0 |
Interceptions:
Player | No. | Yds | Avg. | Long | TDs |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosey Taylor | 9 | 172 | 19.1 | 46 | 1 |
Richie Petitbon | 8 | 161 | 20.1 | 66 | 1 |
Bennie McRae | 6 | 90 | 15.0 | 44 | 1 |
Dave Whitsell | 6 | 61 | 10.2 | 39 | 1 |
Joe Fortunato | 2 | 30 | 15.0 | 19 | 0 |
Larry Glueck | 1 | 14 | 14.0 | 14 | 0 |
Bill George | 1 | 4 | 4.0 | 4 | 0 |
J.C. Caroline | 1 | 3 | 3.0 | 3 | 0 |
Roger LeClerc | 1 | 2 | 2.0 | 2 | 0 |
Doug Atkins | 1 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 537 | 14.9 | 66 | 4 |
Defense and Fumbles:
Player | Tackle | Brup | Fum | FRec | FYds | FTD | FF |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 0 | ||
Joe Fortunato | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
Ed O'Bradovich | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Johnny Morris | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |||
Bob Kilcullen | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Richie Petitbon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||
Dave Whitsell | 0 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | ||
Ted Karras | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Charlie Bivins | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Stan Jones | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Earl Leggett | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Roger LeClerc | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
Billy Wade | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
Larry Morris | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Bob Wetoska | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
Joe Marconi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Rick Casares | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Willie Galimore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
Totals | 0 | 0 | 16 | 23 | 57 | 0 | 0 |
Total Scoring:
Touchdowns | Other | Total | ||||||||||||
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Player | Rush | Rec | Punt | Kick | MFG | Int | Fum | Other | FG | X/C | Single | 2Pt | Saf | Points |
Mike Ditka | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48 | |||||||||
Roger LeClerc | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 39 | |||||||||
Bob Jencks | 0 | 1 | 35 | 0 | 38 | |||||||||
Billy Wade | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 | |||||||||
Willie Galimore | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 | |||||||
Joe Marconi | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | |||||||
Ronnie Bull | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | |||||||
Johnny Morris | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||
Bo Farrington | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | |||||||||
Rick Casares | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Dave Whitsell | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Richie Petitbon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Angelo Coia | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||||||||
Rudy Bukich | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Rosey Taylor | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||
Bennie McRae | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||||||
Doug Atkins | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||
Totals | 15 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 301 |