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This day in football · September 16, 1923: Ironwood Legion visited the Duluth Kelleys at Duluth Athletic Park. Duluth Kelleys 7, Ironwood Legion 0. W1923 NFL season↗

From the vault · December 26, 1964 · 1964 AFL Championship Game: The Buffalo Bills beat the San Diego Chargers 20–7 at War Memorial Stadium to win the 1964 AFL championship. Box score

2011 Chicago BearsW2011 Chicago Bears↗

NFL · NFC North · 8–8 (.500) · 3rd in division · PF 353 · PA 341 · Coach Lovie Smith

◀ 2010 2012 ▶

Team leaders

Passing (yds)

1. 2319Jay Cutler
2. 613Caleb Hanie
3. 414Josh McCown

Rushing (yds)

1. 997Matt Forte
2. 422Marion Barber
3. 337Kahlil Bell

Receiving (yds)

1. 727Johnny Knox
2. 507Roy Williams
3. 490Matt Forte

Sacks

1. 11Julius Peppers
2. 7Henry Melton
3. 5Israel Idonije

Interceptions

1. 4D.J. Moore
2. 3Brian Urlacher
3. 3Charles Tillman

Efficiency (EPA)

	Offense	Defense
Plays	970	1047
EPA per play	-0.11	-0.07
Pass EPA per play	-0.15	-0.03
Rush EPA per play	-0.08	-0.15
Success rate	39.0%	37.8%
Pass rate	53.5%

Regular season, pass and run plays only. League average that year: EPA per play -0.01, success rate 42.3%. For the defense, lower is better.

Schedule (16 games)

Date	Wk	Opponent	Result	Record	Stadium	Att.
2011-09-11	1	vs Atlanta Falcons	W 30–12	1–0	Soldier Field
2011-09-18	2	@ New Orleans Saints	L 13–30	1–1	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
2011-09-25	3	vs Green Bay Packers	L 17–27	1–2	Soldier Field
2011-10-02	4	vs Carolina Panthers	W 34–29	2–2	Soldier Field
2011-10-10	5	@ Detroit Lions	L 13–24	2–3	Ford Field
2011-10-16	6	vs Minnesota Vikings	W 39–10	3–3	Soldier Field
2011-10-23	7	@ Tampa Bay Buccaneers	W 24–18	4–3	Wembley Stadium
2011-11-07	9	@ Philadelphia Eagles	W 30–24	5–3	Lincoln Financial Field
2011-11-13	10	vs Detroit Lions	W 37–13	6–3	Soldier Field
2011-11-20	11	vs San Diego Chargers	W 31–20	7–3	Soldier Field
2011-11-27	12	@ Oakland Raiders	L 20–25	7–4	O.co Coliseum
2011-12-04	13	vs Kansas City Chiefs	L 3–10	7–5	Soldier Field
2011-12-11	14	@ Denver Broncos	L 10–13 OT	7–6	Sports Authority Field at Mile High
2011-12-18	15	vs Seattle Seahawks	L 14–38	7–7	Soldier Field
2011-12-25	16	@ Green Bay Packers	L 21–35	7–8	Lambeau Field
2012-01-01	17	@ Minnesota Vikings	W 17–13	8–8	Mall of America Field

Roster (67)

#	Player	Pos	Ht	Wt	College	Exp	Status
6	Jay Cutler	QB	6-3	231	Vanderbilt	5	RES
10	Nathan Enderle	QB	6-4	240	Idaho	0	ACT
12	Caleb Hanie	QB	6-2	222	Colorado State	3	ACT
15	Josh McCown	QB	6-4	218	Sam Houston State; SMU	9	ACT
44	Tyler Clutts	FB	6-2	250	Fresno State	3	ACT
86	Kyle Adams	FB	6-4	255	Purdue	0	RES
22	Matt Forte	RB	6-2	218	Tulane	3	RES
24	Marion Barber	RB	5-11	218	Minnesota	6	ACT
25	Armando Allen	RB	5-10	190	Notre Dame	0	ACT
32	Kahlil Bell	RB	5-11	219	UCLA	2	ACT
11	Roy Williams	WR	6-3	215	Texas	7	ACT
13	Johnny Knox	WR	6-0	185	Abilene Christian; Tyler JC	2	RES
18	Dane Sanzenbacher	WR	5-11	184	Ohio State	0	ACT
23	Devin Hester	WR	5-11	190	Miami	5	ACT
80	Earl Bennett	WR	6-0	206	Vanderbilt	3	ACT
81	Sam Hurd	WR	6-3	200	Northern Illinois	5	CUT
83	Max Komar	WR	5-11	202	Idaho	1	ACT
85	Andre Smith	TE	6-5	270	Virginia Tech	0	ACT
87	Kellen Davis	TE	6-7	265	Michigan State	3	ACT
89	Matt Spaeth	TE	6-7	262	Minnesota	4	ACT
63	Roberto Garza	C	6-2	310	Texas A&M University-Kingsville	10	ACT
67	Chris Spencer	C	6-3	308	Mississippi	6	ACT
21	Corey Graham	CB	6-0	196	New Hampshire	4	ACT
26	Tim Jennings	CB	5-8	185	Georgia	5	ACT
30	D.J. Moore	CB	5-9	190	Vanderbilt	2	ACT
33	Charles Tillman	CB	6-2	210	Louisiana-Lafayette	8	ACT
35	Zack Bowman	CB	6-1	210	Nebraska; New Mexico Military Institute	3	ACT
37	Anthony Walters	DB	6-1	207	Delaware	0	RES
71	Israel Idonije	DE	6-6	275	Manitoba (Canada)	8	ACT
90	Julius Peppers	DE	6-7	295	North Carolina	9	ACT
94	Chauncey Davis	DE	6-2	271	Florida State; Jones County JC	6	ACT
94	Nick Reed	DE	6-1	248	Oregon	2	ACT
96	Mario Addison	DE	6-3	260	Troy; Booneville JC (MS)	0	ACT
98	Corey Wootton	DE	6-6	270	Northwestern	1	ACT
69	Henry Melton	DT	6-3	290	Texas	2	ACT
91	Amobi Okoye	DT	6-2	310	Louisville	4	ACT
96	Jordan Miller	DT	6-1	316	Southern	0	ACT
27	Major Wright	FS	5-11	204	Florida	1	ACT
31	Brandon Meriweather	FS	5-11	197	Miami	4	ACT
47	Chris Conte	FS	6-2	203	California	0	RES
60	Lance Louis	G	6-3	323	San Diego State	2	ACT
64	Ricky Henry	G	6-4	310	Nebraska; Wahpeton JC (ND)	0	ACT
70	Edwin Williams	G	6-3	315	Maryland	2	ACT
74	Chris Williams	G	6-6	320	Vanderbilt	3	RES
76	Mansfield Wrotto	G	6-3	326	Georgia Tech	4	ACT
9	Robbie Gould	K	6-0	190	Penn State	6	ACT
59	Patrick Trahan	LB	6-2	236	Mississippi; Auburn; Northwest Mississippi CC	1	ACT
45	Chris Massey	LS	6-0	237	Marshall	9	ACT
65	Patrick Mannelly	LS	6-5	265	Duke	13	RES
54	Brian Urlacher	MLB	6-4	258	New Mexico	11	ACT
58	Dom DeCicco	MLB	6-3	235	Pittsburgh	0	ACT
75	Matt Toeaina	NT	6-2	308	Oregon	4	ACT
92	Stephen Paea	NT	6-1	295	Oregon State; Snow	0	ACT
95	Anthony Adams	NT	6-0	310	Penn State	8	ACT
52	Brian Iwuh	OLB	6-0	239	Colorado	5	ACT
52	Jabara Williams	OLB	6-2	238	Stephen F. Austin State	0	ACT
53	Nick Roach	OLB	6-1	235	Northwestern	4	ACT
55	Lance Briggs	OLB	6-1	244	Arizona	8	ACT
93	Thaddeus Gibson	OLB	6-2	243	Ohio State	1	ACT
8	Adam Podlesh	P	5-11	200	Maryland	4	ACT
20	Craig Steltz	SS	6-1	210	LSU	3	ACT
46	Chris Harris	SS	6-0	211	Louisiana-Monroe	6	ACT
49	Winston Venable	SS	5-11	210	Boise State; Glendale Community College	0	ACT
68	Frank Omiyale	T	6-4	315	Tennessee Technological Univ	6	ACT
72	Gabe Carimi	T	6-7	316	Wisconsin	0	RES
73	J'Marcus Webb	T	6-7	320	West Texas State; Navarro	1	ACT
79	Levi Horn	T	6-6	320	Montana	1	ACT

Depth chart, week 18

Offense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
C	Roberto Garza	Chris Spencer
FB	Tyler Clutts
LG	Edwin Williams	Ricky Henry	Mansfield Wrotto
LT	J'Marcus Webb	Frank Omiyale
QB	Josh McCown	Caleb Hanie	Nathan Enderle
RB	Kahlil Bell	Marion Barber	Armando Allen
RG	Chris Spencer	Ricky Henry
RT	Lance Louis	Frank Omiyale	Levi Horn
TE	Kellen Davis	Matt Spaeth	Andre Smith
WR	Roy Williams	Earl Bennett	Dane Sanzenbacher

Defense

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
DT	Henry Melton	Amobi Okoye	Jordan Miller
FS	Major Wright	Brandon Meriweather
LCB	Tim Jennings	Zack Bowman	D.J. Moore
LE	Israel Idonije	Corey Wootton	Chauncey Davis
MLB	Brian Urlacher	Dom DeCicco
NT	Matt Toeaina	Anthony Adams	Stephen Paea
RCB	Charles Tillman	Corey Graham
RE	Julius Peppers	Corey Wootton	Thaddeus Gibson
SLB	Nick Roach	Patrick Trahan	Jabara Williams
SS	Craig Steltz	Winston Venable
WLB	Lance Briggs	Patrick Trahan

Special Teams

Pos	Starter	2nd	3rd
H	Adam Podlesh
K	Robbie Gould
KR	Devin Hester	Kahlil Bell
LS	Chris Massey
P	Adam Podlesh
PR	Devin Hester	Earl Bennett

Biggest contracts on the books in 2011

Player	Pos	Signed	Yrs	Value	Per year	Guaranteed	Cap%
Julius Peppers	ED	2010	6	$84.0M	$14.0M	$42.0M	10.9%
Charles Tillman	CB	2007	6	$37.0M	$6.2M	$11.0M	5.7%
Lance Briggs	LB	2008	6	$36.0M	$6.0M	$7.8M	5.2%
Devin Hester	WR	2008	4	$22.0M	$5.5M	$15.0M	4.7%
Orlando Pace	LT	2009	3	$15.0M	$5.0M	$4.4M	4.1%
Earl Bennett	WR	2011	4	$15.0M	$3.8M	$8.5M	3.1%
Roberto Garza	C	2011	2	$6.2M	$3.1M	$0	2.6%
Chris Williams	LG	2008	5	$13.0M	$2.6M	$9.5M	2.2%
Nick Roach	LB	2011	2	$4.5M	$2.2M	$2.0M	1.9%
Greg Olsen	TE	2007	5	$7.8M	$1.6M	$5.2M	1.4%
Corey Graham	CB	2011	1	$1.5M	$1.5M	$750,000	1.2%
Tim Jennings	CB	2010	2	$2.6M	$1.3M	$250,000	1.0%
Dane Sanzenbacher	WR	2011	1	$1.2M	$1.2M	$0	1.0%
Vernon Gholston	ED	2011	1	$1.0M	$1.0M	$250,000	0.8%
Matt Forte	RB	2008	4	$3.8M	$941,625	$1.5M	0.8%
Stephen Paea	IDL	2011	4	$3.7M	$921,476	$1.7M	0.8%
Corey Wootton	IDL	2010	4	$3.1M	$785,043	$0	0.6%
Chris Conte	S	2011	4	$2.6M	$650,900	$533,600	0.5%
Earl Bennett	WR	2008	4	$2.5M	$631,459	$820,837	0.5%
Dom DeCicco	LB	2011	3	$570,000	$570,000	$0	0.5%
D.J. Moore	CB	2009	4	$2.3M	$565,438	$466,753	0.5%
Nathan Enderle	QB	2011	4	$2.2M	$552,215	$168,860	0.5%
Henry Melton	IDL	2009	4	$2.2M	$546,558	$511,232	0.4%
Jordan Miller	IDL	2011	3	$1.4M	$466,000	$3,000	0.4%
J'Marcus Webb	RT	2010	4	$1.8M	$453,750	$0	0.4%

Contracts whose term covers this season (Over The Cap, via nflverse). Cap% is against the cap of the signing year.

Trades in 2011 (2)

Date	Trade
2011-04-29	CHI → WAS: 2011 round 2 pick 62, 2011 round 4 pick 127 WAS → CHI: 2011 round 2 pick 53
2011-07-29	CAR → CHI: 2012 round 3 pick 73 CHI → CAR: Greg Olsen

Injury reports (112)

Wk	Player	Pos	Injury	Game status	Practice
1	Anthony Adams	DT	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Chris Conte	S	Head	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Corey Wootton	DE	Knee	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Craig Steltz	S	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Kahlil Bell	RB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Kellen Davis	TE	Back	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Lance Briggs	LB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
1	Patrick Mannelly	LS	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
1	Sam Hurd	WR	Ankle	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Chris Harris	S	Hamstring	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
2	Corey Wootton	DE	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Lance Louis	G	Ankle	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
2	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
2	Roy Williams	WR	Groin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
2	Sam Hurd	WR	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Zack Bowman	CB	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
2	Brian Urlacher	LB	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice
2	Lance Briggs	LB	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
3	Chris Harris	S	Hamstring	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Earl Bennett	WR	Chest	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
3	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
3	Lance Louis	G	Ankle	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Major Wright	S	Head / Neck	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
3	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
3	Roy Williams	WR	Groin	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Chris Harris	S	Hamstring	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Earl Bennett	WR	Chest	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Kahlil Bell	RB	Back	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Major Wright	S	Head / Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
4	Matt Spaeth	TE	Calf	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
4	Patrick Mannelly	LS	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Charles Tillman	CB	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Chris Harris	S	Hamstring	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Chris Spencer	C	Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Corey Wootton	DE	Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
5	Earl Bennett	WR	Chest	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
5	Matt Spaeth	TE	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Charles Tillman	CB	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Corey Wootton	DE	Hand	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Earl Bennett	WR	Chest	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
6	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Julius Peppers	DE	Knee	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
6	Matt Toeaina	DT	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
7	Anthony Walters	S	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Devin Hester	WR	Chest	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Earl Bennett	WR	Chest	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
7	Kellen Davis	TE	Elbow	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Major Wright	S	Hip	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
7	Matt Toeaina	DT	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
9	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Devin Hester	WR	Ankle	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Julius Peppers	DE	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Kellen Davis	TE	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Kyle Adams	TE	Hamstring	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
10	Major Wright	S	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
10	Matt Toeaina	DT	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	D.J. Moore	CB	Ankle	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
11	Devin Hester	WR	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Gabe Carimi	T	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
11	Julius Peppers	DE	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Lance Briggs	LB	Neck	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Matt Forte	RB	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
11	Matt Toeaina	DT	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
12	Brandon Meriweather	S	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
12	D.J. Moore	CB	Ankle	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Devin Hester	WR	Shin	Probable	Did Not Participate In Practice
12	Jay Cutler	QB	right Thumb	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
13	Anthony Adams	DT	Back	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
13	D.J. Moore	CB	Ankle	Questionable	Full Participation in Practice
13	Jay Cutler	QB	right Thumb	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
13	Charles Tillman	CB	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
13	Devin Hester	WR	Not Injury Related		Limited Participation in Practice
13	Zack Bowman	CB	Groin		Full Participation in Practice
14	Jay Cutler	QB	right Thumb	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
14	Major Wright	S	Shoulder	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
14	Matt Forte	RB	Knee	Out	Out (Definitely Will Not Play)
14	Anthony Adams	DT	Back		Full Participation in Practice
14	Brian Urlacher	LB	Quadricep		Full Participation in Practice
14	Charles Tillman	CB	Quadricep		Full Participation in Practice
14	Henry Melton	DT	Knee		Full Participation in Practice
15	Charles Tillman	CB	Knee	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Devin Hester	WR	Ankle	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Edwin Williams	G	Calf	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Henry Melton	DT	Shin	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Jay Cutler	QB	right Thumb	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Major Wright	S	Shoulder	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
15	Matt Forte	RB	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Sam Hurd	WR	Not Injury Related	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
15	Lance Briggs	LB	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Devin Hester	WR	Ankle	Questionable	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Henry Melton	DT	Shin	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
16	Jay Cutler	QB	right Thumb	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Kellen Davis	TE	Back	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
16	Lance Briggs	LB	Ankle	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
16	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Matt Forte	RB	Knee	Out	Did Not Participate In Practice
16	Julius Peppers	DE	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Brian Urlacher	LB	Knee	Questionable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Chris Spencer	G	Back	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Corey Wootton	DE	Concussion	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Devin Hester	WR	Ankle	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Kellen Davis	TE	Illness	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Lance Briggs	LB	Ankle	Probable	Limited Participation in Practice
17	Marion Barber	RB	Calf	Doubtful	Did Not Participate In Practice
17	Nick Roach	LB	Shin	Probable	Full Participation in Practice
17	Julius Peppers	DE	Not Injury Related		Did Not Participate In Practice