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Chicago

Bears

HC Dave Wannstedt OC Matt Cavanaugh DC Bob Slowik

1997 season
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4–12 Regular season · -158 point diff

Franchise 77 seasons 563–571–9 all-time 20 playoff trips 1 Super Bowls

16.4 Points / game #28 of 30
26.3 Allowed / game #29 of 30
328 Yards / game #17 of 30
322 Yds allowed / game #10 of 30
38 Sacks #18 of 30
22 Giveaways #25 of 30

Results

  1. @ W1 L 24–38
  2. W2 L 24–27
  3. W3 L 7–32
  4. @ W4 L 3–31
  5. @ W5 L 3–27
  6. W6 L 17–20
  7. W7 L 23–24
  8. W8Bye
  9. @ W9 W 36–33
  10. W10 L 8–31
  11. @ W11 L 22–29
  12. W12 L 15–23
  13. W13 W 13–7
  14. @ W14 L 20–55
  15. W15 W 20–3
  16. @ W16 W 13–10
  17. @ W17 L 15–31

Team leaders

Passing Erik Kramer 3,011 yds · 14 TD · 14 INT
Rushing Raymont Harris 1,033 yds · 10 TD · 3.8 Y/C
Receiving Ricky Proehl 58 rec · 753 yds · 7 TD
Tackles Bryan Cox 101 tkl · 68 solo
Sacks Barry Minter 6 sacks · 1 FF
Interceptions Walt Harris 5 INT

Margin by game

Points won or lost by Win Loss
  1. −14 1
  2. −3 2
  3. −25 3
  4. −28 4
  5. −24 5
  6. −3 6
  7. −1 7
  8. +3 9
  9. −23 10
  10. −7 11
  11. −8 12
  12. +6 13
  13. −35 14
  14. +17 15
  15. +3 16
  16. −16 17