The 1972 Chicago Bears season was their 53rd regular season completed in the National Football League. The team finished with a 4–9–1 record, another below .500 showing, in head coach Abe Gibron's first season. They were, however, quite successful at running the football at the quarterback position. QB Bobby Douglass ran on 143 carries for 968 yards and 8 Touchdowns. This would be later broken by Atlanta Falcons QB Michael Vick who became the first and only Quarterback to run over 1,000 yards in the NFL. But it would be held as a franchise record until Justin Fields broke that in the 2022 season. Only three other QBs have run for over 1,000 yards in one season, but they were all in the CFL.
NFL draft
Roster
Schedule Week Date Opponent Result Record Venue Attendance 1 September 17 Atlanta Falcons L 21–37 0–1 Soldier Field 55,701 2 September 24 Los Angeles Rams T 13–13 0–1–1 Soldier Field 55,701 3 October 1 Detroit Lions L 24–38 0–2–1 Soldier Field 55,701 4 October 8 at Green Bay Packers L 17–20 0–3–1 Lambeau Field 56,263 5 October 15 at Cleveland Browns W 17–0 1–3–1 Cleveland Municipal Stadium 72,339 6 Minnesota Vikings W 13–10 2–3–1 Soldier Field 55,701 7 October 29 at St. Louis Cardinals W 27–10 3–3–1 Busch Memorial Stadium 50,464 8 November 5 at Detroit Lions L 0–14 3–4–1 Tiger Stadium 54,418 9 November 12 Green Bay Packers L 17–23 3–5–1 Soldier Field 55,701 10 November 19 San Francisco 49ers L 21–34 3–6–1 Soldier Field 55,701 11 November 26 Cincinnati Bengals L 3–13 3–7–1 Soldier Field 55,701 12 December 3 at Minnesota Vikings L 10–23 3–8–1 Metropolitan Stadium 49,784 13 December 10 at Philadelphia Eagles W 21–12 4–8–1 Veterans Stadium 65,720 14 December 17 at Oakland Raiders L 21–28 4–9–1 Oakland–Alameda County Coliseum 54,711 Note: Intra-division opponents are in bold text.
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